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Title

Conclave fatto per la sede vacante di Papa Alessandro ottav nel quale fù assunto al pontificato il cardinal Antonio Pignatelli napolitano, che prese il nome d'Innocento XII

Call number

Ms. Codex 391
(Philadelphia, University of Pennsylvania, Rare Book & Manuscript Library)

Alternate identifiers

• bibid: 2486572
• http://hdl.library.upenn.edu/1017/d/medren/2486572

Publisher

The University of Pennsylvania Libraries

Language

Italian

Origin

Date

circa 1691

Place

Rome

Summary

Describes the complicated political intrigues of the cardinals during the long conclave after the death of Pope Alexander VIII, who died on February 1, 1691. The conclave lasted five and a half months and ended in the election of Cardinal Antonio Pignatelli (Pope Innocent XII, 1691-1700).

Notes

• Ms. codex.
   
• Title from caption title (f. 1r).
   

Extent

34 leaves : 253 x 187 (221 x 132) mm. bound to 263 x 197 mm

Foliation

Paper, i (modern paper) + 35 + i (modern paper); 110-138, [v], contemporary foliation in ink, [1-35], modern foliation in pencil, upper right recto.

Support

Paper

Binding

Modern boards.

Script

Written in a cursive script by a single hand.

Provenance

• Sold by H.P. Kraus.
   

Subjects topical

• Papacy--History--17th century
• Popes--Election--Early works to 1800

Genres

• Codices
• Manuscripts, Italian--17th century
• Manuscripts, European

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