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Indulgence granted to the monastery of S. Maria juxta Pontem Lapideum (MS M.697).

Accession number
MS M.697
Object title
Indulgence granted to the monastery of S. Maria juxta Pontem Lapideum (MS M.697).
Created
France, possibly Avignon, July 18, 1343.
Credit line
Purchase, 1925.
Description
1 leaf (22 lines) : vellum, ill. ; 610 x 720 mm
Notes
Ms. indulgence; written and illuminated in France, perhaps in Avignon, and dated July 18, 1343.
The indulgence was granted by 3 archbishops and 15 bishops on July 18, 1343; it was confirmed by Bartolomeo Bardi, Bishop of Spoleto, on sept. 16, 1343--Cf. files.
Scribe: Gulielmus de Bononia, Bardi's scribe, signed the manuscript.
Decoration: 1 large historiated initial, 3 marginal bust portraits, cords for seals appended to turned-up lower border.
Matted.
Script
diplomatic script and notarial cursive
Language
Latin
Classification