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Bishop of Osma legal instrument, 1464.

Author/Creator:
Catholic Church. Diocese of Osma-Soria. Bishop.
Publication:
1464.
Format/Description:
Manuscript
1 item (1 leaf)
Contained In:
Piccolomini Family Papers. Folder 109
Status/Location:
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Subjects:
Piccolomini di Castiglia e d'Aragona, Giacomo di Nanni Todeschini.
Castile (Spain) -- History -- Henry IV, 1454-1474.
Form/Genre:
Legal documents.
Notarial documents.
Manuscripts, Latin.
Manuscripts, Renaissance.
Language:
In Latin.
Summary:
Legal instrument dated Jan. 22, 1464, issued by Rodrigo Sánchez de Arévalo, bishop of Osma and Castilian ambassador to the papal curia (1456-1470). Contains an authenticated copy of a privilege granted to Giacomo di Nanni Todeschini Piccolomini di Castiglia e d'Aragona, nephew of Pope Pius II, by King Henry IV of Castile at Aranda (near Osma), dated Feb. 9, 1463. The privilege appoints Giacomo as Henry IV's councilor, and entitles him to join the name Castiglia to his name, as well as add the Castilian arms to his own. The document records the delivery of the royal privilege to Giacomo.
Notes:
This oversize item is stored in a map drawer.
Penn Provenance:
Formerly owned by Frederick North, Earl of Guilford, and Sir Thomas Phillipps (part of ms. 6067).
Cited in:
From collection 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), p. 163 (Ms. Lea 71).
Contributor:
Henry IV, King of Castile and Leon, 1425-1474.
Sánchez de Arévalo, Rodrigo, 1404-1470.
North, Frederick, Earl of Guilford, 1766-1827, former owner.
Phillipps, Thomas, Sir, 1792-1872, former owner.
OCLC:
476842364