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11. Add MS 8414

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ACCOUNTS OF CONCLAVES FROM NICHOLAS V TO INNOCENT IX, ADDING CLEMENT V, URBAN VI, LEO XI, AND URBAN VIII, AND OMITTING PIUS V AND GREGORY XIII; 1305-1623. Italian and Latin. Copies. Contemporary tables of contents (f. 1-1v.); ff. 7v, 23v, 121, 166, 167 contain lists of conclaves omitted from the compilation. Owned by Frederick North, 5th Earl of Guilford, but lacking his armorial bookplate. '88' in top left corner of f. 1. Purchased, together with Add. 8367, 8410, 8411, 8415, 8426, 8427, and...
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Bindings ENGLISH: Quarter vellum with decorated paper covers over pasteboards: 18th cent. includes: ff. 2-7 Clement V; Pope: Account of conclave: 1305: Ital: Copy, 17th cent. ff. 8-23 Urban VI; Pope: Account of conclave: 1378: Lat: Copy, 17th cent. ff. 24-31 Nicholas V; Pope: Account of concla...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, Italian, and Latin
Date Range:
17th century
Extent:
1 item

12. Add MS 8415

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ACCOUNTS OF CONCLAVES FROM PIUS IV TO CLEMENT VIII AND OF THE REIGNS OF PIUS IV AND GREGORY XIII; 1559-1592. Italian. Copies. 'CXLVII' on spine. Owned by Frederick North, 5th Earl of Guilford, but lacking his armorial bookplate. '88' in pencil in top left corner of front pastedown. Purchased, together with Add. 8367, 8410, 8411, 8414, 8426, 8427, and 8428, from R. H. Evans, 8 Dec. 1830, lot 88 (part). Paper; ff. 354+vi (f. 204 blank). Modern foliation in pencil '1-354' (followed here). Comp...
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Bindings ITALIAN: Full vellum on pasteboards: 18th cent. includes: ff. 1-45 Pius IV; Pope: Account of conclave: 1559: Ital: Copy, 17th cent. ff. 46-54 Pius IV; Pope: Account of his papacy: 1559-1565: Ital: Copy, 17th cent. ff. 55-102v Pius V; Pope: Account of conclave: 1566: Ital: Copy, 17th c...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English and Italian
Date Range:
17th century
Extent:
1 item

13. Add MS 8416

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ACCOUNTS OF CONCLAVES, JULIUS II TO PAUL III, PAUL IV, PIUS IV, URBAN VIII TO ALEXANDER VII, INNOCENT XI TO CLEMENT XI, WITH PAUL II AND SIXTUS IV, NOT BOUND IN CHRONOLOGICAL SEQUENCE, TOGETHER WITH GENERAL WORKS ON THE CONCLAVE; 1471-1700. Italian and Latin. Copies. Contemporary table of contents 'Tabula Contentorum in hoc libro' (ff. 1-1v). Stamp (f. iii) 'biblioth / H.F. / J770', probably from the Biblioteca Falconieri. Owned by Frederick North, 5th Earl of Guilford, but lacking his armor...
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Bindings ENGLISH: Quarter vellum with decorated paper covers over pasteboard: 18th cent. includes: ff. 11-13v Sixtus IV; Pope: Account of conclave: 1471: Ital: Copy, 17th cent. ff. 14-18v Paul II; Pope: Account of conclave: 1464: Ital: Copy, 17th cent. ff. 19-33 Clement VII; Pope: Account of c...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, Italian, and Latin
Date Range:
17th century
Extent:
1 item

14. Add MS 8418

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ACCOUNTS AND DIARIES OF CONCLAVES FROM MARCELLUS II TO INNOCENT IX, OMITTING PAUL IV; 1555-1591. Italian and Latin. Copies, woodcut portraits. Three full-page woodcut portraits (ff. 84v, 161v, 231v, of Sixtus V, Pius IV, and Gregory XIV) illustrate the accounts of the respective conclaves. The name 'Domenico Bianchi' is written in ink in top left corner of f. 350 (the first leaf of art. 12). Armorial bookplate of Frederick North, 5th Earl of Guilford, with shelfmark L/18/E (front pastedown)....
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Bookplates and Book-stamps: 5th Earl of Guilford (L/18/E): bef. 1828. Bindings ENGLISH: Quarter vellum with decorated paper covers over pasteboard: 18th cent. includes: ff. 1-55 Pius V; Pope: Two accounts of conclave: 1566: Ital: Copies, 17th cent. ff. 56-79v Gregory XIII; Pope: Accounts of c...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, Italian, and Latin
Date Range:
17th century
Extent:
1 item

