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Papal Prophecies

A work made of manuscript with 8 folios, 16 miniatures in pen and brown ink, with gothica textualis inscriptions in latin in brown ink, ruled in brown ink, with rubricated initials in brush and red tempera and gold ink, subscript in black or brown ink or red tempera, and glosses in pen and brown ink, on parchment, in brown morocco leather binding over boards, with gold-embossed spine, parchment fly-leaves and laid paper end papers.
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  • A work made of manuscript with 8 folios, 16 miniatures in pen and brown ink, with gothica textualis inscriptions in latin in brown ink, ruled in brown ink, with rubricated initials in brush and red tempera and gold ink, subscript in black or brown ink or red tempera, and glosses in pen and brown ink, on parchment, in brown morocco leather binding over boards, with gold-embossed spine, parchment fly-leaves and laid paper end papers.

Date:

1450/99 (modern binding)

Artist:

Northern Italian (possibly Venice)
American binding

About this artwork

Status

Currently Off View

Department

Prints and Drawings

Title

Papal Prophecies

Place

Italy (Artist's nationality:)

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1450–1499

Medium

Manuscript with 8 folios, 16 miniatures in pen and brown ink, with gothica textualis inscriptions in Latin in brown ink, ruled in brown ink, with rubricated initials in brush and red tempera and gold ink, subscript in black or brown ink or red tempera, and glosses in pen and brown ink, on parchment, in brown morocco leather binding over boards, with gold-embossed spine, parchment fly-leaves and laid paper end papers

Dimensions

23.8 × 17 cm (9 3/8 × 6 3/4 in.)

Credit Line

Clarence Buckingham Collection

Reference Number

1944.165

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