Collection of Papal letters.
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Collection of Papal letters.
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Rome, Italy, [between 1490-1519]
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350 leaves : paper ; 290 x 215 (225 x 125) mm bound to 295 x 220 mm
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Section 1: Fol. l-49v: Thirty nine letters, mostly from Pope Alexander VI, with a few earlier letters from Innocent VIII and Sixtus IV
fol. 1-4: "[incipit] Alexander VI. Ad perpetuam rei memoriam, cum attento considerationis"
fol. 4v-5v: Innocent VIII, dated 1490
fol. 5v-6v: Alexander VI to a bishop, ninth year of his pontificate
fol. 6v-7v: Alexander VI to "dilecto filio Lodovico du Val presbitero" (in two paragraphs, ending with a judgement) "[incipit] Nobilitas presentes uestro ..."
fol. 8rv: Alexander VI "[incipit] Ad perpetuam rei memoriam, Postulare ..."
fol. 8v-9: Alexander VI "[incipit] Ad perpetuam rei memoriam, Ad fidei catholice ..."
fol. 9-10: Alexander VI "[incipit] Ad perpetuam rei memoriam ..."
fol. 10-11v: "[margin] Absolutio pro fratre sancta Ja. de Sp " "[incipit] Sedes apostolica ..."
fol. 12-13: Alexander VI "[incipit] Venerabile seu moderno episcopo Universari Vicariis romanorum dilecte filio abbatis monasteriis S. Thome Burgundiones ... pontificatus nostri anno nouo"
fol. 13v-14: Alexander VI "[margin] Indulgentia pro capella regnorum Anglia"
fol. 14v: "[marginal note] Iudex"
fol. 14-15v: "[incipit] Alexander VI, Dilecto filio Magistro Eutt de Blandare ... Gratia deuotionis et familiares obsequia ..."
fol. 15v-17: Alexander VI (dated 1501) "[margin] Confirmatio ecclesie ... domus ordinis praedicatorum"
fol. 17v-18: Alexander VI (dated 1500)
fol. 18-19v: "[incipit] Alexander VI Carrissimo in christo filio Iohanni dant ..."
fol. 19v-20: Innocent VIII
fol. 20-21v: Alexander VI "[margin] Promisio vnus proratis ..."
fol. 22-22v: Alexander VI, to Nicholas, a Cistercian Abbot from the diocese of Brandenberg
fol. 24-25: Sixtus IV "[margin] Erectio studii ..."
fol. 25-26: Sixtus IV
fol. 26-27: Alexander VI to "Dilectio filio Bernardo Andree," rector of Toulouse
fol. 27rv: Alexander [VI] to a Bishop
fol. 27v-28: Alexander [VI] to "Dilecto filio Bernardo Andree"
fol. 28-30v: Alexander [VI]
fol. 30v-31v: Alexander VI "[margin] copia indul, R. d."
fol. 32v-34: "[incipit] Dilectio filio magistro Guillermo de p cap[no] ..."
fol. 34-35v: no heading
fol. 36-37v: "[incipit] Dilectio filio magistro domino Jarebario cap[no] nostro ... palatii apostolici auditorii ..."
fol. 43-45 "[margin] Reservatio"
fol. 47-49v: "[incipit] Alexander VI Ad perpetuam rei memoriam, Inter nostras multiplices que nobis ex apostolatus officio ... pontificis nostri anno decimo" (and later) "Hadrianus / Io. de Saldana."
Section 2: Fol. 50-53v: Pius III (1503)
fol. 54-58: probably Julius II "[incipit] Ad r querendum pastoralis officii debet mei studio inpendentes ... vndecimo kalendas iunii anno primo"
Fol. 58rv: Julius II (1503) "[incipit] Iulius episcopus servus servorum dei. Dilectis filiis capitulo ecclesie halberstadensis salutem et apostolicam benedictionis. Deuotionis uestre sinceritas pro meretur ut votis ... anno millesimo quingentisimo tertio. Pontificis nostri anno primo"
fol. 58v-59v: Innocent VIII (dated 1492)
fol. 59v-60: Innocent VIII
fol. 60v-66v: probably Pope John XXII (with a marginal note mentioning Clement V) "[incipit] Iohannes. Ad ea ex quibus nullus augentur ..." (numerous marginal notations)
fol. 66v-67v: "[incipit] Nouerint universi presentes"
fol. 68-82: Innocent VIII (1485)
fol. 82v-83v: "[margin] Bulla priuilegiorum capelle Regine" "[incipit] Alexander VI, Carissimo in christo filio ..."
