Vatican Art Print "Solemn Papal Blessing in a Volume of Prayer" Pope Boniface IX

Description: Vatican Library Print "Solemn Papal Blessing in a Volume of Prayer" Pope Boniface IX Matted & Framed - 26.5" x 20.5"Biblioteca Apostolica VaticanaCommissioned by Pope Boniface IX (1389-1404) There have been nine Popes named Boniface.Pope Boniface IX was head of the Catholic Church from 2 November 1389 to his death. He was the second Roman pope of the Western Schism. During this time the Avignon claimants, Clement VII and Benedict XIII, maintained the Roman Curia in Avignon, under the protection of the French monarchy. VATICAN APOSTOLIC LIBRARYThe Prints Cabinet of the Vatican Library is an important artistic collection which preserves engravings and loose prints, i.e. images which are not bound into books or which are not accompanied by printed texts. It also preserves a considerable number of drawings which have, over the course of time, become part of the Library’s collections and which were added to the collection of engravings due to the similarity of the necessary conservation measures. It also includes many photographs and chalcographic and xylographic plates. The Prints Cabinet is made up of five main collections: The Prints Collection, the Geographic Prints (or Maps) Collection, the Copperplate Collection, the Drawings Collection and the Photographic collection. It also includes some smaller collections, such as the Ashby and Gismondi collections. These maintain a certain autonomy inasmuch as they are "closed collections" of a certain size. The Prints Cabinet is enriched by artistic material through bequests, donations, acquisitions, and especially through the gifts which are made to the Holy Father.

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