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Title

Bullae Sanctorum Pontificum

Authors

• Gregory IX, Pope, ca. 1170-1241
• John XXII, Pope, d. 1334
• Innocent VI, Pope, d. 1362
• Urban V, Pope, 1310-1370
• Gregory XI, Pope, 1329-1378

Other related names

• Charles V, King of France, 1338-1380, recipient

Call number

Oversize Ms. Codex 29
(3420 Walnut Street, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19104-6206., University of Pennsylvania, Kislak Center for Special Collections, Rare Books and Manuscripts)

Alternate identifiers

• bibid: 9914739243503681
• http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/155898973
• http://hdl.library.upenn.edu/1017/d/medren/1473924

Publisher

University of Pennsylvania

Language

Latin, with 23 letters from Gregory XI in French

Origin

Date

between 1350 and 1450

Place

Avignon?, France

Summary

Register of papal bulls, letters, etc. particularly from the period when the papacy was at Avignon. Contains 42 bulls, interdicts, etc. from John XXII (1316-1334), all pertaining to his struggle with Emperor Louis of Bavaria (f. 1r-123r). There is a table of contents for these bulls and a letter from Gregory IX (1227-1241), dated 29 January 1240 (f. 1r). Also contains papal letters dating 1352-1378 (f. 125r-276v); 112 letters from Innocent VI (1352-1362), mostly dealing with affairs of England, France and Sicily (f. 125r-176v); 165 letters from Gregory XI (1370-1378), 23 of which are in French and are mostly to the king of France, Charles V (f. 179v-262v); and miscellaneous papal letters, mostly of Urban V (1362-1370) (f. 263r-276v).

Notes

• Ms. codex.
   
• Title from spine: "Bullae St. Pontificum."
   

Extent

276 leaves : 287 x 221 mm. bound to 295 x 225 mm

Collation

Paper, ii + 276 + v; [ii], 1¹⁶, 2-10¹², 11-17¹⁶, 18¹⁴, 19¹², 20¹⁶, [v]; 1-124, 193-314; contemporary (probably original) foliation in brown ink, upper right recto; (loss of 68 folios from f. 124 to f. 193 due to a later rebinding); 1-276; near contemporary foliation in red ink, upper right recto. Folio references in this record use the second set of continuous foliation. Catchwords written in lower margin of versos, in a decorative border. Paper guards inside and outside of each quire.

Support

Paper

Binding

17th- or 18th-century French mottled calf over pasteboards, with gilded arms of the Lamoignon family. The leather is worn away at the hinges. Front cover board is almost completely detached. Leather is crumbly in places. Spine is deteriorating and separating from the binding in places.

Script

Written in a Gothic cursive script.

Provenance

• Formerly owned by the Lamoignon family (stamp, upper and lower covers).
   

Subjects topical

• Catholic Church--History--13th century
• Catholic Church--History--14th century
• Church history--Middle Ages, 600-1500
• Papacy--History--To 1309
• Papacy--History--1309-1378
• Popes
• Bulls, Papal
• Letters, Papal

Genres

• Bulls (papal records)
• Codices
• Papal briefs
• Manuscripts, Medieval
• Manuscripts, Latin--14th century
• Manuscripts, Latin--15th century

Keywords

• 14th century
• 15th century
• French
• Christian
• Paper
• France
• Dictionary
• History

Licenses

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Table of contents

• fol. 1r — Table of contents, f. 1r
• fol. 7r — Bulls, interdicts, etc. of John XXII, f. 7r
• fol. 125r — Letters from Innocent VI, f. 125r
• fol. 179v — Letters from Gregory XI, f. 179v
• fol. 263r — Miscellaneous papal letters, f. 263

Decorations

• fol. 8r — Stamp, f. 8r