Vaticinia pontificum Romanorum
Subtitle: Vat. Ross. 374, inizi del XV secolo.
Contributors: Andrea, di Bartolo, d. 1428.; Joachim, of Fiore, ca. 1132-1202
Series: Codices e Vaticanis selecti quam simillime expressi iussu Ioannis Pauli PP. II consilio et opera curatorum Bibliothecae Vaticanae ;; no. 69, 71.; Codices e Vaticanis selecti ;; v. 69, etc.
Publisher: Jaca Book
Published: 1987
Place of publication: Milano
Language: lat
Subjects: Biblioteca apostolica vaticana. -- Facsimiles.; Biblioteca apostolica vaticana.; Vaticinia de summis pontificibus -- Facsimiles.; Popes -- Prophecies -- Early works to 1800; Manuscripts, Latin (Medieval and modern) -- Italy -- Facsimiles.; Illumination of books and manuscripts, Italian.
Other titles: Vaticinia pontificum.
Notes: Full-color facsimile of the Vatican ms. and a commentary vol., issued together in a case.
The text of the ms. is in Latin; the commentary is in Italian.
Title from last leaf of facsimile vol. Commentary vol. has title: Vaticinia pontificum. The work is commonly known as: Vaticinia de summis pontificibus.
Dal Poggetto assigns the Vatican ms. to Siena, ca. 1415, and believes its miniatures are by Andrea di Bartolo. The text was completed no later than 1305. It was wrongly attributed in the later Middle Ages to Joachim of Fiore.
Contents of commentary vol.: Origine, diffusione e influenze delle profezie medievali sui papi / Robert E. Lerner -- I vaticinia pontificum : ms. Rossiano 374 / Maria Grazia Ciardi Dupré Dal Poggetto -- Trascrizione delle profezie e commento alle miniature / Robert Moynihan.