Medieval & Renaissance Manuscripts

Oath of office for coiners and minters of Avignon and register of officials
France, Avignon, ca. 1411
MS M.300 fol. 17r

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Escutcheon of Pope Alexander VI -- Per pale dexter, or an ox gules feeding on a terrace vert, a bordure or charged with eight tufts of grass vert, and sinister barry of six, sable and or, in chief gules tied crossed keys surmounted by triple-crowned papal tiara with infulae; all against draped background. Miniature within frame.