Lot 224

Julius II, Pope - [Lateran Council]

Rare Books, Manuscripts, Maps & Photographs

Auction: 14 February 2018 at 10:00 GMT

£1,000

Description

Bulla intimatio[n]is generalis concilii apud Lateranum per S.d.n. Juliu[m] Papa[m] ii. edita. [Rome], 1511. Small 4to (201 x 139mm.), 8ff, Ai-[iv]; Bi-[iv], large woodcut of the Papal coat of arms on title-page, 19th or early 20th century cream parchment, extra blanks at each end

Footnote

Provenance: Henry Huth library, white leather book label; William Graham, JP, FRSAS (1855-1922), Banker, Author of "The One Pound Note", Antiquary & Book Collector; with a few pencil notes by him. Huth Library, Cat., Vol.III, 1880, p.791; Family books relating to the Andersons and Grahams of Edinburgh
Note: One of the greatest Renaissance patrons of the arts, Julius commissioned some of the greatest works of the Renaissance, including the rebuilding of St. Peters's, the painting of the Sistine ceiling by Michelangelo, and the paintings by Raphael in the Stanza della Segnatura. His papacy was challenged in 1511 by rebellious cardinals meeting in Pisa in May 1511, and this Bull was Julius's response, calling a Lateran Council, the Fifth, to be held in Rome in 1512. Issued 18th July 1511, subscribed on Bii verso by the Papal secretary Sigismundus.