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1. Add MS 4279

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Vol. II (ff. 324). D-Z; circ. 1624-1683. Included are letters of Samuel Hartlib, Marin Mersenne, Sir Samuel Morland, Johann Jacob Stockar, etc. includes: ff. 1, 3, 6, 7 John Davis, of Horndon-on-the-Hill: Correspondence with J. Pell: 1662.f. 5 Elizabeth Pell, daughter of J Pell, DD: Letter...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Dutch, English, French, German, Italian, and Latin
Date Range:
c 1624-1683
Extent:
1 item

2. Add MS 4476

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Vol. I (ff. 316). (1) Form of assignment of livings, etc., in the patronage of Lord Brereton; 1668. f. 1. (2) Three receipts for money paid by William Polden of Wakefield, as executor for Mrs. Mary Leake of York; 1633. ff. 2, 132, 277. (3) Acknowledgement of wrong-doing by Edward Carlton, ...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, French, and Latin
Date Range:
1625-1770
Extent:
1 item

3. Add MS 8283

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COLLECTION of miscellaneous tracts, historical accounts, relazioni and letters relating mostly to the history of the Church and political and family affairs in 17th-cent. Europe; circa 1557-1710. Italian, Latin, and Spanish. Copies and original drafts. The MS. includes indexes of MSS. in the Vatican Archive (ff. 2-11v) and Leiden University Library (ff. 255-262v). It also includes (ff. 17-92v) original drafts and (ff. 210-215) notarial copies relating respectively to the Castelli and Cantelm...
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Europe: Rome; Court of; and Popes, Bishops of. General: Italy General: Miscellany rel. to: 17th-18th cent.: Ital. and Lat: Copies. Bookplates and Book-stamps: `BIBLIOTH / H.F. / J770': 1770: Lat. Bindings ENGLISH: Guilford bindings: bef. 1828. includes: ff. 2-11v Catalogues of Libraries, etc...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, Italian, and Latin
Date Range:
c 1557-1710
Extent:
1 item

4. Add MS 8285

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COLLECTION of tracts, relazioni and original letters relating to Queen Christina of Sweden and her life in Rome; circa 1654-1698. Italian, Latin, and French. Partly autograph. The MS. contains autograph letters of Queen Christina (ff. 32, 64, 180-182), and of Cardinal Decio Azzolini the Younger, papal escort to the Queen (passim). It also includes (ff. 205-277v) a relazione of the journey to Rome of Queen Maria Casimira Sobiesky (1641-1716), daughter of Henri de la Grange, Marquis d'Arquien ...
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Decio Azzolini, the Younger; Cardinal 1654: Letters: 1655-1661: Ital: Autogr. Christina of Sweden: Collection rel. to: 1654-1698: Ital., Fr., and Lat. Bookplates and Book-stamps: `BIBLIOTH / H.F. / J770': 1770: Lat. Bindings ENGLISH: Guilford bindings: bef. 1828. includes: ff. 15-21v Alexan...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, French, Italian, and Latin
Date Range:
c 1654-1698
Extent:
1 item

5. Add MS 8307

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MISCELLANEOUS COLLECTION of relazioni, instructions, and letters relating to Spain, Venice, France, and Rome; circa 1546-1667. Italian. Copies. Pen-flourished initials on ff. 2, 3, 139, 140, 165, 166. Table of contents (f. 1), added later. Old signatures 'Tom. LIII' in pencil in upper right corner of f. i, and '497.' in ink in fourth spine compartment: identifiable with Mattei MS. 497 (vol. 53 of 'Memorie diverse') in Guilford's catalogue Add. 8220, f. 23v. Owned by Frederick North, 5th Earl...
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Bindings ITALIAN: Full vellum: late 17th cent. includes: ff. 2-125 Bernardo Navagero, Venetian Ambassador at Venice, Rome and Constantinople; afterwards Cardinal: Charles V; Emperor of Germany: Francesco Donà; Doge of Venice: Relazione of Spain by Bernardo Navagero: 1546: Ital: Copy. ff. 126-1...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English and Italian
Date Range:
c 1546-1667
Extent:
1 item

