79/2158 [Italy. Rome]. Indulgentie ecclesiarum principalium alme urbis Rome. Manuscript, pen and ink on paper, ±1790, (8 text)p., rubricated in red/ brown ink, contemp. stiff paper wr.

= Text in the tradition of so-called "libri indulgentiarum", which listed the different locations in Rome where relics could be found and indulgences obtained, serving as propaganda to attract pilgrims to the Holy City. The text mentions seven principal churches in Rome and lists St. John's Lateran as first and foremost, indicating that the original text dates from between the mid-14th and the late-15th cent. - before St. Peter's took primacy over Rome's other churches. See: J.R. Hulbert, Some Medieval Advertisements of Rome (Modern Philology, 1923, p.404-405). One leaf bearing the watermark of Zaandijk paper producer J. (Aggesz.?) Kool.