Liber Rabani Anglici Horroscopo intitulatus translatus de Hebraico in Latinum a Dandalo Ylardensi ad instantiam abbatis P. de Visula [... etc.]

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245 leaves : paper ; 205 x 137 mm bound to 209 x 142 mm; Binding: Contemporary vellum with remains of leather closures on upper cover.; Foliation: Paper, i + 242 + ii; [1-242]; modern pencil foliation, upper right recto; contemporary foliation in ink, upper right recto, for work 3 and work 5.; Latin.; Ms. codex.; Origin: Written in Italy, ca. 1600 (Zacour-Hirsch).; Rabanus Anglicus probably lived during the late 13th-early 14th centuries; he is primarily associated with mystic texts like the Horoscopus and the angelic sequence of the Vaticinia. Cyril of Constantinople was often mistaken for either Cyril of Jerusalem or Cyril of Alexandria; he was a late 12th/early 13th-century Carmelite to whom prophecies were attributed.; Script: Written in humanistic cursive script, in multiple hands.; Table of contents: 1. f.1r-26v: Horoscopus / Rabanus Anglicus.; Table of contents: 2. f.29r-98v: Commentum super predictionum Rabani Anglici.; Table of contents: 3. f.100r-122v: Liber summorum pontificum incipit ab Innocentio quarto / Pseudo-Joachim of Fiore.; Table of contents: 4. f.124r-168v: Commentarium florum pontificum / [Joachim de Fiore]; Table of contents: 5. f.170r-238r: Oraculum / Cyril of Constantinople.; Table of contents: 6. f.238v-242v: Revelatio / Cyril of Constantinople.; Title from incipit (f. 1r).; Watermark: Briquet Oiseau 12251(1590) and 12210 (1591), Fleur de Lis 7319 (1592), and two unidentifiable marks: one depicts a crown and a bird inside a circle (likely late 16th century), the other depicts a lion rampant holding a fleur de lis, comparable to Briquet Lion 10560 (1466).