Historical Legal Documents - Folio 1 from Mackus Company

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D2681 Papal Bull, document on vellum, in the 18th year of Pope Benedict XIII.
Spain, 1412.

Six leaves on vellum, in brown ink, dated 1412, with 4 additional leaves on paper (a later transcription) in Latin. Written during the "Schism" when there were three popes, Gregory XII, Benedict XIII, and John XXIII. Popes Clement and Innocent are mentioned. The text concerns Johannes Martini de Lastrana, Deacon, of St. Peter the Martyr, Monastery, Toledo. Transcript also names Don Peter Suarez of Toledo and Alfonzo Gundi-Salvi of Leon.

Size: 12 x 8 ¼ in.
$1,475

D3299 Illuminated Diploma, gold leaf, tempera, and ink on vellum.
Rome, 9 December 1620.

Illuminated diploma, issued by Alessandro Peretti Cardinal Montalto, of the Confraternity of the Crucifixion of the Church of S. Marcello, in favor of Roderico Galvani, headed with a Crucifix with two kneeling members of the Order, with an illuminated acanthus border in blue and red above and at both sides, on vellum. Signed by the Cardinal and others. A Diploma in civil law: a royal charter; letters patent granted by a prince or sovereign.

Size: 31 x 26 in.
$1,400