"POPE BENEDICT XIII Bull on Large Parchment with Lead Seal Given om February 6, 1725 & Bearing Continuation of Commendation of the Abbey of Castines, Diocese of Tours, in Favor of Bertrand Cesar Taschereau de Linieres" Signed by Cardinal Pierluigi Carafa, Junior

Certified by Antonius Beaudet de Beaumont, Knight of the Rank of B. M. V. from Mount Carmel and St. Lazarus, Expeditionary Officer of the Roman Curia 

Size: 29.5" x 20" (75 cm x 50 cm), Very richly decorated, has many signatures on both sides of the document

Only the most important Pope's Edicts were certified. Certificates presented in this document this kind consist of three parts - a Latin shipping formula and two certificates of authenticity in French.

Here is a transcript of the certificate in Latin and French taken from the bull with the translation in English:

Antonius Beaudet de Beaumont Eques ordinis B. M. V. (Beatae Mariae virginis) de monte Carmelo et sancti Lazari, Romanae Curiae Expeditionarius Parisiis in via de Comde commorans, retrò Bullam Romæ expediri curavit. Signatum, Beaudet de Beaumont.

Antonius Beaudet de Beaumont, knight of the rank of B. M. V. (Blessed Virgin Mary) from Mount Carmel and St. Lazarus, expeditionary officer of the Roman Curia residing at Paris on the road from Comde, arranged for the Bull to be got ready at Rome.

Nous, soussignes Expédionnaires de Cour de Rome demeurant a Paris, Certifions que la présente Bulle endate du six Fevrier dernier est veritable et duement expédiée en ladite Cour, En foi de quoi nous avons signé, à Paris la Onze Mars 1726. Signé: Beaudet de Beaumont, DeLanoue

Controllé à Paris le 11 Mars 1726. Signé: (DeLanoue).

We, undersigned Expeditionaries of the Court of Rome residing in Paris, certify that this Bull dated last February 6th is true and duly sent to the said Court, in witness whereof we have signed, in Paris on March 11th, 1726. Signed: Beaudet de Beaumont, DeLanoue

Controlled in Paris on March 11, 1726. Signed: DeLanoue

Pope Benedict XIII (Latin: Benedictus XIII; Italian: Benedetto XIII; 2 February 1649 – 21 February 1730), born Pietro Francesco Orsini and later called Vincenzo Maria Orsini, was head of the Catholic Church and ruler of the Papal States from 29 May 1724 to his death in 1730 

Pierluigi Carafa, Junior (4 July 1677 – 15 December 1755) (sometimes spelled as Caraffa) was an Italian cardinal from the famous Neapolitan family of Italian nobles, clergy, and men of arts. He served the papacy as Camerlengo of the Sacred College of Cardinals and as Dean of same College. He is currently buried at Sant ’Andrea delle Fratte in Rome. 

Bertrand-César Taschereau de Linières, Abbot of the Abbey of Fontaine-les-Blanches and Dean of the Collegiate Church of Saint-Martin in Tours (1752), cellar, treasurer, canon of Saint-Martin de Tours, abbot of Gâtines (1725-1765) 

Abbey of Gâtines, (Villedômer, Indre-et-Loire)

Abbey of Gastines is located in Villedomer, in the French department of Indre-et-Loire. It was founded by Hugh, Archbishop of Tours, in 1137. The monks there follow the rule of Saint Augustine. Following a fire at the end of the century, Thibault de Blois had it rebuilt; the new church was consecrated in 1207. During the wars of religion, it was looted by Protestants. The monastery was restored in 1564. In 1737, the monks rebuilt a new house and a pavilion for the accommodation of the abbot. In 1791, it was sold as national property. It is the subject of a registration as a historical monument by decree of June 1, 1948.