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1. Add MS 8343

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Add MS 8343
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MISCELLANEOUS COLLECTION of historical papers relating to the Papacy and its relations with Poland, Venice, the Holy Roman Empire and Spain; 1530-1596. Italian and Latin. Copies, 17th cent. The MS. includes: - (a) summary (art. 1, ff. 1-81v) of negotiations between Bonifacio Vannozzi, secretary to Cardinal Enrico Caetani, papal legate at Cracow, and Joannis Tamoscio, Grand Chancellor of Poland: the negotiations led to the Synod of Brest-Litovsk, and the conversion of Orthodox Poles to the Ro...
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Bindings ITALIAN: Full vellum: 17th cent. Rome; Court of; and Popes, Bishops of. General: Historical papers rel. to the Papacy and its relations with Poland, Venice, the Holy Roman Empire and Spain: 1530-1596: Ital. and lat: Copies. includes: ff. 1-81v Enrico Caetani, Cardinal: Sigismund III ...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, Italian, and Latin
Date Range:
17th century
Extent:
1 item

2. Add MS 8371

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LIVES OF THE CARDINALS during the Pontificate of Innocent X together with Bulls of Urban VIII; 1634-1642, n.d. Italian and Latin. Partly printed. Printed material with Barberini’s coat of arms. Table of contents (f. 1v). Owned by Frederick North, 5th Earl of Guilford, but lacking his armorial bookplate. ‘556’ in pencil in upper left corner of pastedown. Purchased from R. H. Evans, 8 Dec. 1830, lot 556. Paper; ff. 142+i, plus one unfoliated blank after f. 116. Modern foliation in pencil 1-1...
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Bindings: Vellum: 18th cent. Bookplates and Book-stamps: 5th Earl of Guilford: early 19th cent. includes: ff. 2-116 Innocent X; Pope: La Statera de Purpurati under Innocent X: circa 1644-1655: Ital. ff. 117-120 Urban VIII; Pope: Printed Matter: Constitutio super residencia Episcoporum, Archep...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, Italian, and Latin
Date Range:
17th century
Extent:
1 item

3. Add MS 8398

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Relazioni of Rome; vol. i; 1535-1660. Paper; ff. 462, plus one unfoliated blank after f. 272. Composite volume: arts. 1, 2, and 4 marked respectively with initials 'D', 'D', 'H' in black ink in upper right corner of first leaves. Modern foliation '1-451' (followed here), omitting no. 126 and on...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English and Italian
Date Range:
1535-1660
Extent:
1 item

4. Add MS 14093

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ORIGINAL COMMISSION, in Latin, from [Andrea Gritti] Doge of Venice, to Victor Barbadico, appointing him Podestà of Brescia; dat. 3 July, 1535. The first leaf has been torn away. On vellum. Small Quarto. [14,093.]
Scope & Content:
Andrea Gritti; Doge of Venice: Commission appointing V. Barbadico Podestà of Brescia: 1535. Victor Barbadico: Appointment as Podestà of Brescia: 1535.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
3 Jul 1535
Extent:
1 item

5. Add MS 15518

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ORIGINAL Commission, in Latin, from Andrea Gritti, Doge of Venice, to Nicolo Morosini, appointing him Capitano of Vicenza [in 15311; with an illuminated frontispiece, bearing the arms of Morosini. Some leaves are wanting at the end. On vellum, in the original Venetian binding. Small Quarto. [15,518.]
Scope & Content:
Andrea Gritti; Doge of Venice: Commission appointing N. Morosini Capitano of Vicenza: 1531. Nicolò Morosini: Commission appointing him Capitano of Vicenza, with his arms.: 1531.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1531
Extent:
1 item

6. Add MS 45539

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Add MS 45539
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ORIGINAL COMMISSION, in Latin, from Andrea Gritti, Doge of Venice, to Giovanni Contarini as Captain of Cyprus; 30 July 1538. Subscribed (f. 24) by Hieronimo Muriano, Sec. to the Signory. Followed by instructions on the rendering of accounts (ff. 24b-25), in Italian, from the 'Provedadori sopra la Chamera di Imprestedi' (cf. Add. MS. 17347, ff. 101b-102) and a statement of Contarini's salary (f. 30). The commission is described and summarised by Sir G. F. Hill, A History of Cyprus, iii, 1948,...
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Giovanni Contarini: Commission to, etc., as Venetian Captain of Cyprus: 1538.: Lat. and Ital. Andrea Gritti; Doge of Venice: Commission to G. Contarini as Captain of Cyprus: 1538.: Lat. and Ital. includes: f. i Bookplates and Book-stamps: Hill (Sir George Francis) K.C.B.; d. 1948.f.v Seym...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, Italian, and Latin
Date Range:
30 Jul 1538
Extent:
1 item

7. Cotton MS Nero B VII

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Cotton MS Nero B VII
Title:
Records and papers concerning England and Italy, 1371-1612
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Records and papers concerning England and Italy, 1371-1612. Including letters of Andrea Gritti, doge of Venice (1523-1538); Marino Grimani, doge of Venice (1595-1606); and King Charles V of Spain, Holy Roman Emperor (1519-1556, d. 1558). f. 1r: Title-page. f. 2r: Letter from King Henry VI of E...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, French, Italian, Latin, and Spanish
Date Range:
1371-1612
Extent:
1 volume