fol. 84rv: "[incipit] Pius III, ad perpetuam rei memoriam, siquis dominus noster custodio diuina dispositione ..."
fol. 84v-87v: "[incipit] Alexander vi venerabilibus futurus ... uel collectis et [digites?] in casibus etiam [archepolitanum?] post pontificalibus ..."
Section 3: Fol. 90-91v: Innocent VIII (1486) "[margin] Bulla Innocentium ..." "[incipit] Innocentius episcopus ... ad perpetuam rei memoriam romanum pontificum in quo diuina ... Providentia omnium specta ... anno millesimo quadragentesimo octavagesimo sexto, xi kalendas septembris ..."
fol. 92-94v: "[incipit] Alexander VI, Dilecte filio petro de Campania et leo Aquint. Regimini universalis ecclesie quamquam insufficiente libris ... Jo. de Gaines, F., de Attavantis F., de Valencia"
fol. 94v-96: Alexander VI, ending "A. drapo, A. de Cabredo, F, de Attavantis"
fol. 96-98: (new hand) Julius II (1504).
Section 4: Fol. 104-111: (new hand) Eugene IV "[incipit] Eugenius episcopus seruus seruorum dei ad perpetuam rei memoriam. Licet ea que de mandato nostro finit plenam obtineant ..."
fol. lllv-118: "[incipit] Dilecto filio magistro Lelio de Theranio Canonico felicem scriptoris et ... Grata deuotionis et familiaritatis obsequia que nobis et apostolice sedi hactenus ..." (ending mentions Innocent VIII)
fol. 118-119v: Alexander VI "[incipit] Dilectis in christo filiabus abbatisse monasterii sancte Elisabet de Valencia sororibus tam p tibus apud regularem vitam ..."
fol. 120-121: "[incipit] Ad perpetuam dei memoriam, Dilectis filius ..."
fol. 121v-123v: Pius II (1459) "[margin] Supprimitur monasterium et ..."
fol. 123v-126: "[margin] Ecclesiam Avinonensis reduantur de Regularii ad secularium" "[incipit] Venerabili ... Juliano Episcopo sabianenesi cardinalis petrum ad vinculo ..."
Section 5 (petitions): Fol. 128-129: records of a petition and the resulting decision, ending " ... Fiat ut petitur, R.," "[margin fol. 129] Fiat R"
fol. 129rv: "[note] Car S praxedis"
fol. 129v-130: "[margin] Fiat R"
fol. 130v-133v: "[incipit] Julius II, Ad perpetuam rei memoriam, In superior dignitatis specula ..."
fol. 134-137: Sixtus IV (1482) "[margin] Erectio Capelle des Moutiz (or Moutim) les tours in Colle ..." "[incipit] Sixtus, Ad perpetuam rei memoriam, Illius qui pro (mentions Ludovicus, king of France)"
fol. 137-138v: Sixtus IV
fol. 139-143: Innocent VIII (1485)
fol. 143v-147v: Julius [II] "[margin] Ecclesiae Brandeburgensis ..."
fol. 147v-150: Iulius [II].
Section 6 (various letters, many concerning new foundations): Fol. 153- 155: "[incipit] Ad perpetuam rei memoriam, Tertiarum omnium ..."
fol. 156: "[text] Confirmatio exemptionis omni noua exemptione ac certorum priuilegiorum quorum tenores habetur professis [incipit] Ad perpetuam rei memoriam, Romanum pontifex pacem et [quietem?] semper desiderans subditorum ... pro parte dilectorum Ludouici abbatis et conventus monasterii beatorum Marie et petri apostolorum ... ordinis sancti bernardi Senonentii diocesis ..."
