Diploma1477.latManuscript on parchment (thick) of Diploma for a doctoral degree in arts and medicine from the University of Perugia, dated 5 December 1477; awarded to "Magister Firmanus lodouici de Baronibus de monte lupono prouincie marchie anchonitane diocesis firmane."In Latin.Script: Written in a neat round gothic script, with ascenders extending far into the upper margin.Illuminated initial, 12-line, on rectangular gold ground; initial infilled with pink flowers on blue ground, and surrounded by modest red, green, blue and orange acanthus; ground surrounded by thick black penwork decoration and three groups of three gold discs.Staining and wear along creases where diploma was folded into eighths. Remains of guide-notes along lower edge.Paper wrapper in which document was formerly preserved contains notes "F. U. 203" on white and blue rectangular label; "FU 711" in pencil.