[ENLUMINURE] To His Holiness Pius IX, the Congregation of the Religious Hospitallers of St Thomas de Villeneuve, Paris rue de Sèvres 27, founded in 1658. S.l., 1870. Miniature on parchment in polychrome and gilt (28.7 x 21.7 cm). Beautiful 19th-century miniature presented to Pope Pius IX by the Congrégation des Soeurs Hospitalières de Saint-Thomas de Villeneuve. Painted with the coat of arms of the Holy See and dedicated in calligraphy in black, red and gold on the reverse. (Left margins warped).

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