[Indulgentia, 1482, issued by Sixtus IV for promoting the war against the Turks]

Alternate Title:

Indulgence, 1482; Forma confessionalis; Pateat vniuersis presentes litteras inspecturis. Qualiter deuot[ ] in [Christ]o

Contributor:

Blaubirer, Johann, active 1478-1486 (printer)

Name:

Catholic Church; Sixtus IV, Pope, 1414-1484; Petrus Cristannus

Date:

1482

Language:

Latin

Provenance:

Lea, Henry Charles, 1825-1909 (former owner)

Publisher:

[Johann Blaubirer]

Resource Type:

Text

Form/Genre:

Incunabula; Blank forms -- Germany -- 15th century; Forms (documents)

Physical Description:

1 sheet (1 unnumbered page); 190 x 277 mm

Related Place:

Germany -- Augsburg.

Rights:

http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/NoC-US/1.0/

Notes:

"The 'Forma confessionalis' of 1482, issued and sealed in the name of the commissary Petrus (Petrus Cristannus, also known as Cristini or Christmann, of Breslau), Warden of the Munich Franciscan convent, records the right of the recipient, whose name is to be added by hand, to be granted the plenary indulgence instituted by Pope Sixtus IV in his bull 'Domini et Salvatoris' (4 Dec. 1480) after the capture of Otranto by the Turks ... It is followed by the 'Forma absolutionis'. The letter of indulgence was printed many times, with almost identical wording, in the years 1482 and 1483, mostly on behalf of the individual commissaries, under whose names the letters are often listed in modern catalogues"-- Cat. of books printed in the 15th c. now in the Bodleian Lib.; Title supplied by cataloger.; "The xylographic edition is an exact copy of the typographic indulgence (Nuremberg: Friedrich Creussner, 1482), for which see Einblattdrucke 22, 23; GW 32; Goff [S-568]; BSB-Ink F-191 ... The suggestion by Voulliéme, followed by Schreiber, that Johann Schaur of Munich may have been the woodcutter is circumstantial. Assigned here to the workshop of Johann Blaubirer in Augsburg"--Cat. of books printed in the 15th c. now in the Bodleian Lib.; Xylographic broadside (chancery half-sheet?): 23 lines, including 2 headlines; area of text: 130 x 233 mm. Headlines read "Forma confessionalis." (line 1) and "Forma absolutionis." (line 15). One printed paragraph mark (line 22). At the end of line 2, space has been left for the name of the recipient; in the preceding phrase "Qualiter deuot[ ] in [Christ]o" space has been left to decline the adjective. At the end of line 14, space has been left to complete the date of issue. Rubrication not called for.; Line 4 reads: ... Quapropter auctoritate prefati Domini nostri ...; a variant reads: ... Quapropter Quilibet eorum auctoritate prefati domini uostri ... Cf. GW.; From the library of Henry Charles Lea.; Penn Libraries copy mounted on a blank leaf. Line 12 has 2 ms. underlines in pencil (1 beneath "Gardian[us]"; 1 beneath "Monacen[sis]"). Large red oval stain in lower margin marks the position of a seal, now wanting. No name has been supplied in line 2.; Penn Libraries copy: line 3 reads: ... Sixtu[m] diuina [pro]uide[n]tia papa[m] quartu[m].; Penn Libraries copy: line 4 reads: ... Quapropter auctoritate prefati Domini nostri ...; Penn Libraries copy: sheet appears to have been used as binder's waste (pastedown).; Penn Libraries copy imperfect: remains of glue over much of text area (some words obscured, particularly on left side of sheet; a few damaged or lost); a small piece of dark brown leather still affixed to sheet covers several words in lines 21-23. Lower portion of sheet mutilated at left corner and beside red stain. Several pinpoint wormholes, primarily on right side of sheet.

Physical Location:

Kislak Center for Special Collections, Rare Books and Manuscripts, Lea Collection, Inc S-568a

Collection:

Henry Charles Lea Library (University of Pennsylvania); Incunable Collection (University of Pennsylvania)