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21. Add MS 8356

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RELAZIONI AND POLITICAL INSTRUCTIONS relating to Venice, the Papacy, and Spain; circa 1607-1643. Italian. Copies. Ownership note (front pastedown) 'Ex Libris / Marii Marefusci', partly cancelled; old shelfmark in black ink 'Cod. 192' in lower left corner of front pastedown; old shelfmark in faint roman numerals 'CXCII' in lower spine: identifiable with Marefoschi MS. 192 in Guilford's catalogue Add. 8220, f. 32v. Also shelfmark '14' in brown ink in left margin of front pastedown. Owned by Fr...
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Bindings ITALIAN: Full vellum: late 17th cent. includes: ff. 1-4v Paul V; Pope: Berlingerio Gessi, Bishop of Rimini; Cardinal 1626: Leonardo Donà; Doge of Venice: Instructions to Card. B. Gessi, rel. to Venice: 1607: Ital: Copy. ff. 5-8 Paul V; Pope: Leonardo Donà; Doge of Venice: François de ...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English and Italian
Date Range:
c 1607-1643
Extent:
1 item

22. Add MS 8379

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COLLECTION of pasquinades and satires current at the elections of the Popes, together with two Lives of Cardinals Mazzarino and Alberoni; 1653-1721. Italian. Copy. Included in the MS. are: poems relating to the death of Clement XI and the following Conclave, 1721 (ff. 1-39); poems relating to the death of Innocent XI and the election of Alexander VIII, 1689 (ff. 39v-45v, 52v-55); poems relating to the Conclave following the death of Alexander VIII, 1691 (ff. 46-52, 55-73v); poems relating to...
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Bindings ITALIAN: Full vellum with decorated paper pastedowns and contiguous flyleaves: 18th cent. Bookplates and Book-stamps: 5th Earl of Guilford: 1817-1827. Poetry ITALIAN: Rome; Court of; and Popes, Bishops of. General: Satires ITALIAN: Collection of pasquinades and satires current at the ...
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Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English and Italian
Date Range:
1653-1721
Extent:
1 item

23. Add MS 8397

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COLLECTION of papers relating to the history of Rome from 1378 to 1766, chronologically arranged; 17th - 18th cent. Latin and Italian. Copies. The MS. includes: accounts of the conclaves of antipopes Clement VII (1378; art. 1), Benedict XIII (1394; arts. 3-4), and of popes Boniface IX (1389; art. 2), Innocent VII (1404; art. 5), Gregory XII (1406; art. 6), Martin V (1417; art. 7), Clement VII (1523; art. 8), Paul IV (1555; art. 9), Pius IV (1559; art. 10), Pius V (1566; art. 13), Clement IX ...
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Bookplates and Book-stamps: Frederick North, later 5th Earl of Guilford (L/17/E): bef. 1828. Bindings ENGLISH: Guilford binding: bef. 1828. Rome; Court of; and Popes, Bishops of. General: Collected papers rel. to the history of Rome: 1378-1766: Lat. and Ital: Copies. includes: ff. 1-16v Clem...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, Italian, and Latin
Date Range:
17th century-18th century
Extent:
1 item

24. 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

25. Add MS 8399

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Relazioni of Rome; vol. ii; 1660-1702. Paper; ff. 509, plus one unfoliated blank after ff. 211, 420, 445. Composite volume: arts. 4, 5, 6, 8 marked respectively with initials 'U', 'U', 'R', 'J' in black ink in upper right corner of first leaves. Modern foliation '1-508' (followed here), includi...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English and Italian
Date Range:
1660-1702
Extent:
1 item

26. Add MS 8403

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ALVISE DI NICOLÒ CONTARINI: Relazione of Rome, followed by anonymous political tract; 1648. Italian. Copy. Art. 1 (ff. ii, 1-25) is the relazione of Rome written by Alvise di Nicolò Contarini, Venetian ambassador at Rome from 1645 to 1648 during the papacy of Pope Innocent X (1644-1655). Other copies in Add. 8398 (art. 5, ff. 247-272), 8406 (art. 2, ff. 111-140), and 16518 (ff. 46-61). Text differs at the end from the relazione published by Barozzi - Berchet, s. iii, v. ii (Venice, 1878), pp...
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Bindings ITALIAN: Full vellum: late 17th cent. includes: ff. ii and iii verso Bookplates and Book-stamps: Colonna Library: 2nd half 18th cent. ff. 1-25 Innocent X; Pope: Francesco da Molin; Doge of Venice: Alvise di Nicolò Contarini, Venetian Ambassador: Relazione of Rome by Alvise di Nicolò C...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English and Italian
Date Range:
1648
Extent:
1 item

