Details

Subjects:

Pius III, Pope, approximately 1440-1503.
Bishops -- Temporal power -- Early works to 1800.
Bishops -- Temporal power.
Siena (Italy) -- History -- 15th century.

Form/Genre:

Legal documents.
Notarial documents.
Manuscripts, Latin.
Manuscripts, Renaissance.

Language:

In Latin.

Summary:

Record of grant of plenary power to Francesco di Nanni Todeschini Piccolomini, archbishop of Siena (cardinal of Sant' Eustachio, later Pope Pius III). Two notarial statements, each with a different signature, both dated June 4, 1482: the first documents the proposal to give the archbishop full power in hopes of his securing peace and stability; the second records the result of his election by a ballot vote of 323 white against 14 black beans.

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:

613361385