[Statements from the Council of Basel]

Alternate Title:

Acta consilii basiliensis.

Name:

Council of Basel (1431-1449 : Basel, Switzerland); Eugene IV, Pope, 1383-1447

Timespan:

15th century

Date:

1432

Language:

Latin

Provenance:

Sold by Bernard M. Rosenthal, 1955.

Subject:

Catholic Church -- History -- 15th century; Catholic Church; History

Resource Type:

Text

Form/Genre:

codices (bound manuscripts); Manuscripts, Latin; Manuscripts, Renaissance; manuscripts (documents)

Physical Description:

46 leaves : paper; 278 x 212 (187 x 123) mm bound to 282 x 209 mm

Rights:

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

Notes:

Ms. codex.; Table of contents: 1. f.1r-9v: Oratio in congregatione generali [22 August 1432] / Andrea de Petra. -- 2. f.9v-15r: Oratio ad patres concilii / Johannes, archbishop of Taranto [on behalf of Pope Eugene IV, on church unity]. -- 3. f.15v-34v: Responsio synodalis de autoritate cuiuslibet concilii generalis supra papam [1432]. -- 4. f.35r-46v: Oratio luculenta ad convertendum Bohemos / Julianus Caesarinus [incomplete, missing final 2 leaves?].; Title supplied by cataloger.; Titles and attribution for speeches and statements from the Zacour-Hirsch, taken from Mansi.; Dates for speeches from Mansi.; Foliation: Paper, ii (modern paper) + 46 + i (modern paper); [1-46]; modern foliation in pencil, upper right recto.; Layout: Written in 35-37 long lines.; Script: Written in a 15th-century German cursive script by a single hand.; Decoration: Red initials at the beginning of each speech.; Binding: Modern half-vellum.; Watermark: Similar or identical with Briquet, 2774.; Origin: Written in Germany between 1432 and 1450.; Latin.

Physical Location:

Kislak Center for Special Collections, Rare Books and Manuscripts, Manuscripts, Oversize Ms. Codex 707