Bullae S[anc]t[orum] Pontificum

Contributor:

Charles V, King of France, 1338-1380 (addressee)

Name:

Gregory IX, Pope, approximately 1170-1241; John XXII, Pope, -1334; Innocent VI, Pope, -1362; Urban V, Pope, 1310-1370; Gregory XI, Pope, 1329-1378

Timespan:

14th century; 13th century; Middle Ages, 600-1500; To 1309; 1309-1378

Date:

1350

Description:

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).

Language:

Latin

Provenance:

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

Relation:

Collation model: http://repository.upenn.edu/sims_models/68

Subject:

Ludwig IV, Holy Roman Emperor, 1282?-1347; Catholic Church -- History -- 13th century; Catholic Church -- History -- 14th century; Catholic Church; Church history -- Middle Ages, 600-1500; Church history; Church history -- Middle Ages; Papacy -- History -- To 1309; Papacy; History; Papacy -- History -- 1309-1378; Popes; Bulls, Papal; Letters, Papal

Resource Type:

Text

Form/Genre:

Bulls (papal records); Codices; Papal briefs; Manuscripts, Medieval; Manuscripts, Latin; manuscripts (documents)

Physical Description:

276 leaves : paper; 287 x 221 mm bound to 295 x 225 mm

Rights:

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

Notes:

Ms. codex.; Title from spine: "Bullae St. Pontificum."; 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. Link to collation model at end of record.; Script: Written in a Gothic cursive script.; 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.; Origin: Written in France (Avignon?) in the late 14th to early 15th century.; Latin, with 23 letters from Gregory XI in French.

Physical Location:

Kislak Center for Special Collections, Rare Books and Manuscripts, Manuscripts, Oversize Ms. Codex 29