The result of this demanding publishing project is Sacra Vestigia – Brother Francis of Assisi, the first and only edition of the papal bull whereby Honorius III confirmed the Rule of the Friars Minor (Solet annuere, dated November 29, 1223), and of the two surviving documents written by Francis in his own hand (the Assisi Chartula and the Letter to brother Leo). The replicas were made scanning the original documents, which are displayed in the Assisi Basilica’s Chapel of Relics and in the cathedral of Spoleto.
The speakers at the presentation included Fra Mauro Gambetti, Custodian of the Sacred Convent; Renato Boccardo, Archbishop of Spoleto - Norcia; Professor Francesco Santi of the University of Cassino, who gave a lively and very original talk on Francis’s writing style; Professor Attilio Bartoli Langeli, who produced the diplomatic edition of all three documents; and Professor Enrico Menestò, vicepresident of the International Society of Franciscan Studies. The presentation was moderated by Orazio La Rocca, a brilliant journalist and Vatican specialist who writes for the Italian weekly magazine Panorama.
Solet annuere and texts written by St. Francis in his own hand
Exemplaria Perfecta Pinacothecae Vaticanae
Ego Marcus Paulo volo et ordino | Cod. Lat. V, 58 (=2437), no. 33; parchment, 1324 (1323 according to the Venetian calendar)
il progetto per il Ministero dei Beni e delle Attività culturali e del Turismo
the project for Archdiocese of Spoleto-Norcia
il progetto Exemplaria Praetiosa, le certificazioni e la storia dell'Archivio
The papal seals | Arc. Cap. S.Petri in Vat.
A journey to the Venice of the Doges | A.A. Arm.I-XVIII, 1302
An unprecedented publication | A.A. Armadium D208, 209, 210, 217
The troubled marriage case of Henry VIII | A.A., Arm. I-XVIII 4098A
The Bull of Indiction of the Second Vatican Ecumenical Council | Instr. Misc. 7934
by Claudius Ptolemaeus | Cod. Urb. Lat. 277
The main source of hymns and prayers that spread throughout the Catholic world | Cod. Vat. Lat. 10293
Dante’s Divine Comedy illustrated by Botticelli | Cod. Reg. Lat. 1896
The Exultet Chant | Cod. Barb. Lat. 592
Francesco di Giorgio Martini (1439-1501) | Cod. Urb. Lat. 1757
Abbot Donizo narrates the life of the Saint | Cod. Vat. Lat. 4922
Fifteenth-century manuscript made for Alexander VI | Cod. Borg. Lat. 425
A thirteenth-century manuscript | Cod. Vat. Lat. 39
A manuscript made by Berthaud d'Achy | Cod. Urb. Lat. 376
by Pier Candido Decembrio | Cod. Urb. Lat. 276
Dalla Biblioteca dei Papi i codici facsimili
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