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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Ex Libris, post: 2159650, member: 14916&quot;]If the engraving was made in 1570 the pope must be <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pope_Pius_V" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pope_Pius_V" rel="nofollow">Pius V</a>. I tried to read about him to see if there is any relation to this specific print.</p><p><br /></p><p>There are a few points that could be related that happend in or around 1570:</p><p><br /></p><p>- He regulated inns</p><p>- He was against nepotism</p><p>- <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Regnans_in_Excelsis" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Regnans_in_Excelsis" rel="nofollow">Excommunication of queen Elisabeth I of Engeland</a></p><p>- Standardized Roman Missales and Breviary&#039;s (no relation to my print, but it gives me the excuse to show another item of my collection...)</p><p><br /></p><p>Roman <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Breviary" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Breviary" rel="nofollow">Breviary</a> - standardized by Pius V - Christopher Plantin, Antwerp - 1569</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]252457[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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