fol. 157rv: "[text] Comittitur erectio vicarie et receptio illius cui habeat conferri in canonicorum ordinis sancti Augustinum et reseruatio iuris nominari dei et profundi ... [incipit] Ex iniuncto nobis de super apostolice seruatis officio ad ea libenter intendimus per que beneficia ecclesia ualeant ubilibet propagacio et Regualarem vitam ... pro parte dilecte fili magistrum Antonii de Narbonesio presbiterum [Caturcensis diocesis] ... canonicos prior, beate marie de Caylario ordinis sancte Augustine Lemouinencii dyocesis ..."
fol. 158: "[text] Committitur Erectio cap[itule] iuxta voluntatem testatoris defuncti et apostolica bonorum pro eis dote cum prestate compellendum detentores ad ill consignandum ac reseruatio Iuris prioratis quotiens per ... hac prima uite uacarie ... ac prouisio illius ab illa ... fundatione vacantis ... [incipit] Beatissime pater Olivi quondam angeletus ... quod in ecclesia sancti angeli dicti castri una perpetua [capma?] pro vno perpetuo capellano missas et alia diuina ..."
fol. 158rv: "[incipit] Ex iniuncto nobis de supri quamquam insufficientibus meritis apostolice ... quod oliui quondam angeletus eni ... Spoletanii diocesis ..."
fol. 159: "[incipit] Ad perpetuam rei memoriam, Ex iniuncto nobis de super quamquam insufficientibus meritis apost ... officio ad rei libenter intendimus ... quod oliui quondam angelus ... anno videlicet Mccclxxxxxii de bonis ..."
fol. 159v-160: "[text] Erectio, Committitur resignatio parochialis ecclesie et suprimitur nomen rectoris illius ac in illa ... "[incipit] Iudex ..."
fol. 160v-161: "[text] Cessio regiminis monasterii monialium cum pensione procede. Et supressio ordinis ... ac erectio ... [incipit] Romanum pontificis prouidenter"
fol. 161-162: "[margin] Erectio cappellanis ..."
fol. 162v-163: a petition with marginal notes underlining important points, for example "Conceditur episcopo," "petitur," etc.
fol. 164v: "Licentia," "Reservatio," "exemptio"
fol. 165v-166v: short judgement
fol. 167-169v: long petition with marginal notes
fol. 169v-172: petition followed by short judgements
fol. 172v: "[margin] pro erectione cappelle"
fol. 173: "[text] Confirmatio erectionis capellane per ordinarium confirmate cum certis patris inter fundatorie et rectorem ecclesie in ... [incipit] Ad perpetuam rei memoriam, Per fidelium vota ex quibus
fol. 173v: "[text] Confirmatio concordie inter episcopum et capitulum Nicien[cis] ex una ac comitatem Nicien[cis] ex alia partibus ..."
fol. 175rv: "[text] Erectio Capelle in college"
fol. 176rv: "[margin] Nova erectio prioratus ..."
fol. 177v-178: "[margin] Erectio [capelle?] [incipit] Alexander, Dilectis filius archiepiscopo et ... ac antonio de boniensis, Inter curas ..."
fol. 178v-179: John XXII "[margin] Erectio studii generalis in civitatis caturcensis [Cahors] [incipit] Johannis pape xxii, Ad perpetuam rei memoriam ... pontificatus nostri anno sextodecimo"
fol. 180-181v: Theodoricus
fol. 181v-182v: Innocent VIII (dated 1485)
fol. 183-186v: Alexander VI "[margin] monasterio supprimitur"
fol. 186v-188: Sixtus IV
fol. 189-190v: "[incipit] Alexander, Venerabili fratri episcopo constanencium, Vt inter beatudinis amatrices habitu sacre religionis ..."
fol. 191-193: "[margin] translatio ecclesie ..."
fol. 194-197v: "[incipit] Dilectio filius maioris et sancte marie in Gallinei ..."
fol. 198rv: Alexander IV "[text] Confirmatio erectionis ... ecclesie ..."
fol. 199-202v: "[margin] Erectio cappellanis"
fol. 203-208: Alexander VI (1494)
fol. 208-212: "[margin] probatur fundatoris ecclesie"
fol. 215-216v: "[incipit] Dilectis filiis prori priotatus sancti saluatorum ..."
