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., and Binding: 19th-century English full calf, heavily embossed with lattice pattern.
Subject (Geographic):
Connecticut, New Haven., and Schism, The Great Western, 1378-1417.
Subject (Name):
Johannes, de Rupescissa, approximately 1300-approximately 1365, Joachim, of Fiore, approximately 1132-1202, Telesphorus, of Cosenza., and Catholic Church
Subject (Topic):
Influence, Prophecies, Apocalyptic literature, Eschatology, Manuscripts, Medieval, Prophecy, and Schism, The Great Western, 1378-1417
