Historia delle vite de sommi pontefici : dal Salvator Nostro sino a Gregorio XV
Vitae pontificum
Pontificum Romanorum chronicon
Cronologia ecclesiastica
Delle vite de pontefici
Summary: Translation, with additions, of Platina's Vitae pontificum.
Signatures: A-E⁸ F⁴; A-3A⁸; *⁸ A-M⁸ N⁸+. Described from an incomplete copy: no title page, lacking gatherings A-B⁸ C1, F4(?); lacks p. 207ff. from the Cronologia. This copy lacks leaves 50, 83, 130-31, 159, 163, 182, 227, 230, 254, and p. 191-192 and 207ff. from the Cronologia.
Illustrative and Decorative Content: Woodcut t.p. vignette; head- and tailpieces; initials; printed marginalia. Portraits of pontiffs accompanied by family crests within portrait medallion, when applicable; in some medallions, the crests appear but are left blank.
Binding: Bound in vellum.
Additional Details: Includes index.
Platina, 1421-1481
Giunta, Bernardo, active 1567-1627
Venice (Italy)
Panvinio, Onofrio, 1529-1568
Ciccarelli, Antonio, -1599
Stringa, Giovanni
Bzowski, Abraham, 1567-1637
Dionigi, Bartolomeo
Testa, Lauro
Italian
Woodcuts
History
Early works to 1800
Clergy
Popes
Portraits
Church history
Chronology
Biography
Papacy
Catholic Church
Seventeenth century
[42?], 375, 1 unnumbered leaf (last leaf blank); 16 unnumbered pages, 216, 2 unnumbered pages (last leaf blank)
25 cm
Text
books
Quarto
1622 PLAT
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