MS. Lat. hist. e. 7

Summary Catalogue no.: Not in SC (late accession)

Addressed to the abbess and nuns of S. Croce in Giudecca, Venice, authorizing the use of incense at their services. Dated Rome, St Peter's, 7 Dec. 1475. Secretary's signature: ‘L. Grifus’.

Incipit: Dilecte in Christo filie salutem et apostolicam benedictionem. Supplicari nobis fecistis humiliter.

Language(s): Latin

Physical Description

Form: sheet

Support: parchment

Dimensions (leaf): 360 × 94 mm.

Hand(s)

Humanistic script

Seal(s):

Seal, damaged

History

Origin: 1475 ; Italian, Rome

Provenance and Acquisition

Press-marks ‘35’ (?), ‘65 XIV’

Sotheby's 5 July 1976, lot 46. Bought.

Record Sources

Typescript description by Bodleian Library staff.

Abbreviations

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Last Substantive Revision

2017-07-01: First online publication.

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