FTP, name this document, purportedly a grant of temporal authority to the Pope by a Roman Emperor.
It gives permission to use white linen for saddlecloths and is dated to the consulate of Galligano. Expressing gratitude for the end of worshipping "mute and deaf images made by hand," it contains an out-of-place reference to satraps and makes pledges regarding a city that had not yet been founded. Commissioned by Stephen II, it was based on legends surrounding St. Sylvester. Questioned as early as the tenth century by Otto III, it was finally discredited in 1440, when analysis of Latin styles by Lorenzo Valla proved that it was a forgery. FTP, name this document, purportedly a grant of temporal authority to the Pope by a Roman Emperor.
It gives permission to use white linen for saddlecloths and is dated to the consulate of Galligano.
Donation of Constantine [or Donatio Constantini; or Constitutum Constantini]