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1740 · Rome
by (PAPAL BULL ON VELLUM). POPE BENEDICT XIV
Rome, 1740. 180 x 312 mm. (7 x 12 1/4"). Single column, 18 lines, in an arcane "scrittura bollatica."
Elaborate lettering across top line of text, and at lower right corner. Lower margin with several signatures in ink; verso with brief notes in ink; remains of hemp tie for appended seal (which has been cut away). With faint folds, a little natural yellowing to vellum, but in fine condition.
Appearing almost as a dancing musical score, this is Papal Bull that leaves a lot to be deciphered. The document is written in the so-called "scrittura bollatica," which the Catholic Encyclopedia calls "an archaic and very artificial type of writing (truncated)
Elaborate lettering across top line of text, and at lower right corner. Lower margin with several signatures in ink; verso with brief notes in ink; remains of hemp tie for appended seal (which has been cut away). With faint folds, a little natural yellowing to vellum, but in fine condition.
Appearing almost as a dancing musical score, this is Papal Bull that leaves a lot to be deciphered. The document is written in the so-called "scrittura bollatica," which the Catholic Encyclopedia calls "an archaic and very artificial type of writing (truncated)
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