Annotationes in cathedralibus etiam metropolitanis ecclesiis ex registro l[itte]rarum ap[osto]licar[um] desumpte : v[erb]or[um?] si ad regum aut aliorum principum supplicationem presentationem instantiam vel capitulorum electionem seu al[iis] quovismodo eis provisum sit : reliquis vero hic non insertis a sede ap[osto]lica simpliciter eis provideri mandatum extitisse.

Rome, 1591.

42 leaves : paper ; 282 x 215 (221 x 170) mm bound to 283 x 217 mm

A chronological list cathedrals and metropolitans in Germany, Spain, England, Switzerland, and elsewhere together with a record of the source of their commendation (e.g. the king of Portugal, the emperor, the queen of England), beginning from the pontificate of Boniface IX (ca. 1389) up to the fifth year of the pontificate of Gregory XIII (1577), apparently compiled by the Registrar of Supplications and chaplain of the Register of the Bulls under Gregory XIV.

Ms. codex.
Title from title page (fol. [3]r).
Collation: Paper (watermarks: Coat of arms-keys, not in Briquet, and Hillocks, similar but not identical to Heawood 2614), fol. 42; 1⁴ (-1, first folio is pastedown) 2-5⁸ 6⁸ (-8, last folio is pastedown); quires 2-6 signed 1-5; leaves 3-42 foliated 1-39 by a modern hand in pencil.
Layout: Written in long lines of 14; vertical ruling in ink to guide listed entries by city.
Script: Written in a semi-italic and an ornamental textualis by one hand.
Decoration: Episcopal coat of arms, with galero in red, showing a pelican and fleur de lys with crown over the words "Ut suos allat seipsum necat", on fol. [3]v; elaborately flourished initials on [3]r, [3]v, and 1r.
Origin: The colophon on 35v reads "Romae accepi dono Nicolai Raimbaldi, Registratoris supplicationum et capellari Regesti bullorum die XX martii MDXCI."
Shelfmark: Berkeley, CA, The Robbins Collection, UC Berkeley School of Law, Robbins MS 169.

In Latin.

Phillipps, T. Phillipps manuscripts, 5367

Formerly in the collections of Alessandro Albani, as evidenced by a strip of paper tipped in between the first flyleaf and pastedown (now in MS file) that reads "Bibliotheca Albano" and on the recto of the second flyleaf is a note in pen that reads "No. B11 B" and "Biblioteca Albano"; Callisto Marini of Pesaro, whose bookplate is pasted to [1]r "Ex Bibl. Callisti Marini Pisauren"; of Earl of Guilford; and of Sir Thomas Phillipps (his no. 5367). Written in modern pencil on front pastedown are the numbers "196/7" and "5367 Ph" and on the recto of the first flyleaf, in English, "Seen N[----] Important."

Bound in contemporary soft vellum; remains of two cloth ties visible. Title on front cover, written in the same hand as the text with the same decorative elements, reads "Compendiolum in cathedralibus."

RESTRICTED ORIGINAL: Use of original only by permission. Inquiries concerning this item should be directed, in writing, to the reference librarian for the Robbins Collection.

Compendiolum in cathedralibus

Italy -- Rome.

Robbins MS 169

Latin