Vita di Sisto V Manuscript

Collection — Volume: 1

Identifier: GTM-20100511

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Scope and Contents

A bound manuscipt on paper, c. 1700, containing an unidentified Italian life of Pope Sixtus V. The text is written by a single hand in a neat cursive script. Volume retains its original binding of vellum over board, featuring a stained spine label with the title stamped in gilt. The binding is now somewhat stained and the boards warped, but this does not compromise legibility.

Extent: 258 pages, folio

Dates

Creation: circa 1700

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