[Vivo d'Orcia, Tuscany, Italy] Very important document on pa - Lot 108

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[Vivo d'Orcia, Tuscany, Italy] Very important document on pa - Lot 108
[Vivo d'Orcia, Tuscany, Italy] Very important document on parchment (approx. 74.5*54.5cm) communicating the privileges of the confraternity of the Blessed Sacrament at the church of Saint Marcel in "Vivo Montiicinensis" i.e. Vivo d'Orcia in Tuscany. Hole-punched printed document with handwritten parts (in the holes) and large illuminated frame (gouache and watercolor), Rome June 27, 1558 [August 29, 1638]. Although the decision is dated June 27, 1558, the fourth year of the pontificate of Paul IV (1476-1559), and mentions Cardinal Rodolfo Pie de Carpi (1500-1564), this document was published on August 29, 1638, probably because this type of document was not made at the time of the decision. Paul IV was the pope who followed Pope Marcel II (1501-1555), and was also the one who conferred episcopal consecration on him. Marcel II was elected on April 9, 1555, but died less than a month later, on May 1, 1555. Marcel II, then Cardinal Marcello Cervini, had acquired the castle of Vivo d'Orcia, which is still in his family today. It seems that his half-brother Alexander Cervini (b. 1510), mentioned in the document, was behind the request. The privileges were therefore transferred to the castle's Romanesque chapel, the church of Saint Marcel. The gouache decoration features five medallions. At the top center, the Blessed Sacrament, represented by the host and chalice on an altar with two candle holders in front. The medallion to its left depicts the Virgin and Child, while the medallion to the right shows Pope Marcel I, a fourth-century martyr. The two side medallions are family-shaped. The one on the right bears the family coat of arms: a deer lying on grass with ears of wheat. The left-hand medallion also bears the family coat of arms, but reinterpreted. The standing cervid is drinking water from a jar on which a man, holding the wheat, is leaning. The Cervini family is seen drinking from the torrent of spiritual graces derived from the privileges granted to the family chapel, the fruits of which are being reaped. Under modern frame, minor flaws at the edges of the parchment. The parchment has probably suffered a few splashes that have degraded the frieze. As with the rest of the frieze, the medallions are only slightly damaged and have only a few small chips due to the passage of time. The document was preserved folded and probably bore a foot seal (two holes in the bottom of the parchment). A rare and magnificent document. Expert : Benoît GALLAND
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