tir00203500

Text-inc Id:

tir00203500

Bod-inc Id:

R-076

Headings:

Robertus Castellensis, commissary Indulgentia, 2 Feb. 1499. For promoting war against the Turks.

Analysis of content:

1. Printed side Robertus Castellensis: Indulgentia, 2 Feb. 1499. For promoting war against the Turks. Incipit: ‘[Robertus] Castellensis clericus Wulteranus Apostolice Sedis protonotharius et sanctissimi domini nostri Pape commissarius . . . Auctoritate apostolica nobis hac parte nuper concessa, ut omnes et singulos . . .’ NO EDITION On Alexander VI's plans for war with the Turks see K. M. Setton, The Papacy and the Levant (1204-1571) 4 vols (Philadelphia, PA, 1976-1984), II 508-17.

Imprint:

[London: Richard Pynson, 1499]. Broadside.

Collation:

Single sheet. Type: 95 G; initial word ‘Robertus' is a woodcut. 1 leaf. 19 lines. Type area: 157 ×100 mm. ‘Robertus Caſtellen̄ Cleric' wulteranus Apl'ice ſedis ꝓthonotarius: ac ſcīſſi | mi dn̄inr̄i Pape Cōmissarius. Tibi uenerabili uiro [ ] | Auctoritate apl'ica nobis hac [per] ꝑ te nu[per] ꝑ ɂceſſa . . .'; l. 18: ‘. . . Dat' London̄ in domo noſtre ſolite reſidentie Scd'o die men | ſis Februarii. Anno dn̄i. M. CCCC.[lxxx]xix.’

References:

Source: Bodleian ISTC: ir00203500 Pr 9792; Duff 217; E 1267; Sheppard 7554; STC 326; (R)STC 14077c.138.

Copies:

1. R-076(1) Copy Bound in a guard-book containing sixteenth-century indulgences and letters of confraternity. Cropped. Printed on parchment. Binding: Modern brown cloth. Size of leaf: 100 × 165 mm. Provenance: John Bagford (1650-1716). Thomas Hearne (1678-1735); see note ‘This Indulgence, given me by Mr. Bagford, is a wonderfull Curiosity'. Francis Douce (1757-1834). Bequeathed in 1834. SHELFMARK: Arch. A b.8(21).