fol. 217-218: Alexander VI (1500) "[incipit] Dilectis filiis Reginaldo subdecani et de sancti c ecclesie ..."
fol. 218v-219: Alexander VI (1502)
fol. 219v-220v: Sixtus IV (1480)
fol. 220v-222v: Sixtus IV (1484)
fol. 224v-225: "[margin] suppresio"
fol. 227-228v: "[incipit] Sacre religionis sub qua dilecti filii [servos?] ordinis predicatorum ..."
fol. 229-231v: "[margin] Erectio parrochialis in Collegiatam, motu proprio [incipit] Sixtus IV, Ad perpetuam rei memoriam, Ex superio prouidentia ..."
fol. 231v-232v: "[incipit] Hodie motu proprio parrochialum ... Ville de Alesto ..."
fol. 232v-234: Sixtus IV "[margin] confirmatio dicte rectionis"
fol. 234-235: Sixtus "[margin] Vno prioratus"
fol. 235v-236: Innocent VIII
fol. 236-237v: Alexander VI
fol. 237v-239v: Julius II "[text] Confirmatio cum nova erectionis duorum ..."
fol. 240-242v: Alexander VI
fol. 243-245v: Alexander VI "[text] Commititur confirmatio erectionis vnus et erectio alterius beneficorum ..."
fol. 245v-251: Alexander VI "[text] Suppressio monasterii ..."
Section 7 (letters confirming unions): Fol. 290: a short paragraph that clearly seems to be a note concerning a union
fol. 319rv: Nicolas (V?) "[incipit] Nicolaus episcopus servus servorum dei ad futuram rei memoria ... Ex iunctio nobis de super ..."
fol. 321: "[margin] Gregorii, Confirmatio vnionis autem ordinaria facte de duobus prioratibus ad invicem
fol. 343: Leo X (in the sixth year of his reign, 1519) "[incipit] Dilectis filio decano ..."
fol. 1-4: "[incipit] Alexander VI. Ad perpetuam rei memoriam, cum attento considerationis"
fol. 4v-5v: Innocent VIII, dated 1490
fol. 5v-6v: Alexander VI to a bishop, ninth year of his pontificate
fol. 6v-7v: Alexander VI to "dilecto filio Lodovico du Val presbitero" (in two paragraphs, ending with a judgement) "[incipit] Nobilitas presentes uestro ..."
fol. 8rv: Alexander VI "[incipit] Ad perpetuam rei memoriam, Postulare ..."
fol. 8v-9: Alexander VI "[incipit] Ad perpetuam rei memoriam, Ad fidei catholice ..."
fol. 9-10: Alexander VI "[incipit] Ad perpetuam rei memoriam ..."
fol. 10-11v: "[margin] Absolutio pro fratre sancta Ja. de Sp " "[incipit] Sedes apostolica ..."
fol. 12-13: Alexander VI "[incipit] Venerabile seu moderno episcopo Universari Vicariis romanorum dilecte filio abbatis monasteriis S. Thome Burgundiones ... pontificatus nostri anno nouo"
fol. 13v-14: Alexander VI "[margin] Indulgentia pro capella regnorum Anglia"
fol. 14v: "[marginal note] Iudex"
fol. 14-15v: "[incipit] Alexander VI, Dilecto filio Magistro Eutt de Blandare ... Gratia deuotionis et familiares obsequia ..."
fol. 15v-17: Alexander VI (dated 1501) "[margin] Confirmatio ecclesie ... domus ordinis praedicatorum"
fol. 17v-18: Alexander VI (dated 1500)
fol. 18-19v: "[incipit] Alexander VI Carrissimo in christo filio Iohanni dant ..."
fol. 19v-20: Innocent VIII
fol. 20-21v: Alexander VI "[margin] Promisio vnus proratis ..."
fol. 22-22v: Alexander VI, to Nicholas, a Cistercian Abbot from the diocese of Brandenberg
fol. 24-25: Sixtus IV "[margin] Erectio studii ..."
fol. 25-26: Sixtus IV
fol. 26-27: Alexander VI to "Dilectio filio Bernardo Andree," rector of Toulouse
fol. 27rv: Alexander [VI] to a Bishop
fol. 27v-28: Alexander [VI] to "Dilecto filio Bernardo Andree"
fol. 28-30v: Alexander [VI]
fol. 30v-31v: Alexander VI "[margin] copia indul, R. d."
