Letters patent by King Henry III authorizing Pietro Angèli da Barga to hold ecclesiastical benefices in France

Henry III, King of France, 1551-1589
France. Grande Chancellerie

1582-10-20/1583-02-08

France--Ile-de-France
Italy

Paris

48° 51′ 24″ N, 2° 21′ 03″ E

Manuscript document

Middle French, 1400-1600

Legal document

Item 1- document, folio: vellum, 56 x 31.8 cm; Item 2- notarized copy, bifolium: vellum, 22 x 27.9 cm

Cursiva

Fol. 2v: note in Italian, 16th-century, possibly in Angèli's hand, "Habilitatione a potere | tenere beneficis in Francia"

Pen flourishings in top border (fol.1r, both items)

Notable People
Government and Politics
Art and Culture

Henry III, King of France, 1551-1589
Patronage, political
Authors--Pensions
Angèli, Pietro, 1517-1596
Benefices, Ecclesiastical

Signatures on document, fol.1v: Henricus Rex III, De Neuville; Signatures on notarized copy, fol.2r: J. Lecamus, P. Decrety; Forms part of the Barga Collection at the Newberry Library

The Newberry Library

Newberry VAULT Case MS 5A 48

Angèli, Pietro, 1517-1596, former owner
Acquired by the Newberry from Leo S. Olschki, Florence, in 1966

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