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Illuminated petitions : addressed to the Pope, [between 1495-1503].

BIB_ID
382433
Accession number
MA 1175.1-2
Creator
Alexander VI, Pope, 1431-1503.
Display Date
[between 1495-1503].
Credit line
Purchased, 1943.
Description
2 items (2 p.) : vellum ; 31.2 x 43.1 cm and 34.1 x 41.8 cm.
Notes
Autograph approval on both petitions.
It is unclear which of the petitions in this collection was purchased from E.L. Stevenson in 1943.
Provenance
Purchased from E.L. Stevenson in May 1943.
Summary
Two illuminated petitions addressed to Pope Alexander VI requesting religious indulgences, one from Catherine Manrique, Lady-in-Waiting to the Queen of Spain (MA 1175.1), and the second from Ulrich Fugger and his brothers, of Augsburg, and Johann Turz and his son Georg, of Cracow (MA 1175.2).
Housed in
Blue cloth drop-spine box (60.5 x 47.3 cm)