Details

Form/Genre:

Church records.
Manuscripts, Latin.
Manuscripts, Renaissance.

Language:

In Latin.

Biography/History:

Elevated to cardinal in 1513 in association with the Roman church of the Santi Quattro Coronati, after which he was known as Cardinal Santiquattro. Participated in the conclaves of 1521 and 1523, which elected Popes Adrian VII and Clement VII respectively.

Summary:

Document on paper, written from Rome and dated January 11, 1520. Signed L. Cardinalis Sancti Quattuor by Lorenzo Pucci, who was representing cardinal vice-chancellor Giulio de Medici, who later became Pope Clement VII. Heading refers to "presbyter cardinalis de Medicis." Later note added in pencil. Contains wax seal showing a cardinal's hat over the Medici coat of arms.

Penn Provenance:

Sold by Libreria Antiquaria Docet (Bologna), cat. 57(March 1959), no. 249.

Cited in:

Described in Zacour, Norman P. and Hirsch, Rudolf. Catalogue of Manuscripts in the Libraries of the University of Pennsylvania (Philadelphia: University of Pennsylvania Press, 1965), p. 187 (Ms. Lea 196).

Contributor:

Clement VII, Pope, 1478-1534.
Miscellaneous Manuscripts Collection (University of Pennsylvania)

OCLC:

302365285