Medieval & Renaissance Manuscripts

Vaticinia de summis pontificibus
Italy, Lombardy, ca. 1465
MS M.272 fol. 10r

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Crowned woman, inscribed DOMINUS ODDO COLUMPNA DE ROMA DEINDE MARTINUS PAPA QUINTUS, with joined hands raised, looks down toward cow, on hind legs. Above to left, heads of two bearded, crowned kings in profile. Below text, motto of Pope Martin V, INCISIO YPOCRETIM IN ABOMINATIONE ERIT. Folio numbered "XXI" at upper margin.