27. Add MS 8408

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DESCRIPTIONS of trials and executions of heretics and other people condemned by the Roman Court from the papacy of Gregory XIII (1572-1585) to that of Clement XI (1700-1721); circa 1572-1723, 1747. Italian. Copy, mid 18th cent. The MS. also includes: - (a) art. 5, ff. 35-46v, relazione against the Spanish ambassador, Don Enrique de Guzmán, Count of Olivares, in relation to the claims of Pope Sixtus V (1585-1590) over Naples; - (b) art. 28, ff. 291-299v, relazione of the visit to Rome of Marq...
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Bindings ITALIAN: Full vellum, restored: 18th cent. Rome; Court of; and Popes, Bishops of. General: Inquisition: Heretics: Accounts of trials and executions of heretics and others in Rome: circa 1572-1723: Ital: Copy, mid 18th cent. includes: ff. 35-46v Enrique de Guzman, Conde de Olivares; S...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English and Italian
Date Range:
Mid 18th century
Extent:
1 item

28. Add MS 8409

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ANONYMOUS COLLECTION OF LIVES of eminent people and Italian heretics condemned by the Inquisition in Rome; late 17th - early 18th cent. Italian. Copy. The texts provide detailed accounts of the lives, trials and executions of : - (a) art. 1, ff. 3-21, Cardinal Carlo Carafa (1517-1561), his brother Giovanni, Duke of Paliano, the Count of Alife, brother-in-law of Giovanni, and Leonardo di Cardine, Alife's uncle; for other accounts of the Carafas' execution see Add. 8391 (arts. 6-9, ff. 208-236...
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Bindings ITALIAN: Full vellum: early 18th cent. Rome; Court of; and Popes, Bishops of. General: Inquisition: Heretics: Lives of eminent people and heretics condemned by the Inquisition in Rome: late 17th - early 18th cent: Ital: Copy. includes: ff. 3-21v Carlo Carafa, Cardinal 1555: Account o...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English and Italian
Date Range:
Late 17th century-Early 18th century
Extent:
1 item

29. Add MS 8411

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TRACT on papal conclaves; early 17th cent. Italian. Copy. Treatise relating to the rules and proceedings of the conclaves for the election of the pope. The text is divided into 3 books (ff. 6, 67, 190), the third book including accounts of conclaves and subsequent papacies from Innocent VIII (1481-1492) to Clement VII (1523-1534). Title (f. 2) 'Discorsi del conclave / Volume primo'. Proemium (ff. 6-7v) 'Molti facilmente si troveranno li quali non prima havendo inteso il soggetto', inc. (f. 8...
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Bindings ENGLISH: Guilford binding: bef. 1828. Political Tracts: Rome; Court of; and Popes, Bishops of. General: Tract on conclaves: early 17th cent.: Ital: Copy.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English and Italian
Date Range:
Early 17th century
Extent:
1 item

30. Add MS 8425

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ACCOUNT OF CONCLAVES from Clement XI to Pius VI, omitting Innocent XIII, Benedict XIII, and Benedict XIV; circa 1700-1775. Italian. Copies. The MS. includes: accounts of the conclaves of popes Clement XI, 1700 (art. 1), Clement XII, 1730 (arts. 14-15), Clement XIII, 1758 (art. 16), Clement XIV, 1769 (art. 18), Pius VI, 1774-1775 (art. 20); descriptions of lives and characters of cardinals papabili in the conclave for the election of Clement XI (arts. 2-13); satirical sonnets and other poems ...
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Bindings ENGLISH: Guilford binding: bef. 1828. Bookplates and Book-stamps: 5th Earl of Guilford (L/18/E): bef. 1828. Rome; Court of; and Popes, Bishops of. General: Account of conclaves from Clement XI to Pius VI: circa 1700-1775: Ital: Copies. includes: ff. 1-24, 25-67v Clement XI; Pope: Ac...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English and Italian
Date Range:
c 1700-1775
Extent:
1 item