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A manuscript of the popular papal prophecies accompanied, as always, by their standard allegorical illustrations, spuriously attributed to the abbot Joachim of Fiore, but actually a combination of two sets of prophecies; the first group (Prophecies I-XV) were composed around the year 1304 and the remainder, also falsely attributed, but to the mythical bishop Anselm of Marisco, were composed around the year 1328. According to Schwartz and Lerner, the two sets were combined during the pontificate of John XXIII (1410-1415) and this combined set (known by its incipit, "Ascende calve") circulated in many 15th-century manuscript copies and in 16th-century printed editions (Schwartz and Lerner, p. 159). Based on the reversal of Prophecies XXIV and XXV, this manuscript can be placed in Millet's "Regina" family (Millet 2004, pp. 62-65). Iconographic details also confirm this attribution: the lack of a severed head in Prophecy III; the placement of a mitre instead of a tiara on the dragon's head in Prophecy IX; the presence of a scorpion and snake in Prophecy XV; the hand holding a crescent instead of a scythe blade in Prophecy XIX; and the orientation of the pack of wolves in Prophecy XXVII. Millet identifies 16 manuscripts as part of the Regina group (named for her manuscript Reg1, Vatican, Bibl. Vat. Reg. lat. 580), although she did not study all of the 102 known manuscripts and, while she knew of the two Boston copies (see also BPL MS q Med.106), did not assign either manuscript to a family (Millet 2004, p. 213).
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