Location: Città del Vaticano, Biblioteca Apostolica Vaticana
Sub-Location: MS. Vat. lat. 5636.
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Type:Other text
Language:Latin
Transcription Author: John Shearman
Published: yes
Publication Details: The document was first discovered by A. Fabroni, “Leonis X. Pontificis Maximi Vita”, Pisa 1797, p. 311; the present transcription is taken from J. Shearman, “ Raphael in early modern sources”, Yale University in association with the Bibliotheca Hertziana Max-Planck-Institut für Kunstgeschichte, New Haven and London 2003, pp. 490-91.
Notes: Several copies of the diary exist; each have variants.

From the diary of Paris de Grassis, regarding the original location of the tapestries for the Sistine Chapel.

Artist(s): Raphael
Dates: 26.12.1519
In die Sancti Stefani fuit missa papalis solita in Capella, presente Papa cum cardinalibus 30. Eam missam cantavit Cardinalis de Valle, licet non satis bene. Hodie Papa jussit appendi suos pannos de Rassia novos, pulcherimos et pretiosos, de quibus tota capella stupefacta est in aspectu illorum, qui, ut fuit universale juditium, sunt res qua non est aliquid in orbe nunc pulchrius; et unumquodque petium est valoris II milium ducatorum auri in auro.