Two anti-Catholic treatises on the papacy and the Mass, first printed in 1588, likely copied from the printed edition, based on the close match of the marginal notes and index to a later printed edition. An index to names of popes at the end of the manuscript covers most of the first treatise.
Formerly in the library of the Dropsie College for Hebrew and Cognate Learning (bookplate inside upper cover).; Inscriptions by French owners from the 1880s and 1890s on a flyleaf (p. v), including a note about a visit to Spain (sejour d'Espagne).
234 leaves : paper; 210 x 135 mm bound to 220 x 165 mm
Corporate Name:
Dropsie College for Hebrew and Cognate Learning, former owner.
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Notes:
Layout: Written in 28-31 long lines (except for the leaves in a second hand at the beginning of the second treatise, written in 21-24 long lines, p. 257-340); papal names, biblical references, and other notes written in margins.; Origin: Probably written in Spain, after 1588 (date of printed edition).; Ms. codex.; Title supplied from printed edition of work.; Script: Written in cursive script by one hand, except for a section at the beginning of the second treatise in a second hand (p. 257-340).; Pagination: Paper, ii (20th-century) + i (19th-century) + 234 + ii (20th-century) leaves; 1-460, [461-468], later foliation in ink, upper outer corners.; Binding: 20th-century library cloth, title in ink on spine: History of the popes.; Spanish.
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