Details

Subjects:

Maximilian I, Holy Roman Emperor, 1459-1519.
Cambrai, League of, 1508.
Prophecy.
Prophecies.
Italy -- Prophecies -- Early works to 1800.
Holy Roman Empire -- Foreign relations -- Italy -- Venice.
Italy.

Form/Genre:

Codices.
Manuscripts, German.
Manuscripts, Renaissance.

Language:

German.

Summary:

Work 1, the title of which refers to the "Italian war," seems to concern the War of the League of Cambrai against Venice; a prefatory note and an opening rubric (f. 1v and 2r) appear to make reference to the treaty of Cambrai (tractat zu Camerich), which was concluded in 1529. The work seems particularly concerned with the role of Maximilian I, who is named at the outset of the text (f. 2r) and whose death on 12 January 1519 (f. 116r) is discussed in the conclusion; otherwise, dates referenced in the text are 1511 (f. 31r), 1512 (f. 37r), 1513 (f. 73v), and 1514 (f. 97r). Work 2, which is written in a more formal and possibly a different hand than the other 3 works, concerns a prophecy about the year 1400; it mentions Christians and Jews (f. 121r, 122v, 124v), an emperor (f.125r), and a campaign against Venice (f. 124r). Work 3 concerns the life of a certain ruler (Sophi) of Persia who died at the age of 33 (f. 134v); it mentions his intention to rebuild the temple in Jerusalem (f. 132v) and his belief in Jesus's divinity, death and resurrection (f. 133r-133v). Work 4 is in the form of an imperial letter from Maximilian I; it touches upon matters pertaining to Christian belief (f. 135v), the Christian world (f. 135v and 137r), and Jerusalem (f. 136r and 137r). Works 3 and 4 may be related, since the closing of work 4 seems to allude to the deeds of Sophi (f. 137r).

Contents:

1. f.1-116: Welscher Krieg etwas zamengeclaupter Neuzeytt.
2. f.120-125: Prophicey vor vil Jaren gemacht und awf das 1400 Jar eingeend.
3. f.129-134: Des grossen und auch streitparn Sophiss [of Persia] Anfanng und Herkomen.
4. f.135-137: [Letter or declaration concerning the Christian world and Jerusalem] / Maximilian I.

Notes:

Ms. codex.
Title of manuscript from title page of predominant work (f. 1r).
Collation: Paper, 137; 1²(-1) 2²⁰(-6; +4, 5, 7-10) 3²⁰(+11, 12) 4¹⁰ 5⁸ 6¹⁴ 7⁶ 8⁸ 9²(-2) 10⁶ 11¹⁶ 12⁴ 13⁴ 14⁸ 15¹⁰; [1-137]; modern foliation in pencil, upper right recto; f. 80 is a loose partial leaf, and f. 81 is a partial leaf affixed to f. 82r. Two additional loose partial leaves, with marks indicating point of insertion in the text, lie between f. 89 and 90 and between 101 and 102. Link to collation model at end of record.
Layout: Written in 13-19 long lines.
Script: Written in a German cursive hand, or possibly two different hands.
Binding: Vellum fragment from breviary over cardboard. Labels affixed to the spine of the codex, read: "Max. I" and "17/ 2."
Origin: Written in Austria, ca. 1529.

Penn Provenance:

Sold at auction as part of the library of Count Dietrichstein, by Gert Rosen, catalog 32 (May 1959), part 2, no. 2533. Moritz von Dietrichstein was for a time director of the Vienna court library and his ancestor Siegmund von Dietrichstein (1480-1533) was an associate of Maximilian I.

Cited in:

Described in Zacour, Norman P. and Hirsch, Rudolf. Catalogue of Manuscripts in the Libraries of the University of Pennsylvania to 1800 (Philadelphia: University of Pennsylvania Press, 1965), p. 82 (Ms. German 19).

Cited as:

UPenn Ms. Codex 1101.

Contributor:

Maximilian I, Holy Roman Emperor, 1459-1519.
Dietrichstein, Moritz, Graf von, 1775-1864, former owner.

OCLC:

189864593

Web link:

Collation model

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