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[Indulgentia, 1483, issued by Sixtus IV for promoting the war against the Turks]

Alternate Title:
Indulgentia, 1483; Forma confessionalis; Indulgence, 1483; Pateat vniuersis p[rese]ntes l[itte]ras inspecturis Qualiter deuota in [Christ]o
Name:
Catholic Church. Pope (1471-1484 : Sixtus IV); Sixtus IV, Pope, 1414-1484; Kemel, Emericus de
Date:
1483
Language:
Latin
Provenance:
Lea, Henry Charles, 1825-1909 (former owner)
Publisher:
[Printer of the Rochus Legende]
Subject:
Catholic Church -- Discipline -- Early works to 1800; Catholic Church; Discipline
Resource Type:
Text
Form/Genre:
Incunabula; blank forms; forms (documents); books
Physical Description:
1 sheet (1 unnumbered page); 124 x 243 mm
Related Place:
Germany -- Nuremberg.
Rights:
http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/NoC-US/1.0/
Notes:
Indulgence issued for women (line 1: "deuota in [Christ]o") in the name of Emericus de Kemel, commissary. Variant: issued for men (line 1: "deuot[us]"). Cf. GW.; Title, place of printing and printer supplied from ISTC.; Broadside: 22 lines, including 2 headlines; area of text: 104 x 216 mm. Xylographic headlines read "Forma confessionalis." (line 1) and "Forma absolutionis." (line 15). At the end of line 2, space has been left for the name of the recipient. Rubrication not called for.; From the library of Henry Charles Lea.; Penn Libraries copy mounted on a blank leaf. No name has been supplied in line 2.; Penn Libraries copy imperfect: top right corner excised with loss of last 3 words of line 2 ("papam quartum ordinatum"); several small holes and areas of surface damage in sheet with occasional loss of or damage to text, particularly near left margin; one vertical and two horizontal cuts in sheet, with minor damage to text; sheet stained across central and lower portions. May have been used as binder's waste.
Physical Location:
Kislak Center for Special Collections, Rare Books and Manuscripts, Lea Collection, Inc S-569
Collection:
Henry Charles Lea Library (University of Pennsylvania); Incunable Collection (University of Pennsylvania)