Bull of Pope Clement X erecting into a diocese the Vicariate Apostolic of New France

Quebec is the oldest Episcopal See in North America with the exception of Mexico. The first phase of establishing the Church in New France dates back officially to 1615 when the RÃ...
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[1] de exprimendo vero annuoque valore, ac de unionibus committendis ad partes vocatis quorum interest, 

      ac Lateranensis conciii novissime celebrati, uniones perpetuas nisi in casibus a jure permissis 

      fieri probibentis, ac quibusvis apostolicis, necnon in synodalibus, provincialibus et generalibus 

      conclus editis et edendis constitutionibus, quibus omnibus, etiamsi de lUis eorumque totis teno-

[5] ribus specifica et expressa, ac de verbo ad verbum, non autem per clausulas generales idem impor-

      tantes, expressio ad hoc servanda foret, illis alias in suo robore permansuris, hac vice dun-

      taxat specialiter et expresse derogamus, ceterisque contrariis quibuscumque. Nulli ergo omnino 

      hominum liceat hanc paginam nostrae erectionis, institutionis, suppressionis, extinctionis, 

      unionis, in corporationis indulti, reservationis, concessionis, assignationis, decreti et dero-

[10] gationis infringere vel ei ausu temerario contraire. Si quis autem hoc attentare praesumpserit, 

      indignationem omni potentis Dei ac beatorum Petri et Pauli apostolorum ejus se 

      noverit incursurum. Datum Romae apud Sanctam Mariam Majorem, anno Incarnationis 

      dominicae milesimo sexcentesimo septuagesimo quarto, kalendis octobris, pontificatus nostri anno quinto. 

      Pro eminentissimo Domino Cardinale BARBERINO summatore I CIAMPINUS Loco + Plumbi I Castellus Qui-

[15] bus quidem litteris diligenter visis atque perlectis, praesens transumpti instrumentum confeci, ut illi stetur 

      firmiterque credatur et plenarie fides adhibeatur in judicio et extra illud, perinde ac si litterae originales 

      exhiberentur aut ostensae forent. Actum ut supra praesentibus ibidem DD. Antonio Desverneys 

      et Amaldo Guillaud testibus, ad praemissa vocatis specialiter, atque rogatis. Episcopum 

      Praeinsertae litterae apostolicae cum suo originali revisae concordant. 

[20] Jacobus de Pressis, Officialis Deputatus. 

      G. Card. Prodatarius 		

      Ita est  Innocentius a Laurentiis Cancellariae 

      Apostolicae Secretarius Deputatus

      

  Paleographic comments
Apostolic Bull

The written form of this text is very clear. The careful precision however does not mean that there has been no effort to be ornamental: the text has been justified and some capital letters have been embellished. Even if this is a transcription of the bull the writing is that of books. The initial I which is 10 lines high is reminiscent of the customs common to books. The letters are small and fine but round and well-formed. The punctuation is discreet.
Contractions can be found in the text but in general there are few abbreviations. Some letters are generously developed to indicate the importance of a word such as Ludovicus Rex (for King Louis XIV).

There are some examples of similar letters or isomorphism such as the letters l and s in amplissimo.
The left-slanting d coexists with the capital D.
Descender of the letter p as well as the serifs of the letters l and f are accented with a curve.
The tops of the strokes on the letters b d h and l are curved.
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