Papal bull in the name of Sixtus IV uniting the church of St. Peter "ad Montonem" with a perpetual chaplaincy dedicated to the Virgin Mary in the church of Atria : in Latin

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Title:
Papal bull in the name of Sixtus IV uniting the church of St. Peter "ad Montonem" with a perpetual chaplaincy dedicated to the Virgin Mary in the church of Atria : in Latin
Title (alt.):
Endorsed in a contemporary hand: Bulla unionis Sti. Petri ad Montonem cum ...Sti. Egidii
Endorsed in a later hand: Unio Ecclesie S. Petri ad Montonem et Capelli S. Marie Ferrariorum facta mense Capitulari Cathedralis Adriensis
Description:
Copy of a papal bull granting a perpetual chaplaincy in the church of Atri ("perpetua cappellania ad altare beate marie ferrariorium") to the chapter and canons of Atria. This copy from Baptista de Gerardinis begins with a petition to Pope Sixtus IV from Antonius de Probis, Bishop of Ati and Penne, and includes the full text of the bull sent in response. With notarial attestation and subscriptions. On the reverse, several endorsements, two of which bear dates of 1504 and 1518, respectively.
Creator:
Catholic Church. Pope (1471-1484 : Sixtus IV)
Date:
[1474]
Format:
Manuscripts
Genre:
Gothic scripts
Manuscripts, Latin (Medieval and Modern)--Italy
Manuscripts, Medieval--Italy
Location:
Boston Public Library
Rare Books Department
Collection (local):
Medieval and Early Renaissance Manuscripts (Collection of Distinction)
Places:
Italy
Extent:
1 sheet : parchment ; 559 x 368 (440 x 216) mm
Permalink:
https://ark.digitalcommonwealth.org/ark:/50959/tq57th816
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Place of origin:
[Italy]
Language:
Latin
Table of Contents:
Baptista De Girardinis de Adria decretorum doctor. Reverendi in Christo patris & domini, domini Antonij de Probis Adriensis & Pennensis Episcopi ... Sixtus episcopus servus servorum dei. Dilecto filio vicario venerabilis fratris nostri episcopie Adriensis ... si cappellania & ecclesie sancti petri praedicte eidem mense perpetuo unirentur annecterentus & incorporentur canonici prefati decentius se substentare & onera praedicta facilius per ferre valerent ... nos volentes apostolicis obedire mandatis ...
Notes:
Ms. document.
Title devised by cataloger.
Origin: Copied in Penne, Italy, no earlier than June, 1474 (date referenced in text).
Notes (ownership):
Provenance: Offered at Christie's, Rome (15 December, 1998, lot 191) to John and Raquel Russell.
Notes (acquisition):
Gift; John and Raquel Russell; New York, New York; 20230421; 2023.24.1.
Immediate source of acquisition: Gift of John and Raquel Russell of New York, New York, in April, 2023.
Notes (date):
This date is inferred.
Notes (object):
Layout: Written in a single column, 34 lines, bounding and writing lines in lead point, pricking in outer margins. Holes for hemp cords in lower margin.
Script: Written in brown ink in a gothic semitextualis with aspects of gothico-antiqua.
Notes (language):
In Latin.
Identifier:
06_01_019318
Call #:
RARE BKS MS pf Med.292
Barcode:
39999092211893