Indulgences: An Economy of Forgiveness > Tender Mary with Twenty-one Verses
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The Bishop of Zeitz Has Granted 40 Days Indulgence to All Those Who Sing or Read This Song with Devotion: Tender Mary with Twenty-one Verses
Zeitz (Bishopric)
Strasbourg: Matthias Hupfuff, 1504
Burke Union Rare UG56 Z48 1504
This short pamphlet contains a song to the Blessed Virgin Mary, the singing or reading of which obtains an indulgence of 40 days. Indulgences were very popular with printers, as they were typically quite short texts and could be set up and sold in large numbers with minimal production costs.