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2821. Add MS 8248

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RISPOSTA A QUATTRO HERETICI; after 1564. Italian. A Roman Catholic riposte to four heretics who for two years had written various books against the Council of Trent’s decree of 1562 on the sacrifice of the mass, inc. ‘Essendosi piu volte veduto che alcuni’, expl. (f. 70) ‘et vi conceda, et vi doni spirito di pregare per noi’. Of the four heretics, one wrote in Latin, one in French and two in Italian. Only the second heretic, Pierre Viret (Pietro Vireto), the Swiss reformer (1511-1571), is na...
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Bindings ITALIAN: Full vellum, without boards: late 17th or early 18th cent. Heretics: Pierre Viret, Swiss reformer: Riposte to 4 heretics , including Pierre Viret: aft. 1564: Ital. includes: ff. 70v-76 Council of Trent: 1st decree of 22nd session: aft. 1564: Ital.: Copy.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English and Italian
Date Range:
after 1564
Extent:
1 item

2822. Add MS 8249

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LOUIS MAIMBOURG: ISTORIA DELL’ARIANISMO; late 17th or early 18th cent. Italian translation. Louis Maimbourg, a French Jesuit historian (1610-1686), published Histoire de l’Arianisme (Paris, 1673). The present MS. contains an Italian translation of the 4th book, of the 12 books in the history, inc. ‘Se la vittoria di Costanzo’, expl. ‘Chiesa dei Santi Apostoli’. Book 4 covers the period A.D. 353-361 in the reign of Emperor Constantius II, a strong supporter of Arianism. It includes accounts o...
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Bindings ITALIAN: Guilford binding: bef. 1828. Church History: Heretics: Louis Maimbourg, French Jesuit historian: History of Arianism, book 4 , by Louis Maimbourg: late 17th or early 18th cent: Ital.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English and Italian
Date Range:
Late 17th century-Early 18th century
Extent:
1 item

2823. Add MS 8250

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AD INSTITUTIONES CHRONOLOGICAS and DE DIIS QUORUM MENTIO FIT IN SCRIPTURIS; 1754. Latin. The first text in this MS., ‘Ad Institutiones Chronologicas’ (ff. 1-20v), has a preface on the use and necessity of chronology, followed by sections on historical divisions of time (ff. 3-5), the day and its divisions (ff. 5-9), the month (ff. 9v-13) and the year (ff. 13-20v), inc. ‘Quamvis animae humanae sit in deliciis oculos’, expl. ‘quum vero Aestivae feriae’. The second text, ‘De Diis Quorum Mention...
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Bindings ITALIAN: Quarter binding of brown leather with decorated paper covers: late 18th cent. Bookplates and Book-stamps: 5th Earl of Guilford (L/16/B): bef. 1828. includes: ff. 1-20v Chronology: 'On the elements of chronology': 1754: Lat. ff. 13-20v Bible HEBREW: 'On the gods mentioned in ...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English and Latin
Date Range:
1754
Extent:
1 item

2824. Add MS 8251

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JOHANN RWYKTER: De Adamidarum Origine; 1604. Latin transl. Copy, 1690. An abridged universal history dedicated to Johann Adam von Bicken, Archbishop-Elector of Mainz (1601- Jan. 1604). The text is divided into three books (ff. 3, 12v, 34). It begins by describing Adam's descent and how Sem, Cham and Japheth, sons of Noah, generated three different races; it continues with the genealogies of the kings of subsequent kingdoms. Chapters IV-VI of the third book relate to the genealogy of the king...
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Bindings ITALIAN: Full vellum: late 17th - early 18th cent. Chronicles: Johann Rwykter, of Uppsala: Johann Adam von Bicken, Archbishop Elector of Mainz: Universal history for Johann Adam von Bicken by Johann Rwykter: 1604: Lat. transl.: Copy, 1690. includes: f. 2 Bookplates and Book-stamps: `...
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Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English and Latin
Date Range:
1690
Extent:
1 item

