225 Madison Avenue at 36th Street, New York, NY 10016. Just a short walk from Grand Central and Penn Station
Vaticinia de summis pontificibus
Italy, Lombardy, ca. 1465
MS M.272 fol. 9v
John XXIII, inscribed DOMINUS BALDESAR LOSSA DE NEAPOLI FEINDE BEUITACHY DIACONUS CARDINALIS DEINDE JOHANNES XXIII PAPA, as tonsured monk, holds sickle in right hand and rose in left hand, beside disembodied human leg. Below text, motto of Antipope John XXIII, ELATIO OBEDIENTIA PAUPERTATIS CASTITAS TENPERANTIA CASTRIMARGIA YPOCROSORUM DESTRUCTIO. Folio numbered "XX" at upper margin.
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