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Cotton MS Vitellius B IV/1
- Record Id:
- 040-001102987
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 032-001101582
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100000001273.0x000236
- LARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100165161678.0x000001
- SLARK:
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Cotton MS Vitellius B IV/1
- Title:
- Bull of Pope Leo X conferring on King Henry VIII of England the title Fidei Defensor (Defender of the Faith)
- Scope & Content:
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This parchment leaf originally formed Article 105 of Cotton MS Vitellius B IV, a volume of records and papers concerning England and Rome, dating between 1519 and 1522. It was damaged by fire in 1731 and the remaining fragments were removed and bound separately.
Bull of Pope Leo X (1513–1521) dated 11 October 1521, conferring on King Henry VIII of England (r. 1509–1547) the title Fidei Defensor (Defender of the Faith). The title was awarded in recognition of the king's pamphlet Assertio septem sacramentorum adversus Martinum Lutherum (Declaration of the Seven Sacraments against Martin Luther), condemning the actions of the German theologian Martin Luther (b. 1483, d. 1546).
- Collection Area:
- Western Manuscripts
- Project / Collection:
- Cotton Collection
- Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-001101582
040-001102987 - Is part of:
- Cotton MS : Cotton Manuscripts
Cotton MS Vitellius B IV/1 : Bull of Pope Leo X conferring on King Henry VIII of England the title Fidei Defensor (Defender of the Faith) - Hierarchy:
- 032-001101582[0814]/040-001102987
- Container:
- View / search within Archive / Collection: Cotton MS
- Record Type (Level):
- File
- Extent:
- 1 leaf
- Digitised Content:
- https://access.bl.uk/item/viewer/ark:/81055/vdc_100165161678.0x000001 (digital images currently unavailable)
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- Languages:
- Latin
- Scripts:
- Latin
- Start Date:
- 1521
- End Date:
- 1521
- Date Range:
- 11 October 1521
- Era:
- CE
- Access:
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- User Conditions:
- Physical Characteristics:
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Condition: Damaged by fire in 1731.
Materials: Parchment.
Dimensions: Approximately 310 × 475 mm.
Script: Italic.
- Custodial History:
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Origin:
Italy, Central (Rome).
Provenance:
Sir Robert Bruce Cotton (b. 1571, d. 1631), 1st baronet, antiquary and politician. Cotton’s collection was augmented by his son, Sir Thomas Cotton (b. 1594, d. 1662), 2nd baronet, and his grandson, Sir John Cotton. Sir John Cotton (b. 1621, d. 1702), 3rd baronet: bequeathed the entire Cotton collection of books and manuscripts to trustees ‘for Publick Use and Advantage’, 12 and 13 William III, c. 7. Formed one of the foundation collections of the British Museum in 1753.
- Publications:
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Bell, H. I., ‘A list of original papal bulls and briefs in the Department of Manuscripts, British Museum’, English Historical Review, 36 (1921), p. 561 (no. 284).
Planta, Joseph, Catalogue of the Manuscripts in the Cottonian Library, deposited in the British Museum (London, 1802), p. 391.
Prescott, Andrew, ''Their Present Miserable State of Cremation': the Restoration of the Cotton Library', in Sir Robert Cotton as Collector: Essays on an Early Stuart Courtier and His Legacy, ed. by C. J. Wright (London: British Library Publications, 1997), pp. 391-454 (p. 392).
- Material Type:
- Archives and Manuscripts
- Legal Status:
- Not Public Record(s)