Illuminated petitions : addressed to the Pope, [between 1495-1503].

Record ID: 
382433
Accession number: 
MA 1175.1-2
Author: 
Alexander VI, Pope, 1431-1503.
Credit: 
Purchased, 1943.
Description: 
2 items (2 p.) : vellum ; 31.2 x 43.1 cm and 34.1 x 41.8 cm.
Notes: 

Autograph approval on both petitions.
It is unclear which of the petitions in this collection was purchased from E.L. Stevenson in 1943.

Summary: 

Two illuminated petitions addressed to Pope Alexander VI requesting religious indulgences, one from Catherine Manrique, Lady-in-Waiting to the Queen of Spain (MA 1175.1), and the second from Ulrich Fugger and his brothers, of Augsburg, and Johann Turz and his son Georg, of Cracow (MA 1175.2).

Housed in: 
Blue cloth drop-spine box (60.5 x 47.3 cm)
Provenance: 
Purchased from E.L. Stevenson in May 1943.