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Papal Letter, Court of Pope Gregory XIV Public Deposited

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Contents
  • Author: Gregory XIV, Pope, 1535-1591 ** Language: Latin. Incipit: Decime que concedunt serenissime venetorum Dominio
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Time Period
  • Between 1560 and 1590
Place of Origin
  • Italy
Description
  • A four-page document from the court of Niccolò Sfondrati, Bishop of Cremona (1560-1590) and future Pope Gregory XIV (1590-1591), regarding papal tithes in relation to the Republic of Venice. This document appears to be a draft, as two different hands make corrections to the main body of the document. Three signatures, including that of the Bishop of Cremona, are found on the final page of the document, in the lower left-hand corner.
Call Number
  • qBX850 C36
Contributors
  • Records created or enhanced by the Peripheral Manuscript Project’s Description team, led by Dr. Elizabeth K. Hebbard and Dr. Sarah L. Noonan.
Source Identifier
  • smc_018_033
Keywords
  • Christian
  • Italy
  • Document
Title
  • Papal Letter, Court of Pope Gregory XIV
Author
  • Gregory XIV, Pope, 1535-1591
Physical Description
  • Physical type: Document. Support material: Paper (material). Extent: 2. Watermarks: Unidentified, resembles others found in Briquet's category "Cercle que traverse ou surmonte un trait étoilé". Page dimensions (in mm): 315 x 214. Written area (in mm): 260 x 180. Script: Documentary. Layout: One column, unruled, thirty lines. Decoration: None.
Language
  • Latin
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Source Metadata Identifier
  • smc_018_033
Date Created
  • 16th century
Owning Institution
  • Saint Mary’s College Cushwa Leighton Library Rare Book Room. Notre Dame, IN.
Provenance
  • Included in a nineteenth century collection of Papal Signatures (call number: qBX850 C36) gifted to Saint Mary's College in March or April of 1944 by a group of anonymous donors. Once part of a two-volume set. The second volume is held by the University of Notre Dame.

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