1. Add MS 8312
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Add MS 8312
- Title:
- MISCELLANEOUS COLLECTION of papers and tracts relating to North Africa, France, Scotland, Mirandola, and Rome; circa 1568-1602. Italian and Latin. Copies. Table of contents (f. 1), added later. Old signature 'Tom. LV' in pencil in upper right corner of f. i, and '499' in ink in fifth spine compartment: identifiable with Mattei MS. 499 (vol. 55 of 'Memorie diverse') in Guilford's catalogue Add. 8220, f. 23v. Owned by Frederick North, 5th Earl of Guilford, but lacking his armorial bookplate. '...
- Scope & Content:
- Bindings ITALIAN: Full vellum: late 17th cent. includes: ff. 2-52 Barbary: Relazione of Barbary: early 17th cent.: Ital: Copy. ff. 53-84 Charles de Gontaut, Duc de Biron: Charles de Valois, Comte d'Auvergne; Duc d'Angoulême; son of Charles IX of France: Tracts rel. to his imprisonment: circa 1...
- Collection Area:
- Western Manuscripts
- Languages:
- English and Italian
- Date Range:
- c 1568-1602
- Extent:
- 1 item