Sixtus IV, Papal Bull
Type: Papal Bull
Date: 18 October 1471
Setting: Church
Produced By/For: Pope Sixtus IV
Contents: Confirmation of clergyman
Shelf Mark: Doc.Brown.10
Location: Brown Collection Box 7 (Acc. 1989-069, Item #5)
Description from Vendor Catalogue ()
Sixtus IV, Born Francesco della Rovere, 1414-84. Pope 1471
Builder of the Sistine Chapel, which was named after him. Papal bull in his name, confirming Galeatio Marscotti in his position as Officiali Officialatus of the church of Saint Petronius in Bologna. 1 page oblong folio on vellum (285x525mm) in Latin in a good italic hand, with an attractive calligraphic first line. Dated Rome, 18 Oct. 1471. The lead bulla of Sixtus IV in fine condition is attached by the original pink and yellow plaited cords. A few small holes not affecting the sense of the text; the document is in generally excellent condition.
Transcription* completed by Seth Johnson, with corrections and amendments by Kenna Bathea, as part of coursework for a manuscripts ³Ô¹ÏÍø class with Dr. Adrienne Williams Boyarin (ENGL), December 2016, available here.
* Conventions follow Raymond Clemens and Timothy Graham, Introduction to Manuscript Studies (Ithaca, 2007), pp. 75-77.
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