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Pope Sixtus V brief, 1586.

Author/Creator:
Sixtus V, Pope, 1520-1590.
Publication:
1586.
Format/Description:
Manuscript
1 item (1 leaf)
Contained In:
Piccolomini Family Papers. Folder 91
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Form/Genre:
Papal briefs.
Legal documents.
Notarial documents.
Manuscripts, Latin.
Manuscripts, Renaissance.
Language:
In Latin.
Summary:
Copy of a brief from Pope Sixtus V addressed to Carlo Emilio di Carlo Piccolomini-Carli of Siena, containing special privileges for Carlo in connection with his membership of the Order of the Lily, which later turned into the Order of the Fleur de Lys. Bottom section missing (torn).
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:
Piccolomini-Carli, Carlo Emilio di Carlo, addressee.
North, Frederick, Earl of Guilford, 1766-1827, former owner.
Phillipps, Thomas, Sir, 1792-1872, former owner.
OCLC:
468790667