fol. 32v-34: "[incipit] Dilectio filio magistro Guillermo de p cap[no] ..."
fol. 34-35v: no heading
fol. 36-37v: "[incipit] Dilectio filio magistro domino Jarebario cap[no] nostro ... palatii apostolici auditorii ..."
fol. 43-45 "[margin] Reservatio"
fol. 47-49v: "[incipit] Alexander VI Ad perpetuam rei memoriam, Inter nostras multiplices que nobis ex apostolatus officio ... pontificis nostri anno decimo" (and later) "Hadrianus / Io. de Saldana."
Section 2: Fol. 50-53v: Pius III (1503)
fol. 54-58: probably Julius II "[incipit] Ad r querendum pastoralis officii debet mei studio inpendentes ... vndecimo kalendas iunii anno primo"
Fol. 58rv: Julius II (1503) "[incipit] Iulius episcopus servus servorum dei. Dilectis filiis capitulo ecclesie halberstadensis salutem et apostolicam benedictionis. Deuotionis uestre sinceritas pro meretur ut votis ... anno millesimo quingentisimo tertio. Pontificis nostri anno primo"
fol. 58v-59v: Innocent VIII (dated 1492)
fol. 59v-60: Innocent VIII
fol. 60v-66v: probably Pope John XXII (with a marginal note mentioning Clement V) "[incipit] Iohannes. Ad ea ex quibus nullus augentur ..." (numerous marginal notations)
fol. 66v-67v: "[incipit] Nouerint universi presentes"
fol. 68-82: Innocent VIII (1485)
fol. 82v-83v: "[margin] Bulla priuilegiorum capelle Regine" "[incipit] Alexander VI, Carissimo in christo filio ..."
fol. 84rv: "[incipit] Pius III, ad perpetuam rei memoriam, siquis dominus noster custodio diuina dispositione ..."
fol. 84v-87v: "[incipit] Alexander vi venerabilibus futurus ... uel collectis et [digites?] in casibus etiam [archepolitanum?] post pontificalibus ..."
Section 3: Fol. 90-91v: Innocent VIII (1486) "[margin] Bulla Innocentium ..." "[incipit] Innocentius episcopus ... ad perpetuam rei memoriam romanum pontificum in quo diuina ... Providentia omnium specta ... anno millesimo quadragentesimo octavagesimo sexto, xi kalendas septembris ..."
fol. 92-94v: "[incipit] Alexander VI, Dilecte filio petro de Campania et leo Aquint. Regimini universalis ecclesie quamquam insufficiente libris ... Jo. de Gaines, F., de Attavantis F., de Valencia"
fol. 94v-96: Alexander VI, ending "A. drapo, A. de Cabredo, F, de Attavantis"
fol. 96-98: (new hand) Julius II (1504).
Section 4: Fol. 104-111: (new hand) Eugene IV "[incipit] Eugenius episcopus seruus seruorum dei ad perpetuam rei memoriam. Licet ea que de mandato nostro finit plenam obtineant ..."
fol. lllv-118: "[incipit] Dilecto filio magistro Lelio de Theranio Canonico felicem scriptoris et ... Grata deuotionis et familiaritatis obsequia que nobis et apostolice sedi hactenus ..." (ending mentions Innocent VIII)
fol. 118-119v: Alexander VI "[incipit] Dilectis in christo filiabus abbatisse monasterii sancte Elisabet de Valencia sororibus tam p tibus apud regularem vitam ..."
fol. 120-121: "[incipit] Ad perpetuam dei memoriam, Dilectis filius ..."
fol. 121v-123v: Pius II (1459) "[margin] Supprimitur monasterium et ..."
fol. 123v-126: "[margin] Ecclesiam Avinonensis reduantur de Regularii ad secularium" "[incipit] Venerabili ... Juliano Episcopo sabianenesi cardinalis petrum ad vinculo ..."
