Vatican Secret Archives, Knights Templar: Processus Contra Templarios

Vatican Secret Archives, Knights Templar

Processus Contra Templarios, 2 vol., Number 209 of 799 Copies, limitation certificate, text volume in Latin, Italian and English, on Magnani paper, with engraved plates after Domenico Marchetti, accompanying portfolio containing facsimile manuscripts and Papal seals in leather pockets decorated in gilt, publisher's vellum over boards, text volume lettered in gilt, spine of portfolio with onlaid leather strapwork and ties, with loosely-insterted prospectus booklets, preserved in single wallet-style limp goatskin portfolio, with ties, without drawstring bag, folio, Vatican Secret Archives, 2007.

***The publication was premiered at the Old Synod Hall, on October 25, 2007: “An internationally acclaimed event, which saw the attendance of the highest diplomats at the Holy See, prominent academics from Vatican, Italian and International Universities, as well as high dignitaries from the Italian military and the civil society.” The facsimile documents relate to Clement V’s papal hearings, after Philip IV of France arrested and tortured Templar leaders, in 1307, on charges of heresy and immorality.