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[GRANT OF TERRITORY] Document on vellum in Latin, drawn up by Marcellus Clodius, from the Apostolical Palace at Perugia, 23rd March 1500, to Cardinal Perandi, Archbishop of Perugia, being a grant of certain territory in the Papal States to Counts Andrea and Bernardino Bartholomeo of the Alemolini family, endorsed in 3½ lines by Benedict Calmun of Montefalcone, secretary to the Cardinal legate (creased, some fading), framed and glazed.

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[GRANT OF TERRITORY] Document on vellum in Latin, drawn up by Marcellus Clodius, from the Apostolical Palace at Perugia, 23rd March 1500, to Cardinal Perandi, Archbishop of Perugia, being a grant of certain territory in the Papal States to Counts Andrea and Bernardino Bartholomeo of the Alemolini family, endorsed in 3½ lines by Benedict Calmun of Montefalcone, secretary to the Cardinal legate (creased, some fading), framed and glazed.

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Cardinal Perandi was a Frenchman sent as ambassador to Rome by the Emperor Maximilian and created Cardinal by Alexander VI (Pope 1492-1503). Perandi was noteable for his efforts to raise one of the last crusades to unite Europe against the Turks.

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