Graduate Diploma in Civil and Canon Law from the University of Bologna, in favour of Gasparo Pignatta of Ravenna, Bologna, dated 29 February 1560

single sheet document, vellum, c.485x810mm, the lower c.63mm folded up (thus obscuring three lines of text by the notary Lactantius de Panzachiis), the main text 27 lines in elegant Humanistic cursive script, key names and phrases written in gold, capitals in blue, heading in alternate blue and gold characters, with three vertical and two horizontal folds within the text area, a few small holes, red wax seal in metal surround threaded onto a pink braided double cord

A fine example of humanistic Roman Square Capitals and Italic scripts