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Collection of pope prophecies with illustrations in pen and ink and colour wash

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MS. Ital. c. 73
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Collection of pope prophecies, with illustrations in pen and ink and colour wash. The first thirty are from the ps. - Joachim Vaticinia de summis pontificis.

Dates

  • Creation: c.1590-1595

Extent

139 Leaves

Language of Materials

  • Italian

Preferred Citation

Oxford, Bodleian Libraries [followed by shelfmark and folio or page reference, e.g. MS. Ital. c. 73, fols. 1-2].

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Shelfmark:

MS. Ital. c. 73

Collection ID (for staff)

CMD ID 16657

Abstract

Collection of pope prophecies, c.1590-1595, with illustrations in pen and ink and colour wash.

Biographical / Historical

Biographical details unknown.

Custodial History

Phillipps MS. 17267.

Immediate Source of Acquisition

Sotheby's, 28 Nov. 1967, lot 124; bought from A. G. Thomas, 1967.

Bibliography

  • See M. E. Reeves, 'Some popular prophecies from the fourteenth to the seventeenth century', in Studies in church history, 8 (1971), 128-9.

Physical Facet

18th-century marbled boards

Title
Collection of pope prophecies with illustrations in pen and ink and colour wash
Status
Published
Date
EAD version 2019 by Pauline Soum-Paris
Language of description
English
Script of description
Latin

Repository Details

Part of the Bodleian Libraries Repository

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