Section 5 (petitions): Fol. 128-129: records of a petition and the resulting decision, ending " ... Fiat ut petitur, R.," "[margin fol. 129] Fiat R"
fol. 129rv: "[note] Car S praxedis"
fol. 129v-130: "[margin] Fiat R"
fol. 130v-133v: "[incipit] Julius II, Ad perpetuam rei memoriam, In superior dignitatis specula ..."
fol. 134-137: Sixtus IV (1482) "[margin] Erectio Capelle des Moutiz (or Moutim) les tours in Colle ..." "[incipit] Sixtus, Ad perpetuam rei memoriam, Illius qui pro (mentions Ludovicus, king of France)"
fol. 137-138v: Sixtus IV
fol. 139-143: Innocent VIII (1485)
fol. 143v-147v: Julius [II] "[margin] Ecclesiae Brandeburgensis ..."
fol. 147v-150: Iulius [II].
Section 6 (various letters, many concerning new foundations): Fol. 153- 155: "[incipit] Ad perpetuam rei memoriam, Tertiarum omnium ..."
fol. 156: "[text] Confirmatio exemptionis omni noua exemptione ac certorum priuilegiorum quorum tenores habetur professis [incipit] Ad perpetuam rei memoriam, Romanum pontifex pacem et [quietem?] semper desiderans subditorum ... pro parte dilectorum Ludouici abbatis et conventus monasterii beatorum Marie et petri apostolorum ... ordinis sancti bernardi Senonentii diocesis ..."
fol. 157rv: "[text] Comittitur erectio vicarie et receptio illius cui habeat conferri in canonicorum ordinis sancti Augustinum et reseruatio iuris nominari dei et profundi ... [incipit] Ex iniuncto nobis de super apostolice seruatis officio ad ea libenter intendimus per que beneficia ecclesia ualeant ubilibet propagacio et Regualarem vitam ... pro parte dilecte fili magistrum Antonii de Narbonesio presbiterum [Caturcensis diocesis] ... canonicos prior, beate marie de Caylario ordinis sancte Augustine Lemouinencii dyocesis ..."
fol. 158: "[text] Committitur Erectio cap[itule] iuxta voluntatem testatoris defuncti et apostolica bonorum pro eis dote cum prestate compellendum detentores ad ill consignandum ac reseruatio Iuris prioratis quotiens per ... hac prima uite uacarie ... ac prouisio illius ab illa ... fundatione vacantis ... [incipit] Beatissime pater Olivi quondam angeletus ... quod in ecclesia sancti angeli dicti castri una perpetua [capma?] pro vno perpetuo capellano missas et alia diuina ..."
fol. 158rv: "[incipit] Ex iniuncto nobis de supri quamquam insufficientibus meritis apostolice ... quod oliui quondam angeletus eni ... Spoletanii diocesis ..."
fol. 159: "[incipit] Ad perpetuam rei memoriam, Ex iniuncto nobis de super quamquam insufficientibus meritis apost ... officio ad rei libenter intendimus ... quod oliui quondam angelus ... anno videlicet Mccclxxxxxii de bonis ..."
fol. 159v-160: "[text] Erectio, Committitur resignatio parochialis ecclesie et suprimitur nomen rectoris illius ac in illa ... "[incipit] Iudex ..."
fol. 160v-161: "[text] Cessio regiminis monasterii monialium cum pensione procede. Et supressio ordinis ... ac erectio ... [incipit] Romanum pontificis prouidenter"
fol. 161-162: "[margin] Erectio cappellanis ..."
fol. 162v-163: a petition with marginal notes underlining important points, for example "Conceditur episcopo," "petitur," etc.
fol. 164v: "Licentia," "Reservatio," "exemptio"
fol. 165v-166v: short judgement
fol. 167-169v: long petition with marginal notes
fol. 169v-172: petition followed by short judgements
fol. 172v: "[margin] pro erectione cappelle"
fol. 173: "[text] Confirmatio erectionis capellane per ordinarium confirmate cum certis patris inter fundatorie et rectorem ecclesie in ... [incipit] Ad perpetuam rei memoriam, Per fidelium vota ex quibus
fol. 173v: "[text] Confirmatio concordie inter episcopum et capitulum Nicien[cis] ex una ac comitatem Nicien[cis] ex alia partibus ..."
