La chambre des comp[t]es d'Innocent XI, dialogue.

Format:

Book

Manuscript

Language:

French

Italian

Latin

Subjects (All):

Innocent XI, Pope, 1611-1689--Early works to 1800.

Innocent.

Peter, the Apostle, Saint--Early works to 1800.

Peter.

Peter, the Apostle, Saint.

Innocent XI, Pope, 1611-1689.

Catholic Church--Controversial literature--Early works to 1800.

Catholic Church.

Genre:

codices (bound manuscripts)

dialogues

epitaphs

Manuscripts, French.

Manuscripts, European.

Controversial literature.

Penn Provenance:

Note inside back flyleaf: name illegible, 5/24/61, Washington DC.

Purchased, 1966.

Physical Description:

52 leaves : paper ; 163 x 99 (140 x 66) mm bound to 166 x 106 mm

Place of Publication:

[France], [between 1676 and 1690]

Language Note:

French, with some Italian phrases, and epitaphs in Latin and French.

Summary:

A French dialogue between Pope Innocent XI (16 May 1611- 11 August 1689; pope 21 September 1676 - 11 August 1689) and Saint Peter at the death of Innocent, when he wishes to enter heaven and must give an account of himself. His entry into heaven is refused. Followed by brief satirical Latin and French epitaphs for Innocent.

Contents:

1. p.1-92: La chambre des comptes d'Innocent XI, dialogue.

2. p.93-94: Epitaphe d'Innocent XI.

3. p.95-96: Arretés passant et ecoutés.

Notes:

Ms. codex.

Title from caption title (p. 1); title on title page (p. v) reads, La chambre dai comptae d'Innocent XI, Dialogue auvc Saint Picvre et le Pape à la porte du Paradis.

Title page includes the date September 1679, which would place the work early in Innocent XI's tenure; it is possible if the later suggestion, written in pencil inside the front flyleaf, that M.C. La Chambre (d. 1669) is the author is rejected.

Dialogue, p. 1-92: Innocent: O di casa, o di casa, que sont donc ses Guichetier? ... [Innocent] vite et essayés d'obteni[opono?] moi misericorde.

Pagination: Paper, i (contemporary paper) + 52 + i (contemporary paper); [vi], 1-92, [93-108]; contemporary pagination in ink, modern pagination in pencil, upper outer corners.

Layout: Written in 18-21 long lines, margins ruled in lead.

Binding: Contemporary calf (Hirsch).

Origin: Written in France in the last quarter of the 17th century.

Cited in:

Described in Hirsch, Rudolf. Catalogue of Manuscripts in the Libraries of the University of Pennsylvania to 1800: Supplement A(1). Library Chronicle 35 (1969), p. 28 (Ms. French 132).

Cited as:

UPenn Ms. Codex 976

OCLC:

155929016