Accession number
PML 22510
Creator
Sixtus IV, Pope, 1414-1484.
Object title
Forma confessionalis.
Published
[Munich] or [Nuremberg] : [Friedrich Creussner], Anno domini .M.CCC.LXXXij [1482].
Description
1 half-sheet (broadside) ; 19.5 x 27 cm
Credit line
Gift of J.P. Morgan, Jr., 1924.
Notes
A xylographic reproduction of the 1482 indulgence printed by Friedrich Creussner (see PML 79162/ChL 419H) but with the commissioner's name included on line 12: "...Ego frater Petr[us] Gardian[us] [et] p[re]dicator [con]ve[n]t[us] Monacen[sis], ordinis minorum subcommissarius..."
An indulgence granted by Pope Sixtus IV, issued by Brother Peter, guardian and preacher of the Franciscan convent at Munich. Originally bearing a red wax (papal?) seal which was removed when Sixtus declared these indulgences to be invalid, on 28 June 1482. For full collation see GW I, col. 13, footnote. Haebler, Einblattdrucke des XV. Jahrhunderts, p. 7, footnote.
Imprint date from printed issue date: "Et figilii cruciate impression muniri. Anno domini .M.CCCC.LXXXij. Die [blank for inscription of purchase date].
Paper format: Chancery folio half-sheet.
Morgan copy leaf dimensions: 19.5 x 27 cm; no watermark.
An indulgence granted by Pope Sixtus IV, issued by Brother Peter, guardian and preacher of the Franciscan convent at Munich. Originally bearing a red wax (papal?) seal which was removed when Sixtus declared these indulgences to be invalid, on 28 June 1482. For full collation see GW I, col. 13, footnote. Haebler, Einblattdrucke des XV. Jahrhunderts, p. 7, footnote.
Imprint date from printed issue date: "Et figilii cruciate impression muniri. Anno domini .M.CCCC.LXXXij. Die [blank for inscription of purchase date].
Paper format: Chancery folio half-sheet.
Morgan copy leaf dimensions: 19.5 x 27 cm; no watermark.
Binding
In folder.
Variant title
Indulgentia, 1482. For promoting the war against the Turks.
Provenance
Perhaps Munich Hofbibliothek duplicate, inscription: "Inc. Typ. No 1873" (on verso); Pierpont Morgan Library, gift of J.P. Morgan, Jr., Dec. 1924.
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