Papal Prophecies

Northern Italian

Year

1450-1499

Medium

Manuscript with 8 folios, 16 miniatures in pen and brown ink, with gothica textualis inscriptions in Latin in brown ink, ruled in brown ink, with rubricated initials in brush and red tempera and gold ink, subscript in black or brown ink or red tempera, and glosses in pen and brown ink, on parchment, in brown morocco leather binding over boards, with gold-embossed spine, parchment fly-leaves and laid paper end papers

Dimensions

23.8 × 17 cm (9 3/8 × 6 3/4 in.)

Museum

Art Institute of Chicago