fol. 175rv: "[text] Erectio Capelle in college"
fol. 176rv: "[margin] Nova erectio prioratus ..."
fol. 177v-178: "[margin] Erectio [capelle?] [incipit] Alexander, Dilectis filius archiepiscopo et ... ac antonio de boniensis, Inter curas ..."
fol. 178v-179: John XXII "[margin] Erectio studii generalis in civitatis caturcensis [Cahors] [incipit] Johannis pape xxii, Ad perpetuam rei memoriam ... pontificatus nostri anno sextodecimo"
fol. 180-181v: Theodoricus
fol. 181v-182v: Innocent VIII (dated 1485)
fol. 183-186v: Alexander VI "[margin] monasterio supprimitur"
fol. 186v-188: Sixtus IV
fol. 189-190v: "[incipit] Alexander, Venerabili fratri episcopo constanencium, Vt inter beatudinis amatrices habitu sacre religionis ..."
fol. 191-193: "[margin] translatio ecclesie ..."
fol. 194-197v: "[incipit] Dilectio filius maioris et sancte marie in Gallinei ..."
fol. 198rv: Alexander IV "[text] Confirmatio erectionis ... ecclesie ..."
fol. 199-202v: "[margin] Erectio cappellanis"
fol. 203-208: Alexander VI (1494)
fol. 208-212: "[margin] probatur fundatoris ecclesie"
fol. 215-216v: "[incipit] Dilectis filiis prori priotatus sancti saluatorum ..."
fol. 217-218: Alexander VI (1500) "[incipit] Dilectis filiis Reginaldo subdecani et de sancti c ecclesie ..."
fol. 218v-219: Alexander VI (1502)
fol. 219v-220v: Sixtus IV (1480)
fol. 220v-222v: Sixtus IV (1484)
fol. 224v-225: "[margin] suppresio"
fol. 227-228v: "[incipit] Sacre religionis sub qua dilecti filii [servos?] ordinis predicatorum ..."
fol. 229-231v: "[margin] Erectio parrochialis in Collegiatam, motu proprio [incipit] Sixtus IV, Ad perpetuam rei memoriam, Ex superio prouidentia ..."
fol. 231v-232v: "[incipit] Hodie motu proprio parrochialum ... Ville de Alesto ..."
fol. 232v-234: Sixtus IV "[margin] confirmatio dicte rectionis"
fol. 234-235: Sixtus "[margin] Vno prioratus"
fol. 235v-236: Innocent VIII
fol. 236-237v: Alexander VI
fol. 237v-239v: Julius II "[text] Confirmatio cum nova erectionis duorum ..."
fol. 240-242v: Alexander VI
fol. 243-245v: Alexander VI "[text] Commititur confirmatio erectionis vnus et erectio alterius beneficorum ..."
fol. 245v-251: Alexander VI "[text] Suppressio monasterii ..."
Section 7 (letters confirming unions): Fol. 290: a short paragraph that clearly seems to be a note concerning a union
fol. 319rv: Nicolas (V?) "[incipit] Nicolaus episcopus servus servorum dei ad futuram rei memoria ... Ex iunctio nobis de super ..."
fol. 321: "[margin] Gregorii, Confirmatio vnionis autem ordinaria facte de duobus prioratibus ad invicem
fol. 343: Leo X (in the sixth year of his reign, 1519) "[incipit] Dilectis filio decano ..."
Summary
This manuscript includes copies, or possibly drafts, of more than two hundred Papal letters and can thus be considered a Papal Register (a copy of outgoing documents kept by their originator), although it is not a formal one. The letters are addressed to recipients across Europe and vary widely in content and type: answers to petitions; letters addressing the foundation of parishes, chapels, churches, and monasteries; some addressing the suppression of one foundation and the establishment of a new one. The manuscript concludes with sixty-nine letters confirming the unions of parishes, monasteries, etc. (most are not dated). There is mostly some very general organization within the manuscript according to these different types of documents, and within some sections the contents are usually in a general chronological order. Most of the letters included in the volume date from the reigns of Popes Sixtus IV (1471-1484), Innocent VIII (1484-1492), Alexander VI (1492-1503), Pius III (1503), and Julius II (1503-1513); the final letter is from Leo X (1513-1521); documents from Alexander VI are probably most common. Earlier letters are also included sporadically. One of special interest on ff. 178v-179 is a letter of Pope John XXII from the sixteenth year of his papacy, or 1332, establishing a studium generalium at his birthplace in Cahors. A much fuller description of this manuscript is available in the manuscript file.
