Libellus
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Description
- Title
- Libellus
- Creator
- Telesphorus, of Cosenza
- Published / Created
- [ca. 1390]
- Publication Place
- Northern Italy
- Abstract
-
Manuscript, on parchment, containing the text of a prophetic work concerning the Papal Schism. The text recounts a dream-vision Telephorus claims to have received on Easter morning of 1386, in which an angel directed him to research the causes of the Schism, to determine the identity of the true and false popes, and to prophesy the end of the schism. Telesphorus draws on and interprets escatological treatises by such authors as Joachim de Fiore and Johannes de Rupescissa, and predicts that the Italian antipope will be killed in Perugia in 1393, following which the crown of the Holy Roman Empire will be given to France
- Description
-
Telesphorus of Cosenza (active approximately 1360-1390) was the pseudonym of the author of a popular apocalyptic work of prophecy about the Papal Schism.
In Latin.
The volume opens with a dedicatory preface addressed to Antoniotto Adorno, doge of Genoa.
Incipit: Libellus fr[atr]is thelofori p[re]sbiteri heremite....
Layout: single column, usually 37 lines.
Script: Italian semigothic.
Decoration: Rubricated with red penwork initials. Multiple illustrations on ff. 5,19r,19v,21r,22e,22v,24r,28v,31v and 32r, drawn in brown with ochre, red, blue and brown body colors and pale pink wash for flesh, depicting key events of the prophecy, including the battles with the various Anti-Christs, showing rulers, angels, demons, and the true and false popes.
Binding: 19th-century English full calf, heavily embossed with lattice pattern. - Provenance
- Formerly owned by Frederick North, 5th Earl of Guilford. Formerly owned by Hugh Grosvenor, 7th Duke of Newcastle. Ex libris Maurice Burrus. Purchased feom Christie's (London sale, 2016 May 25, lot 5) on the Edwin J. Beinecke Book Fund, 2017.
- Extent
- 32 ff. : 310 x 230 mm.
- Extent of Digitization
- This object has been completely digitized.
- Language
-
Latin
Collection Information
- Repository
- Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library
- Call Number
- Beinecke MS 1215
- Container / Volume
- Box
Subjects, Formats, And Genres
- Genre
-
Early works to 1800
Manuscripts, Medieval Italy 14th century
Medieval and Renaissance Manuscripts in Beinecke Library - Material
- parchment ;
- Resource Type
- unspecified
- Subject (Geographic)
-
Connecticut
New Haven.
Schism, The Great Western, 1378-1417. - Subject (Name)
-
Johannes, de Rupescissa, approximately 1300-approximately 1365
Joachim, of Fiore, approximately 1132-1202
Telesphorus, of Cosenza.
Catholic Church - Subject (Topic)
-
Influence
Prophecies
Apocalyptic literature
Eschatology
Manuscripts, Medieval
Prophecy
Schism, The Great Western, 1378-1417 - Subjects
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Johannes, de Rupescissa, approximately 1300-approximately 1365 > Influence
Joachim, of Fiore, approximately 1132-1202 > Influence
Telesphorus, of Cosenza
Catholic Church > Prophecies
Apocalyptic literature > Early works to 1800
Eschatology > Early works to 1800
Manuscripts, Medieval > Connecticut > New Haven
Prophecy > Early works to 1800
Schism, The Great Western, 1378-1417
Schism, The Great Western, 1378-1417 > Early works to 1800
Italy > 14th century
Medieval and Renaissance Manuscripts in Beinecke Library
Burrus, Maurice > Bookplate
North, Frederick, Earl of Guilford, 1766-1827 > Ownership
Westminster, Hugh Richard Arthur Grosvenor, Duke of, 1879-1953 > Ownership
Access And Usage Rights
- Access
- Public
- Rights
- The use of this image may be subject to the copyright law of the United States (Title 17, United States Code) or to site license or other rights management terms and conditions. The person using the image is liable for any infringement.
- Citation
- Telsphorus of Cosenza, Libellus. General Collection, Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library, Yale University.
Identifiers
- Orbis Record
- 13191787
- Object ID (OID)
- 33291300
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