Copy of papal bull by Martin V regarding the Birgittine order

Vadstena, Middle of 15th century

Paper

i, 17, i' leaves

215–220 × 150–160 mm

Latin

1 (ff. 1v–17v) Copy of papal bull

Rubric: Bulla Martini quinti confirmationis bulle Johannis xxiii ?? marismagni de verbo ad verbum super priuilegia et cetera

Incipit: Martinus Episcopus seruus seruorum dei Ad perpertuam rei memoriam

Explicit: datum Rome viiii kalendas Maii pontificatus eiusdem duodecimo ordine prefato

Note:

Edition: SDHK, no. 19261.

Physical Description

Secundo folio

ostendens defectus

Support

Binding/Endleaves

Locus: LCI, f. SL1, SR1, RCI

Support: Paper

Leaf dimensions: 220 × 160 mm

Textblock

Locus: ff. 1–17

Leaf dimensions: 215 × 150 mm

Support: Paper

Watermark 1

Note: Unidentified motif, possibly small Bull's head, visible in the inner margin on some leaves.

Foliation

Modern foliation in pencil.

Condition

Textblock

ff. 1r–11r: brown blotches on the pages, possibly from liquid, larger in the beginning and smaller towards the end, affects legibility of the text on ff. 1r–2r. Pages torn and loose in the inner margin of the entire text. f. 2 upper right corner cut out. After f. 10 two leaves may have been cut out and after f. 17 one leaf.

Layout

Locus: ff. 1r–17v

Columns: 1

Written lines: 34

Written area: 165 × 100 mm

Note: Guidelines in ink.

Script

Textblock

Hand 1

Gothic cursive

Additions

Binding/Endleaves

(LCI) Upper left corner: National Library book label with current signum; upper edge, in ink by a modern hand: ‘Från Antiqvitets Arkivet, utan sign.’. In pencil: ‘A 60’.

(f. SL1r) Centre page, in ink by a modern hand (probably by Klemming): ‘Martini Vi Bulla angående Vadstena kloster 7 April 1419 innehållande konfirmation af Johannis XXII bulla 1 Maj 1413, kallad Mare magnum. Största delen af § 53 samt hela 54 och 55 fela. Tryckt efter Annan codex (A. 23) i Diplomaticum Svecanum från och med 1401, II 618-644.’

(f. Note_1v) A typewritten note in Swedish from a previous exhibition that gives background information about different papal bulls relating to the Birgittine order.

Textblock

(f. 1r) Three paragraphs of text written in black and brown ink by one or several medieval hands. The texts are faded and affected by stains. Top of page, in pencil: ‘12’. Centre page, in black ink: ‘13’. Bottom page, in pencil: ‘10’.

(ff. 2v–17v) In the margins: Chapter headings and chapter number in red and in black ink, sometimes within frames. Manicules and additions by one or several medieval hands consisting of one word or short phrases. In the text: underlinings in ink.

(f. 6v), (f. 7v), (ff. 11v–12r), (f. 15) white lines drawn through the text, possibly deletions.

Decorations

Textblock

Description:

Main text in black ink, capitals touched in red and sometimes in yellow. Rubrics in red.

Initials:

(ff. 1v–2r): plain initials in red over 2 lines.

Binding

Description:

Modern binding. Marbled paper and leather over cardboard. Rebound in 1882. LCO, stamped in gold: ‘A 60’. Spine, black ink on paper label: ‘Bulla Martini Vi’.

Binding dimensions: 230 × 170 × 10 mm

Contemporary: No

History

Origin

Vadstena Middle of 15th century

Provenance

According to f. Note_1v the manuscript is a copy of the papal bull from 1419 made in Vadstena abbey. The manuscript was probably transferred to Stockholm and Uppsala during the dissolution of the monasteries (finished in 1619) and finally ended up in the Antiquities Archive.