Bulla erectionis officii dominorum Militum S. Petri : de numero participantium nuncupatorum quamplurimis privilegiis decorati.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Catholic Church. Pope (1513-1521 : Leo X)

Contributor:

Leo X, Pope, 1475-1521.

Culture Class Collection (University of Pennsylvania)

Italian Culture Class Collection (University of Pennsylvania)

Language:

Latin

Subjects (All):

Military religious orders--Italy--Early works to 1800.

Military religious orders.

Orders of knighthood and chivalry--Early works to 1800.

Orders of knighthood and chivalry.

Italy.

Penn Provenance:

Smith, Charles Hamilton (autograph) (inscription)

King, Richard 1776-1804 (inscription)

Leighton, J. (binder)

Stirling Maxwell, William, 1818-1878 (armorial binding) (bookplate)

Physical Description:

18 unnumbered leaves : illustrations (woodcuts) ; 21 cm (4to)

Other Title:

Bvlla erectionis officii Dominorvm Militvm Sancti Petri

Fingerprint:

reni e-us roem vest (C) 1520 (Q)

Place of Publication:

[Rome] : [publisher not identified], [1521]

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, p. 62.

Notes:

Imprint from BM STC Italian.

Signatures: A-C⁴ D⁶.

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.

Local Notes:

Culture Class Collection copy bound by J. Leighton in armorial binding with Sir William Stirling Maxwell's coat-of arms on front and back covers; title printed in gold on spine; all edges red.

Culture Class Collection copy has bookplate of Sir William Stirling Maxwell on front pastedown.

Culture Class Collection copy has binder's stamp "J. Leighton, Brewer St." on front pastedown.

Culture Class Collection copy has ms. ownership inscription "Charles Hamil[ton] Smith Lt. Col. To my friend Richard King Esq." on title page.

Culture Class Collection copy bound with: Catholic Church. Pope (1523-1534 : Clement VII). Bulla Clementis PP. VII. confirmationis institutionis Collegii Militum. S. Petri et aliorum priuilegiorum concessionis. [Rome : Francesco Minucio Calvo, 1527?]

Cited in:

BM STC Italian, 1465-1600, p. 572

Renaissance Rome 1500-1559, a portrait of a society, p. 62

OCLC:

714283377