[Disputations on contested papal elections]

Date:

1450

Description:

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.

Language:

Latin

Provenance:

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

Relation:

The Henry Charles Lea Fund Home Page: http://hdl.library.upenn.edu/1017.12/366238; The Arthur H. Lea Library Endowment Fund Home Page: http://hdl.library.upenn.edu/1017.12/366237

Subject:

Catholic Church. -- Collegium Cardinalium -- Early works to 1800; Popes -- Election -- Early works to 1800

Form/Genre:

codices (bound manuscripts); fragments (object portions); Manuscripts, Renaissance; manuscripts (documents)

Physical Description:

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

Rights:

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

Notes:

Ms. codex.; Latin.; Title supplied by cataloger.; Collation: Paper, 4; 1⁴; [1-4], modern foliation in pencil, lower right recto.; 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).; 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.

Physical Location:

Kislak Center for Special Collections, Rare Books and Manuscripts, Manuscripts, Oversize Ms. Codex 2137

Collection:

Henry Charles Lea Fund; Arthur H. Lea Library Endowment Fund