[Disputations on contested papal elections].

Format:

Book

Manuscript

Author/Creator:

Henry Charles Lea Fund. PU

Arthur H. Lea Library Endowment Fund. PU

Contributor:

Henry Charles Lea Fund.

Arthur H. Lea Library Endowment Fund.

Language:

Latin

Subjects (All):

Catholic Church. Collegium Cardinalium--Early works to 1800.

Catholic Church.

Popes--Election--Early works to 1800.

Popes.

Genre:

codices (bound manuscripts)

fragments (object portions)

Manuscripts, Latin -- 15th century.

Manuscripts, Renaissance.

Penn Provenance:

Sold at auction by Forum Auctions (London), 30 September 2021, lot 222.

Physical Description:

4 leaves : paper ; 270 x 205 mm bound to 280 x 225 mm.

Place of Publication:

[circa 1450?]

Language Note:

Latin.

Summary:

Six numbered disputations (dubia) followed by seven modes (secundus through octavus), concerning the Collegium Cardinalium and the election of popes, with reference to schismatics and antipopes. Water-staining with loss of paper, limited loss of text, and fragile edges in the lower gutter; probably a gathering from a larger work.

Notes:

Ms. codex.

Title supplied by cataloger.

Collation: Paper, 4; 1⁴; [1-4], modern foliation in pencil, lower right recto. Link to collation model at end of record.

Layout: Numbers of dubia and modes written in left margin; folio format.

Script: Written in Gothic cursive script.

Binding: Modern marbled paper.

Origin: Written in Europe, probably circa 1450 (Forum Auctions).

Local Notes:

Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the Henry Charles Lea Fund.

Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the Arthur H. Lea Library Endowment Fund.

Cited as:

Disputations on Contested Papal Elections (Oversize Ms. Codex 2137). Kislak Center for Special Collections, Rare Books and Manuscripts, University of Pennsylvania.

OCLC:

1397799823

Online:

Collation model