2825. Add MS 8252

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UNIVERSAL HISTORY; 1660. Italian. Copy, late 17th cent. Universal history from the Creation to 1660, ‘all’anno corrente’ (f. 245), entitled ‘Fioretti d’Istorie’ and divided into 17 chapters, each headed with the name of a different flower. The history is arranged in chronological order and the chapters cover the periods from the Creation to Noah (ff. 1-3v), to Abraham (ff. 4-6), to the birth of Moses (ff. 7-10), to Samuel (ff. 11-16), to the Babylonian empire (ff. 17-25v), to the Persian Emp...
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Bindings ITALIAN: Guilford binding: bef. 1828. Chronicles: Universal history to 1660: late 17th cent: Ital: Copy.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English and Italian
Date Range:
Late 17th century
Extent:
1 item

2826. Add MS 8253

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UNIVERSAL HISTORY; 1st half of 15th cent. Italian and Latin. Universal history from the Creation to Octavian, principally biblical and classical history, inc. (f. 3) 'Siendo deo prima cosa perfettissima', expl. (f. 184) 'dalla veritade chatolicha Amen allo onore de Christo'. Followed by: (a) ff. 184v-185, a concordance of the prophets and apostles concerning the articles of the faith; - (b) f. 186, a copy of a bull of Emperor Frederick Barbarossa to the Benedictine abbey of San Mercuriale in...
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Bindings ITALIAN: Half brown leather with marbled covers and end-papers: 18th cent. Watermarks: Greek cross: 1st half of 15th cent. includes: ff. 1-184 History: Universal history from Creation to Octavian: 1st half of 15th cent: Ital. f. 186 Forlì, Italy: Bull, 1159, from Frederick Barbarossa...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, Italian, and Latin
Date Range:
1st half of the 15th century
Extent:
1 item

2827. Add MS 8254

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UNIVERSAL HISTORY; late 17th cent. French and Latin. Universal history from Creation to the late 17th cent., inc. ‘L’histoire est une narration veritable et iuditieuse’, expl. (f. 123v) ‘3o Eleonore Marie de Neubourg née [date cancelled and illegible]’. The text covers biblical history (ff. 1-7v), ancient history from the Chaldaeans, Assyrians and Babylonians to the fall of the Western Roman Empire (ff. 8-83), the Eastern Empire, 5th cent. to 1453 (ff. 83v-105v), the Ottoman Empire, 1453-166...
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Bindings ITALIAN: Brown calf with gold tooling and blind-tooling: 18th cent. Chronicles: Universal history: late 17th cent: Fr. and Lat.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, French, and Latin
Date Range:
Late 17th century
Extent:
1 item

2828. Add MS 8255-8256

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UNIVERSAL HISTORY; 2nd half of 18th cent.
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Italian. Volumes 3 and 4 of Book 1 of a compendium of universal history, covering the history of the Roman Empire. Owned by Frederick North, 5th Earl of Guilford, but lacking his armorial bookplate. ‘578’ in pencil in upper right corner of f. 1 in both volumes. Purchased, together with Add. 8249...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English and Italian
Date Range:
2nd half of the 18th century
Extent:
2 items

2829. Add MS 8257-8258

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HISTORICAL ACCOUNT OF THE WAR OF THE AUSTRIAN SUCCESSION, 1740-1748; 2nd half of 18th cent.
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Italian. A historical account of events in Europe during the War of the Austrian Succession which followed the death of Emperor Charles VI in 1740 and culminated in the Treaty of Aix-la-Chapelle in 1748. On the front pastedown of both volumes is the armorial bookplate of Lorenzo Antonio da Ponte...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English and Italian
Date Range:
2nd half of the 18th century
Extent:
2 items

2830. Add MS 8259

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DIPLOMATIC AND MILITARY HISTORY OF WESTERN EUROPE, 1648-1675; late 17th cent. Italian. The MS. gives a historical account of the intense period of diplomatic and military activity in western Europe which followed the conclusion of the Thirty Years’ War with the Treaty of Westphalia in 1648. The text focuses primarily on the period from the formation of the Triple League between England, Holland and Sweden in 1668 up to the Battle of Fehrbellin in which the Elector of Brandenburg defeated the...
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Bookplates and Book-stamps: 5th Earl of Guilford (L/18/D): bef. 1828. Bindings ITALIAN: Full vellum with decorated end-leaves: late 17th or early 18th cent. Treaties: Europe: Diplomatic and military history of western Europe, 1648-1675: late 17th cent.: Ital.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English and Italian
Date Range:
Late 17th century
Extent:
1 item

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