1. Add MS 8417
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Add MS 8417
- Title:
- ACCOUNTS OF CONCLAVES FROM NICHOLAS V TO MARCELLUS II, ADDING URBAN VI, AND THE ANTIPOPES ALEXANDER V AND JOHN XXIII, TOGETHER WITH WORKS ON THE ORGANISATION AND PROCEDURE OF THE CONCLAVE; 1378-1555. Italian and Latin. Copies, woodcut portraits. Eight accounts (Nicholas V, Pius II, Paul II, Alexander VI, Julius II, Leo X, Paul III and Julius III) are prefaced by full-page woodcut portraits of the relevant pope (ff. 92v, 118v, 142v, 247v, 303v, 323v, 399v, 422v). Armorial bookplate of Frederick N...
- Scope & Content:
- Bookplates and Book-stamps: 5th Earl of Guilford (L/17/E): bef. 1828. Bindings ENGLISH: Quarter vellum with decorated paper covers over pasteboards: 18th cent. includes: ff. 1-31 Domenico Ranaldi, 'Custode' of Vatican Library: De Electione Romani Pontificis . . . (on conclaves): bef. 1594: Lat: Copy...
- Collection Area:
- Western Manuscripts
- Languages:
- English, Italian, and Latin
- Date Range:
- 17th century
- Extent:
- 1 item