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Miscellaneous manuscripts (Large), 1377.

Author/Creator:
Gregory XI, Pope, 1329-1378.
Publication:
1377.
Format/Description:
Manuscript
1 item (1 leaf) : parchment ; 22 x 39 cm
Contained In:
Miscellaneous Manuscripts (Large). Box 2 Folder 4
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Other Title:
Gregorius episcopus servorum Dei. Dilectio in Christo filiabus. Abbatisse et conventui[sic] monasterii sancte Marie angelorum extra portam novam senensis.
Subjects:
Piccolomini, Nerius Gabrielli de.
Santa Maria degli Angeli (Convent : Siena, Italy).
Convents -- Italy -- Early works to 1800.
Monasticism and religious orders for women.
Convents.
Siena (Italy) -- History -- 14th century.
Italy.
Form/Genre:
Bulls (papal records)
Manuscripts, Latin.
Manuscripts, Medieval.
Manuscripts, Renaissance.
Language:
In Latin.
Summary:
Papal bull from Gregory XI confirming the grant of the late Nerius Gabrielli di Piccolomini for the construction and other needs of the monastery (i.e., convent) of Santa Maria degli Angeli at Belcaro outside Siena, founded by Catherine of Siena and consecrated in 1377. Written in Rome; date given in line 20 as "iiii nones Aprilis pontificatis nostri Anno septimo" (i.e., 2 April 1377, the seventh year of Gregory XI's pontificate, 1370-1378). Written in a Gothic cursive script with large initial G and decorated ascenders in the first line. Contemporary or near-contemporary parchment labels or dockets pasted onto verso.
Notes:
Incipit: Gregorius episcopus servorum Dei. Dilectio in Christo filiabus. Abbatisse et conventui[sic] monasterii sancte Marie angelorum extra portam novam senensis ...
Penn Provenance:
Old shelf number on recto: 134; paper label with old shelf number pasted onto verso: A. II. a. 4; German auction description attached to posterboard portfolio (clipped and now on file in the Library).
Cited in:
Described in Zacour, Norman P. and Hirsch, Rudolf. Catalogue of Manuscripts in the Libraries of the University of Pennsylvania to 1800 (Philadelphia: University of Pennsylvania Press, 1965), 162-163 (Ms. Lea 70).
Contributor:
Miscellaneous Manuscripts Collection (University of Pennsylvania)
OCLC:
122448396