His grandmother, Cristina Ottoboni, was the sister of Pope Alexander VIII.
At Rome, he enjoyed considerable social success, but none politically for Pope Alexander VIII had adopted an anti-French position in the Nine Years' War.
The manuscript was given by Christina of Sweden to Cardinal Dezio Azzolino, and bought from him by Alexander VIII (1689-1691) — like codices 154, 155, 156.
The papal conclave of 1691 was convened on the death of Pope Alexander VIII.
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After her death these atlases came into the possession of Pope Alexander VIII, and now rest in the library of the Vatican.