Johannes de giglis viris utriusq[ue] doctor Sanctissimi d[omi]ni nostri d[omi]ni Sixti divina provide[n]cia pape quarti et sedis apostolice subdiaconus.

Accession number:

PML 681

Author:

Johannes de Gigliis, commissary.

Published:

[Westminster] : [William Caxton], [1481]

Description:

1 leaf (broadside) ; 16 x 22 cm

Credit Line:

Purchased in 1902.

Notes:

An indulgence printed by Caxton for Johannes de Giglis the commissioner for Pope Sixtus IV, to be granted to contributors toward the war against the Turks.
First issue. Singular issue.
Format: undetermined, oblong vellum
Line 1, [J]Ohannes de giglis viris utriusq[ue] doctor Sanctissimi d[omi]ni nostri d[omi]ni Sixti divina ... line 23, ... Anno d[omi]ni Millesimo quadringentismo octauagesimo primo Ac pontifici sanctissimi domini nosteri d[omi]ni Sixti pape quarti anno undecimo.
PML copy lacks top-right and right edge of text. Some staining from former binding.
PML copy leaf dimensions: 15.5 x 22 cm, trimmed.
PML copy on vellum.
Printed in Caxton's type 4:95B.
Title from incipit.
Woodcut initial.

Binding:

Single leaf, laid in folder.

Variant Title:

Indulgence

Inscriptions/Markings:

Hand decoration: Rubrication unrequired. Annotations: Indulgence unused, not filled in.

Provenance:

Originally pasted inside the paper copy of Caxton's Ryal Book (PML 698/ChL 1789) presented by Thomas Archer (1554-1630), parson of Houghton Conquest and chaplain to James I; Church Library at St. John's, Bedford, presented by Archer before 1630; afterwards passed on at St. Paul's, Bedford and about 1840 to the Bedfordshire General Library, Bedford, stamps (leaves a2r and v9r); Sotheby's London, 17 March 1902, lot 985, to Quaritch for Morgan; Pierpont Morgan Library, purchased 31 July 1902. (On the provenance, see BMC XI 126.)

Classification:

Incunable Collection

Catalog Link:

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Genres:

Incunabula

Indulgences

Broadsides

Vellum printings (Printing)

Printed waste (Binding)

Century:

15th century

Department:

Printed Books