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Work 1, the title of which refers to the "Italian war," seems to concern the War of the League of Cambrai against Venice; a prefatory note and an opening rubric (f. 1v and 2r) appear to make reference to the treaty of Cambrai (tractat zu Camerich), which was concluded in 1529. The work seems particularly concerned with the role of Maximilian I, who is named at the outset of the text (f. 2r) and whose death on 12 January 1519 (f. 116r) is discussed in the conclusion; otherwise, dates referenced in the text are 1511 (f. 31r), 1512 (f. 37r), 1513 (f. 73v), and 1514 (f. 97r). Work 2, which is written in a more formal and possibly a different hand than the other 3 works, concerns a prophecy about the year 1400; it mentions Christians and Jews (f. 121r, 122v, 124v), an emperor (f.125r), and a campaign against Venice (f. 124r). Work 3 concerns the life of a certain ruler (Sophi) of Persia who died at the age of 33 (f. 134v); it mentions his intention to rebuild the temple in Jerusalem (f. 132v) and his belief in Jesus's divinity, death and resurrection (f. 133r-133v). Work 4 is in the form of an imperial letter from Maximilian I; it touches upon matters pertaining to Christian belief (f. 135v), the Christian world (f. 135v and 137r), and Jerusalem (f. 136r and 137r). Works 3 and 4 may be related, since the closing of work 4 seems to allude to the deeds of Sophi (f. 137r).
Support: paper; Extent: 137 leaves : 195 x 140-142 (155-170 x 100-120) mm. bound to 199 x 148 mm; Collation: Paper, 137; 1²(-1) 2²⁰(-6; +4, 5, 7-10) 3²⁰(+11, 12) 4¹⁰ 5⁸ 6¹⁴ 7⁶ 8⁸ 9²(-2) 10⁶ 11¹⁶ 12⁴ 13⁴ 14⁸ 15¹⁰; [1-137]; modern foliation in pencil, upper right recto; f. 80 is a loose partial leaf, and f. 81 is a partial leaf affixed to f. 82r. Two additional loose partial leaves, with marks indicating point of insertion in the text, lie between f. 89 and 90 and between 101 and 102.
Written in 13-19 long lines.
Written in a German cursive hand, or possibly two different hands.
Ms. codex.
Title of manuscript from title page of predominant work (f. 1r).
These are pages that we pulled aside that disrupted the flow of the manuscript reader. These may be bindings, inserts, bookmarks, and various other oddities.
Austria
Written in Austria, ca. 1529.
Vellum fragment from breviary over cardboard. Labels affixed to the spine of the codex, read: "Max. I" and "17/ 2."
German
Sold at auction as part of the library of Count Dietrichstein, by Gert Rosen, catalog 32 (May 1959), part 2, no. 2533. Moritz von Dietrichstein was for a time director of the Vienna court library and his ancestor Siegmund von Dietrichstein (1480-1533) was an associate of Maximilian I.
Austria
Written in Austria, ca. 1529.
German
Sold at auction as part of the library of Count Dietrichstein, by Gert Rosen, catalog 32
Work 1, the title of which refers to the "Italian war," seems to concern the War of the League of Cambrai against Venice; a prefatory note and an opening rubric (f. 1v and 2r) appear to make reference to the treaty of Cambrai (tractat zu Camerich), which was concluded in 1529. The work seems particularly concerned with the role of Maximilian I, who is named at the outset of the text (f. 2r) and whose death on 12 January 1519 (f. 116r) is discussed in the conclusion; otherwise, dates referenced in the text are 1511 (f. 31r), 1512 (f. 37r), 1513 (f. 73v), and 1514 (f. 97r). Work 2, which is written in a more formal and possibly a different hand than the other 3 works, concerns a prophecy about the year 1400; it mentions Christians and Jews (f. 121r, 122v, 124v), an emperor (f.125r), and a campaign against Venice (f. 124r). Work 3 concerns the life of a certain ruler (Sophi) of Persia who died at the age of 33 (f. 134v); it mentions his intention to rebuild the temple in Jerusalem (f. 132v) and his belief in Jesus's divinity, death and resurrection (f. 133r-133v). Work 4 is in the form of an imperial letter from Maximilian I; it touches upon matters pertaining to Christian belief (f. 135v), the Christian world (f. 135v and 137r), and Jerusalem (f. 136r and 137r). Works 3 and 4 may be related, since the closing of work 4 seems to allude to the deeds of Sophi (f. 137r).
Ms. codex.
Title of manuscript from title page of predominant work (f. 1r).
Written in a German cursive hand, or possibly two different hands.
These are pages that we pulled aside that disrupted the flow of the manuscript reader. These may be bindings, inserts, bookmarks, and various other oddities.
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