Bod-Inc: I-017

Innocentius VIII, Pont. Max

Indulgence for the benefactors and members of the fraternity of the monastery of Santiago de Compostela [17 Sept. 1491].

 

Analysis of Content

Printed side Innocentius VIII, Pont. Max.: Indulgence for the benefactors and members of the fraternity of the monastery of Santiago de Compostela [17 Sept. 1491]. Incipit: ‘[V]niuersis et singulis vtriusque sexus Christi fidelibus salutem. Notum sit qualiter sanctissimus dominus noster Innocencius diuina prouidentia papa octauus et modernus confirmauit approbauit . . .’

Imprint

Imprint: [Geneva: Louis Cruse, 1491]. Broadside.

Remarks: As assigned and dated by GW, in a letter to Lathrop Colgate Harper, 14 May 1954 (stored with the indulgence).

Collation

Collation: Single sheet, printed on one side only.

Types: Types: 98 G, 66 G.

Leaves: 1 leaf.

Line number: 43 lines.

Type area: Size of woodcut: 83 × 205 mm; type area: 143 × 205 mm.

Illustrations: Woodcut depicting a crucifix with two saints kneeling, also, on the left, S. James dressed as a pilgrim with a shell on his hat, and, on the right, two knights in armour, one carrying a banner bearing shell devices.

Remarks: The impression of the seal at the foot of the leaf shows S. James dressed as a pilgrim with staff and shell, with a praying pilgrim on either side of him; the seal is lettered ‘Sancti Jacobi'. Printed side: Woodcut. ‘[V]NIUERSIS Et ſingulis vtriusſqƺ ſexus xp̄i fidelibus ſalutem. Notuƺ ſit qualiter ſanctiſſimus dn̄s noſter dn̄s Innocēci⁹ | diuina ꝓuidencia papa octauus et modernus . . .'; l. 43: ‘ . . . auctoritate apl ‘ica [pro] vltimo articulo mortis vt ī ea cōtinetþ. Iunoīe p'.

References

ISTC: ii00134030

Proctor: Not in Pr;

Others: not in Sheppard.

LCN: 14440133

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