Accession number
MS M.402
Object title
Vaticinia sive prophetiae et imagines summorum pontificum.
Created
Italy, ca. 1390.
Binding
20th century wooden boards; calf back.
Credit line
Purchased by J. Pierpont Morgan (1837-1913) in 1910.
Description
8 leaves, bound : vellum, ill. ; 330 x 240 mm
Provenance
Purchased by J. Pierpont Morgan (1837-1913) from Alexandre Imbert, July 1, 1910; J.P. Morgan (1867-1943).
Notes
Ms. of images of the popes and their symbols; written and illustrated in northern Italy, ca. 1390.
The Vaticinia de summis pontificibus has been attributed to Pseudo-Joachim of Fiore and Anselm, Bishop of Marisco Nuovo.
Decoration: 15 large, tinted wash-drawings of the popes and their symbols, each with the text of the Vaticinia written above and the name of each individual pope written below.
The Vaticinia de summis pontificibus has been attributed to Pseudo-Joachim of Fiore and Anselm, Bishop of Marisco Nuovo.
Decoration: 15 large, tinted wash-drawings of the popes and their symbols, each with the text of the Vaticinia written above and the name of each individual pope written below.
Script
written in a cursive script
Language
Latin
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