Emperor Sigismund appointment, 1432

Name:

Sigismund, Holy Roman Emperor, 1368-1437; Schlick, Kaspar, approximately 1396-1449

Timespan:

Early works to 1800

Date:

1432

Description:

Appointment by the Holy Roman Emperor Sigismund of Jacomo di Pietro de Umidis of Siena as imperial notary. Contains notarial oath promising to write all public instruments on clean parchment, not paper or used parchment. Signature of Caspar Sligk (Kaspar Schlick), chancellor to Sigismund, on verso.

Language:

Latin

Provenance:

Formerly owned by Frederick North, Earl of Guilford, and Sir Thomas Phillipps (part of ms. 6067).; North, Frederick, Earl of Guilford, 1766-1827, former owner.; Phillipps, Thomas, Sir, 1792-1872, former owner.

Subject:

Umidis, Jacomo di Pietro de; Notaries -- Italy; Notaries; Writing materials and instruments -- Early works to 1800; Writing materials and instruments

Resource Type:

Text

Form/Genre:

manuscripts (documents); Manuscripts, Latin; Manuscripts, Renaissance

Physical Description:

1 item (1 leaf) : parchment

Geographic Subject:

Italy

Rights:

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

Notes:

In Latin.

Physical Location:

Kislak Center for Special Collections, Rare Books and Manuscripts, Manuscripts, Ms. Coll. 742 Folder 31

Collection:

Piccolomini Family Papers