Bvlla S.D.N. Clementis Papæ VIII. pro facultatibus illustrissimi ac reuerendissimi domini Cardinalis Placentini, legati de latere ad regnum Franciæ.
A papal bull issued by Pope Clement VIII in 1592, printed in Paris by Robert Nivelle and Rolin Thierry, granting powers to a cardinal legate sent to France. The single picture is a woodcut coat of arms in the ornamental frame of the period, with a papal tiara and crossed keys above a shield of five stars and a diagonal bar set in a cartouche with scrolls and mask ornaments, a compact model for heraldic or ecclesiastical emblem design.
