Details

Subjects:

Piccolomini, Giovanni d'Andrea di Nanni Todeschini, 1475-1537.
Catholic Church. Diocese of Sion (Switzerland).
Clergy -- Pensions -- Early works to 1800.
Clergy -- Pensions.

Form/Genre:

Bulls (papal records)
Financial records.
Manuscripts, Latin.
Manuscripts, Renaissance.

Language:

In Latin.

Summary:

Bull dated Oct. 29, 1522, conferring upon Cardinal Giovanni d'Andrea di Nanni Todeschini Piccolomini a pension of 600 gold ducats from the revenues of the diocese of Sion (written Sitten in the manuscript) in Switzerland. The lead bull has been torn off the bottom of the document.

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:

North, Frederick, Earl of Guilford, 1766-1827, former owner.
Phillipps, Thomas, Sir, 1792-1872, former owner.

OCLC:

489495862