Historia de Papa Allexandro et Phridrico Barba Rossa

Timespan:

12th century

Date:

1525

Description:

Account of Pope Alexander III and Emperor Frederick I (Barbarossa). Text occupies f. 2r-5v; f. 6-10 are blank.

Language:

Italian; Latin

Provenance:

Acquired, 1959.

Subject:

Alexander III, Pope, -1181; Frederick I, Holy Roman Emperor, approximately 1123-1190; Catholic Church -- Foreign relations -- 12th century; Catholic Church; International relations

Resource Type:

Text

Form/Genre:

manuscripts (documents); codices (bound manuscripts); histories (literary genre); Manuscripts, Italian; Manuscripts, Renaissance

Physical Description:

10 leaves : paper; 119 x 145 (166 x 120) mm bound to 196 x 145 mm

Geographic Subject:

Holy Roman Empire -- History

Rights:

http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/NoC-US/1.0/

Notes:

Ms. codex.; Title from title page (f. 2r).; Cover title: Historia de PP. Alessandro III et Fedrico Barba Rossa I Imperatore de Romani.; Alleged to be a copy of the original found in the Venetian chancellery archives by a secretary and presented to the Doge, Francesco Dona; the copy was made at the request of Pietro Morro.; Subscription after title on f. 2r: Fu trovata da un secretario che haveva carico di regolar le scritture antiche della Duchal cancellaria di Venetia et prensentada [sic] al Serr.mo. Prin.pe Dno. Franc.o. Dona dove e sta tratta la presente copia nella istessa lengua et forma in tuto como gtta. et ame. mandata da M. Pietro Morro familiar del sudetto Principe Dona.; Incipit (f. 3r): Hec sunt iurisditiones, & regalie quibus urbs Veneta claruit donis ab Alexandro qui tertius fuit papa anno mileno centeno septeno in quo regnabat Cesar Augustus scilicit Barba Rossa vocatus ...; Foliation: Paper, 10; [1-10]; modern foliation in pencil, upper right recto.; Script: Written in a humanistic script by a single hand, except possibly for the title and title-page subscription.; Binding: Contemporary vellum.; Origin: Written in Venice in the middle of the 16th century (Zacour-Hirsch).; Cover worn and abraded; cover title partly worn away. Folios 6-9 are uncut at the top. Some stains and smudges. Indications of possible slight worm and mouse damage.; Italian, with short introduction in Latin.

Physical Location:

Kislak Center for Special Collections, Rare Books and Manuscripts, Manuscripts, Ms. Codex 289