Note
Ms. codex.
Title supplied by cataloger.
Collation: Collation: 1²⁰ 2¹⁸ 3-4²⁴ 5¹⁶ 6²⁶ 7-8²⁴ 9¹² 10¹⁴ 11²⁴ 12²⁰ 13¹² 14²⁴ 15³² 16⁴ 17²⁸ 18⁴. Horizontal catchwords on quires one and two only; apparently unruled except for full-length vertical bounding lines in blind; each folio also has a crease in the middle as if it has been folded in half, and on some folios it appears to have been folded along the vertical bounding lines.
Layout: Written in twenty-seven to forty-eight long lines.
Script: Written by numerous scribes in a variety of scripts ranging from quick cursive scripts to scripts approaching a cursive humanistic minuscule.
Decoration: Most documents begin with a simple decorative opening letter in the same ink as the text.
Binding: Original sixteenth-century vellum binding over pasteboard; cover is flush with bookblock; spine with three raised bands; deckle fore-edge is frayed and darkened; broken head and tail bands.
Origin: Most likely written in Rome during the period of ca. 1490-1519 as suggested by the date of the majority of the documents (the most recent document dates from 1519), and by the watermarks. Numerous scribes with frequent changes of hand copied it, but early scribes reappear later in the manuscript, and the structure of the collection is complex. It was almost certainly copied at the papal archives and consists of either copies of completed outgoing documents, drafts of documents, or possibly both. The amount of wear on the fore-edge of the paper sheets suggests that it might have been preserved as unbound paper quires for some period of time; this hypothesis would also help explain the lack of chronological order in the letters copied here.
Shelfmark: Berkeley, CA, The Robbins Collection, UC Berkeley School of Law, Robbins MS 303.
Title supplied by cataloger.
Collation: Collation: 1²⁰ 2¹⁸ 3-4²⁴ 5¹⁶ 6²⁶ 7-8²⁴ 9¹² 10¹⁴ 11²⁴ 12²⁰ 13¹² 14²⁴ 15³² 16⁴ 17²⁸ 18⁴. Horizontal catchwords on quires one and two only; apparently unruled except for full-length vertical bounding lines in blind; each folio also has a crease in the middle as if it has been folded in half, and on some folios it appears to have been folded along the vertical bounding lines.
Layout: Written in twenty-seven to forty-eight long lines.
Script: Written by numerous scribes in a variety of scripts ranging from quick cursive scripts to scripts approaching a cursive humanistic minuscule.
Decoration: Most documents begin with a simple decorative opening letter in the same ink as the text.
Binding: Original sixteenth-century vellum binding over pasteboard; cover is flush with bookblock; spine with three raised bands; deckle fore-edge is frayed and darkened; broken head and tail bands.
Origin: Most likely written in Rome during the period of ca. 1490-1519 as suggested by the date of the majority of the documents (the most recent document dates from 1519), and by the watermarks. Numerous scribes with frequent changes of hand copied it, but early scribes reappear later in the manuscript, and the structure of the collection is complex. It was almost certainly copied at the papal archives and consists of either copies of completed outgoing documents, drafts of documents, or possibly both. The amount of wear on the fore-edge of the paper sheets suggests that it might have been preserved as unbound paper quires for some period of time; this hypothesis would also help explain the lack of chronological order in the letters copied here.
Shelfmark: Berkeley, CA, The Robbins Collection, UC Berkeley School of Law, Robbins MS 303.
Language Note
Latin.
Ownership
Manuscript once belonged to Harry A. Walton Jr. of Covington, Virginia (his manuscript A-1864).
Location
RBCAG Robbins MS 303
Access Note
RESTRICTED: Use of original only by permission. Inquiries concerning this item should be directed, in writing, to the reference librarian for The Robbins Collection.
Call Number
Robbins MS 303
Language
Latin
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