The Metropolitan Museum of Art's own open-access collection API record for "Pope Gregory XIII (Ugo Buoncompagni, 1502 to 1585, pope 1572), Promulger of the Gregorian Calendar," a bronze medal by the Italian medalist Giovanni V. Melon, dated 1579. Accession number 12.140.1.
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The holding museum's own open-access collection API record for the accessioned medal, the strongest available record for its date and accession number, whose own title names the subject outright with his birth name, dates and papal reign. Citation
PublisherMetropolitan Museum of Art
URLhttps://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/191961
Source TypeMuseum
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This source names Gregory XIII directly: "collection API record for "Pope Gregory XIII (Ugo Buoncompagni, 1502 to 1585, pope 1572), Promulger of the Gregorian Calendar," a bronze medal by the Italian medalist Giovanni V."
Source Pope Gregory XIII, Promulger of the Gregorian Calendar, accession 12.140.1 (Metropolitan Museum of Art)
Claims Backed By This Source (14 claims)
This source backs 14 claims across the atlas. As facts: 9 well-attested. As cited relationships: 2 holds, 1 connected. Plus 2 entities citing it as a general reference with no single fact or relationship attached.
Disposition By Topic
- Sacred Art & Iconography, 8 claims: 4 well-attested, 1 holds, 1 connected, 2 general references.
- Sources, 6 claims: 5 well-attested, 1 holds.
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