6. Add MS 8325

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MISCELLANEOUS COLLECTION of historical papers relating to Rome, Sweden, Tunisia, Alsace, Venice, Spain, and Monaco; circa 1641-1671. Italian, French and Latin. Copies. The MS. includes (art. 7) the account of the trial of the Milanese doctor and alchemist Francesco Giuseppe Borri (1627-1695) written by the Italian historian Gregorio Leti (1630-1701), published as Sommario del Processo di Gioseppe Francesco Borri Milanese condannato e sentetiato dal Tribunale del S. Officio per Eretico... pub...
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Bindings ITALIAN: Full vellum: late 17th cent. includes: ff. 2-19v Christina of Sweden: Giovanni Rinaldo Monaldeschi, Esquire of Queen Christina of Sweden: Relazione and treatise rel. to the murder of G. R. Monaldeschi by order of Qu. Christina of Sweden: circa 1657: Ital: Copies. ff. 20-34 Ah...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, French, Italian, and Latin
Date Range:
c 1641-1671
Extent:
1 item

7. Add MS 8326

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MISCELLANEOUS COLLECTION of treatises relating to dynastic, administrative and ambassadorial matters involving the Papal Court, Naples and Sicily, Spain, and France, during the papacies of Urban VIII, Innocent X and Alexander VII; circa 1623-1667. Italian and Spanish. Copies. The MS. also includes (art. 1) a discourse relating to the investiture of Roger II as King of Sicily by Innocent II in 1139, written by Giovanni Ciampoli (1590-1643). Another copy of this text in Vienna, Österreichische...
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Bindings ITALIAN: Full vellum: late 17th cent. includes: ff. 2-98 Innocent II; Pope: Giovanni Ciampoli, Papal secretary and poet: Roger II of Naples and Sicily: Treatise rel. to the investiture of Roger II as King of Sicily by Innocent II in 1139, by Giovanni Ciampoli: bef. 1643: Ital: Copy. f...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, Italian, and Spanish
Date Range:
c 1623-1667
Extent:
1 item

8. Add MS 8330

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RELAZIONE of Rome and Petition to the Pope, possibly Innocent X(1644-1655); circa 1644-1656. Italian. Copies. The relazione of Rome (art. 1) relates to the recently elected Pope Alexander VII (1655-1667). Table of contents (f. 1) added later. Old signatures in pencil 'Tom. XCVI' in upper right corner of f. i, and '540' in ink in fifth spine compartment: identifiable with Mattei MS. 540 (vol. 96 of 'Materie diverse') in Guilford's catalogue Add. 8220, f. 24. Owned by Frederick North, 5th Earl...
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Bindings ITALIAN: Full vellum: late 17th cent. includes: ff. 2-96v Alexander VII; Pope: Giovanni Pesaro, Venetian Ambassador: Carlo Contarini; Doge of Venice: Relazione of Rome by Giovanni Pesaro: 1656: Ital: Copy. ff. 97-112v Ceremonials: Innocent X; Pope: Taddeo Barberini, Prince of Palestri...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English and Italian
Date Range:
c 1644-1656
Extent:
1 item

9. Add MS 8333

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MISCELLANEOUS COLLECTION of relazioni and other political papers relating to Spain, Naples, Liguria, Rome, France and the Empire; circa 1646-1667. Italian and Latin. Copies. Among other things the collection contains (arts. 8-15) relazioni and a satirical tract relating to the death of Pope Alexander VII, on 22 May 1667, and the conclave for the election of Clement IX, elected on 20 June 1667. Table of contents (ff. 1-1v), added later. Ink drawing in the lower margin of f. 2. Old signature '...
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Bindings ITALIAN: Full vellum: late 17th cent. Alexander VII; Pope: Clement IX; Pope: Political accounts and satirical papers rel. to: 1667: Ital.: Copies. includes: ff. 2-23v Charles V; Emperor of Germany: Three discourses rel. to the war against the Turks addressed to: circa 1529: Lat: Copi...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, Italian, and Latin
Date Range:
c 1646-1667
Extent:
1 item

10. Add MS 8334

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POLITICAL ADVICE AND RELAZIONI relating to the Papal Court and Spain; circa 1659-1660. Italian. Copies. The MS. includes anonymous and undated political advice (art. 1) to an unnamed Cardinal-Nepote on how to ingratiate the College of Cardinals, the relazione of Spain (art. 2) presented by the ambassador Domenico Zane to the Venetian Senate in 1659, and the relazione of Rome (art. 3) presented to the Venetian Senate by Angelo Correr in 1660. Table of contents (f. 1), added later. Old signatu...
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Bindings ITALIAN: Full vellum: late 17th cent. Alexander VII; Pope: Political advice and relazioni rel. to the Papal Court and Spain: circa 1659-1660: Ital: Copies. includes: ff. 2-11v Political Tracts: Political advice to an unnamed Cardinal-Nepote: 17th cent: Ital: Copy. ff. 12-99 Philip IV...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English and Italian
Date Range:
c 1659-1660
Extent:
1 item