Forma confessionalis : Pateat vniuersis p[raese]ntes l[itte]ras inspecturis qualiter deuoti in [Chris]to ... .
Catholic Church.Pope (1471-1484 : Sixtus IV)
[Nuremberg : Printer of the 'Rochus Legend',
c. 1482]
Letter of indulgence for promoting the war against the Turks.
Title from caption and first line of text; imprint and filing title from ISTC.
Lines 1 and 14 are xylographic printing according to GW.
With blank space for name of Friar granting indulgence on lines 8-9.
With typewritten bibliographical note: 'Both the references in Einbl. are to this copy.'
At the right hand side, four lines of a faded two-column text at right angles to the printed text are visible. With a red mark (from original seal?) at the bottom. With inscriptions on verso: in secretary hand, a Latin list of contents of a volume, mostly 'tractatus'; in italic hand, later provenance inscriptions.
For faded two-column text, red mark, and inscription of Franciscus Eikher, cf. Crawford.I.2(9).
GW
GW, Einblattdrucke
ISTC
With the name 'Johannes udalricus Sÿsenflanus Bardianus Conuentor[um] Nurmbergens[is]' inscribed in the space on lines 8-9. Inscriptions on verso in italic hand: Ex libris Franciscus Eik[?]her LB à Kapffing a[nn]o 1697. Ex Bibliothecae BV Mariae in Kalling.
Church history