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chirograph

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Chi´ro`graph
n.1.(Old. Law) A writing which, requiring a counterpart, was engrossed twice on the same piece of parchment, with a space between, in which was written the word chirographum, through which the parchment was cut, and one part given to each party. It answered to what is now called a charter party.
chirograph, cheirograph
an apostolic letter written by and signed by the pope.
See also: Pope


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In his November 2003 chirograph for the centenary of the motu proprio, Tra le Sollecitudini, on Sacred Music, Pope John Paul II stated that "A composition for the Church is sacred and liturgical insofar as it approaches Gregorian melody in flow, in inspiration, and in flavour, and so much less is it worthy of the temple insomuch as it is recognized as departing from that supreme model.
Church music by Kokoski, Paul / Catholic Insight
The court had acknowledged the considerable legal evidence for Francesco's custody, including the seventeenth-century papal chirograph by the Barberini pope Urban VIII that denied women the right to custody of Barberini children unless there was no male relative capable of doing so or their deceased husbands had designated them in this role.
Extravagant pretensions: aristocratic family conflicts, emotion, and ... by Castiglione, Caroline / Journal of Social History
The author investigates a multitude of primary documents, including papal chirographs, real estate contracts, payment records, memoranda, parish registers, drawings, and the pope's own diary, to reveal the pontiff's complex and thoughtful initiatives.
The Urban Development of Rome in the Age of Alexander VII by Slominski, Suzy / Renaissance Quarterly
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