(Q17150)
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Vaticinia de Summis Pontificibus].
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Manuscripts, Latin (Medieval and modern)--Italy
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Popes--Prophecies--Early works to 1800
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Popes--Illustrations--Early works to 1800
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Manuscripts, Latin (Medieval and modern)--Massachusetts--Boston
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Manuscripts, Medieval--Massachusetts--Boston
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between 1475 and 1500
15. century
1475Gregorian
1500Gregorian
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Extent: 20 (of at least 32) leaves : parchment ; 200 x 130 (width is approx. 85) mm bound to 21 cm, in box 23 cm
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Ms. codex (fragmentary).
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In Latin.
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Title devised by cataloger.
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Bibliographic record created by BPL staff based on description by Dr. Lisa Fagin Davis. Contact BPL Rare Books and Manuscripts department for further descriptive documentation.
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Collation: Parchment, fol. 20 ; 18−4 (lacking two leaves after fol. 1 and two after fol. 3, i.e. two bifolia), 28−2 (lacking two leaves after fol. 7, i.e. the innermost bifolium), 38−4 (lacking two leaves after fol. 11 and two after fol. 13, i.e. two bifolia), 48−2 (lacking one leaf before fol. 15 and one after fol. 20, i.e. the outermost bifolium) ; 17th-century brown ink arabic numerals in...
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Layout: 1 column, approximately 30 lines on a full page.
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Script: Written in a humanistic cursive in brown ink.
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Decoration: 2-line initials begin each prophecy, red with purple harping and filigree or blue with red. Twenty-one full-page illustrations (lacking ten).
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Binding: Rebound by BPL conservators in 1987 and tacked together in correct order, laid in modern leather over pasteboard, brown paste paper covers, no spine, green cloth clamshell box with "Joachim abbas" on typescript label.
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Origin: Written in Italy in the late 15th century.
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Immediate source of acquisition: Bought in 1949 from L'Art Ancien, Zurich (catalog 37, no. 8, with BPL MS q Med.106). BPL plate inside front cover.
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Call number: MS q Med.107.
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Former call number: MS 1535.
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28 November 2023
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28 November 2023
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