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Bulla erectionis officii dominorum Militum S. Petri : de numero participantium nuncupatorum quamplurimis privilegiis decorati
Title
Bulla erectionis officii dominorum Militum S. Petri : de numero participantium nuncupatorum quamplurimis privilegiis decorati.
Publication
[Rome] : [publisher not identified], [1521]
Physical Description
36 unnumbered pages ; 21 cm (4to)
Local Notes
Lillian Goldman Law Library rare copy includes inscriptions on the last page, signed by Evangelista Argenti de Cesi, "capellanus et notarius in Archivio Romano," to whom this copy belonged and corrected by Cosmas Jacomelli of Gubbio, "ordinis militum S.P.," to prepare a new edition of the Bull. Jacopo Cotesius testified for Argenti.--From dealer's description.
Hicks classification: CL 16 I7 C74 1521.
Notes
Imprint from Short-title catalogue of books printed in Italy and of Italian books printed in other countries from 1465 to 1600 now in the British Museum (supplement).
Signatures: A-C⁴ D⁶.
Includes side-notes.
Dated at end: "Datum Rome apud sanctu[m] Perrum anno incarnationis dominice. M.D. XX. xiii. k[a]l[endas] Augusti. [July 20, 1520]."
Woodcuts: title vignette of the insignia of the Order of Cavalieri di S. Pietro, depicting St. Peter on the papal throne, surrounded by soldiers of the Order; text also includes a woodcut seal of Pope Leo X on verso of leaf D5.
Summary
Bull issued by Pope Leo X on July 20, 1520 ("MDXX xiii Cal. Augusti"), authorizing the establishment of the "knights of St. Peter," one of the "colleges" of sinecure officials established to create revenue for the papal coffers. Each of the knights of St. Peter, of which there were some 400, purchased memberships for 1,000 fiorini d'oro, an investment, similar to a life annuity, which realized an annual return of 50 scudi. The "knights" were charged with overseeing the administration of the papal alum mines at Tolfa, north of Rome, an important source of revenue for the papal budget, as profits had been earmarked by the Lateran Council to finance a crusade against the Turks. In return, the knights received numerous privileges, including the title of Conti Lateranensi, transferable to the eldest son, and the right to dress in the colors of the papal "camerieri." Cf. Renaissance Rome 1500-1559: a portrait of a society, page 62.
Variant and related titles
Bvlla erectionis officii Dominorvm Militvm Sancti Petri.
Format
Books
Language
Latin
Added to Catalog
January 24, 2019
References
Short-title catalogue of books printed in Italy and of Italian books printed in other countries from 1465 to 1600 now in the British Museum (supplement), p. 572.
Renaissance Rome 1500-1559, a portrait of a society, page 62.
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