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The fountain pen is new and has never been used, dipped nor inked. Comes
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Vatican
2000 Jubilaeum – The Papal Pen Limited Edition
Extraordinary
Writing Instrument!
The collector, pen aficionado
and an art enthusiast will appreciate executed writing instrument.
It uniquely captures the
essence of the past two millennia by depicting the origin of this recorded
time.
 
Through the use of intricate
engravings, it celebrates and commemorates the foundation for the calendar
by which we have achieved and marked this milestone.
This pen is numbered and
bears Pope John Paul II’s signature as well as the Great Jubilaeum
celebration seal. The pen's barrels and caps are overlaid with hand etched
sterling silver.925.
In a tapestry of images, hand
etched on the precious metals of the pen’s both cap and barrel, the
cherished values and images of the church are replicated.
Rotating the cap in an
anti-clockwise direction starting from the clip, one can view the
unmistakable -silhouette of St. Peter's Basilica. The name of the engraver's
workshop appears afoot accompanied by the pen's serial number. An exclusive
image of Pope John Paul II facing the Holy Door at the inauguration of the
great Jubilaeum of the year 2000 is central to the cap’s design followed
by the official logo of the Great Jubilaeum of the Year 2000's celebrations.
Below the logo the Latin inscription "PER CHRISTVM - IN SPIRITV SANCTO
- AD DEVM PATREM" (FOR CHRIST - IN HOLY SPIRIT - TO GOD THE FATHER),
quoted from the apostolic letter "lncarnationis Mysterium". The
bottom of the cap proudly features the signature of the Holy Father, Joannes
Paulus II, sealing this edition.
The barrel features the Holy
Trinity: God The Father (top), Jesus Christ (center) in between Mary and
John, the Holy Spirit represented by a Dove (bottom). A multitude of angels
surrounds the Holy Trinity, and the four angels near the dove hold the
gospels.
Technically the Papal Pen
represents the latest advances of modern technology. It features a two tone
nib crafted of solid I 8K gold tastefully etched to replicate the keys to
St. Peter, platinum masked and iridium tipped for smooth writing. These
piston fed fountain pens employ state-of-the-art ink feed system which
utilizes hand turned ebonite for uninterrupted ink flow, and supplemented by
a large ink capacity reservoir. This edition's legacy will endure for future
generations for its superior technology, precious materials and its artistic
expression.
Packaging
Gift boxed, this writing
treasure is presented in a wooden box worthy of holding such an heirloom.
The
Papal Pen and The Charity
Montegrappa is extremely
proud to present one of its best achievements to date: the Papal Pen Limited
Edition. Merely the features of the instrument alone do not measure its
value, but in addition, the moral and physical support it offers to those
less fortunate yet part of our society in the coming millennium.
Under unprecedented
circumstances this series was conceived by the Committee to Aid the Meninos
Da Rua and approved by the Vatican "Solidarity Fund for the Great
Jubilaeum of the Year 2000". A sum upward of $500,000.00 from the sales
of Vatican 2000 Jubilaeum Pen is expected to be raised for this charity.
Montegrappa is honoured to be chosen for this project and to be instrumental
in the challenge to eliminate world hunger.
The Committee to Aid the
Meninos Da Rua, presided over by Avv. Massimo Poltronieri, conceived the
project tied to the "Papal Pen" that aims to provide concrete aid
to the meninos da rua (street's children) in Brazil.
To that end, the solidarity
Fund for the Great Jubilaeum of the Year 2000 put us in contact with Dom
Luciano Mendes de Almeida, Archbishop of Mariana (Brazil) and ex-president
of the Brazilian National Conference of Bishops.
This priest, very well known
and beloved in Brazil, has been involved with the cause of the street
children for decades. Dom Luciano, as he is commonly known among the
faithful, has gradually established a number of small communities where
street children have found sanctuary. Here the street children are not only
fed, clothed and taken care of ; this is the real drama : not only are these
poor creatures often totally without possessions, including clothing, but in
these communities they are also taught, and most importantly, given a means
to earn a living. In this manner they begin an educational program that will
lead them to become bricklayers, carpenters, smiths, and painters; in short,
small artisans able, after completing their apprenticeship, to be
independent and to regain their place in society, with the possibility of
finding an honest job and the prospect of creating a family for themselves.
During these
years Dom Luciano's experiments have proven that this is a truly successful
formula. In fact, it is necessary to send a strong message to these young
children that they are not useless beings, but rather the innocent products
of a situation of total human and social degradation. Therefore there is a
need to dedicate a few moments to these children before sending them back
onto the street, abandoning the again to their own devices. Those who have
potential equal to their more fortunate peers must be offered the
instruments to aid the development of society independently, thinks to their
efforts. Only in this way will the children, during the period when they are
participants in the community, be able to express the enthusiasm and the
great desire that signify the fulfillment of the program.
The experiment at Mariana has
been successful. The children have even recently restored a small church
that had been abandoned for some time, thereby experiencing in practice how
valuable their work can be and feeling how valuable they can be for society.
One of the most gratifying
things for Dom Luciano has been to see the concern with which the children
take care of the box of tools which is given to each one of them at the
beginning of the program. This box constitutes the entire patrimony that
will accompany them during their lives. This box is their first possession!
From this description it is
clear that there is a great financial commitment behind this project. In
addition to the acquisition of the physical space, buildings to harbor these
children have to be obtained, in order to provide housing and board as well
as instruction. Such teaching is conducted by real artisans who, considering
the time they dedicate to the children and subtract from their own work,
need to be remunerated.
From this story grew the idea
to begin with a passion which unites many collectors around the world - the
fountain pen - and to bind it to a particular event: the Great Jubilaeum of
the Year 2000,giving it the added value of the possibility of providing,
through this acquisition, concrete aid towards the realization of Dom
Luciano Mendes's project for the meninos da rua. In this manner an accord
was established between the Committee to Aid the Meninos Da Rua and the
Committee for the Great Jubilaeum of the Year 2000, through its president
cardinal Roger Etchegaray, who was greatly appreciative of the initiative,
in accord with the intentions and directives of the Holy Father John Paul II
for the Holy Year.
In this manner the solidarity
Fund gave permission to the Committee to Aid the Meninos Da Rua for the use
of the Jubilaeum logo for the production, by Montegrappa 1912, of the
"Papal Pen."
Dimensions
Total
length (cap closed) : 143 mm (5.6")
Total
length with the cap posted behind the barrel : 175 mm (6.9")
Barrel
diameter: 12 mm (0.5")
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