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Roma, 3 january, 1643 (brief); 14 february, 1643 (copied). 15 x 45 cm (16 x 6 inches). Single oblong vellum leaf in Latin in a chancery hand, signed by several Curial secretaries ("M.A. Maratori" and two others indecipherable). Old folds, two small perforations (no loss), light soiling. ¶ Fascinating document from Pope Urban VIII, (Maffeo Barberini,1568-1644), whose most remembered pontifical decision was to have the Roman Inquisition prosecute Galileo for heresy

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