15. Add MS 8448

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DIARY of Cornelio Firmano; 1565-1571. Latin. Copy. Firmano (1532-1588) was Master of ceremonies at the Papal Court from Aug. 1565 until Jan. 1574 when he was elected Bishop of Osimo. His diary covers the papacies from Pius IV to Pius V. Inc. (f. 1) 'In nomine Domini Jesu Christi, Ego Cornelius Firmanus de maxerata die mercurii 22 mensis Augusti cepi possessionem officii cerimoniarum'. Other copies of the diary in Rome, Vatican Library, Cod. Vat. lat. 12283 and Barb. lat. 2805. The section of...
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Bindings ITALIAN: Full vellum on pasteboards: 17th cent.: Ital. Pius V; Pope: Pius IV; Pope: Cornelio Firmano, Papal Master of Ceremonies: Diaries and Memoranda: Diary of Cornelio Firmano: 1565-1571: Lat.: Copy, 17th cent.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, Italian, and Latin
Date Range:
17th century
Extent:
1 item

16. Add MS 8587

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Marcantonio Da Mula: Diplomatic letters to the Doge of Venice (1560-1561); late 16th-early 17th cent. Italian. Copies. Collection of letters sent by Da Mula (see f. 5v) as the Venetian Ambassador to the Holy See in Rome to Doge Girolamo Priuli. Most of the letters (ff. 1-195v) cover 24 Sept. 1560 to 25 Feb. 1561, a period of difficult relations between the Republic and its Ambassador, who was suspected of pressing Pope Pius IV for ecclesiastical benefits incompatible with the status of a Ven...
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Bindings ITALIAN: Vellum on pasteboards: late 16th-early 17th cent. Venice: Pius IV; Pope: Diplomatic letters to the Doge from the Venetian Ambassador at Rome M. Da Mula: 1560-1561: Ital: Copies. Girolamo Priuli, Doge of Venice: Marcantonio Da Mula, Venetian Ambassador at Rome; Bishop of Veron...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English and Italian
Date Range:
Late 16th century-Early 17th century
Extent:
1 item

17. Add MS 8716

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FARNESE CORRESPONDENCE RELATING TO FRANCE AND PORTUGAL; 1539-1540, 1560-1564. Italian. Copies, partly in cipher. Correspondence of Cardinal Alessandro Farnese (1520-1589), nephew of Pope Paul III Farnese (1534-1549), relating to France and Portugal. Arts. 1-4 contain dispatches relating to Cardinal Farnese's legation as legatus a latere to France (24 Nov. 1539-5 June 1540), and the state of affairs between the Holy See, Emperor Charles V and Francis I of France . The authors of the dispatche...
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Bindings ITALIAN: Full vellum: late 16th cent. Alessandro Farnese, Cardinal: Correspondence rel. to France and Portugal: 1539-1540, 1560-1564: Ital: Copies. includes: ff. 1v-282 Paul III; Pope: Correspondence of Card. A. Farnese rel. to France: 1539-1540: Ital: Copies. ff. 1v-282 Francis I of...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English and Italian
Date Range:
1539-1564
Extent:
1 item

18. Add MS 10687

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BREVE Leonis Papæ X. super electione plebanorum, et quomodo fieri debeat ;-Bullæ variæ Clementis Papæ VII., Pii Papæ IV., et Sixti Papæ V.;-Storia e privilegj del clero Veneto, e discussione sulla bolla Clementina. xviith cent. Quarto. [10,687.]
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Venice: Storia e privilegj del clero Veneto. Sixtus V; Pope: Bullæ quædam. Pius IV; Pope: Bullæ quædam. Clement VII; Pope: Bullæ quædam. Leo X; Pope: Breve super electione plebanorum.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
17th century
Extent:
1 item

19. Add MS 12061

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TRANSCRIPTS of numerous Papal Indulgences granted to Paters, Ave Marias, Rosaries, Crowns, Medals, Crosses, etc., by the Popes Adrian VI., Paul III., Pius IV., Pius V., Gregory XIII., Sixtus V., Clement Vlll., and Paul V., from the year 1522 to 1606 inclusive. A few printed Indulgences from the ...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English and Italian
Date Range:
17th century
Extent:
1 item

20. Add MS 16176

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A VOLUME, containing copies of letters, in Spanish, many of which were written by members of the Royal family and nobility of Spain, during the xvith century ; with extracts from printed works, memoranda, etc., in Spanish ; collected, apparently, as precedents of form, by Francisco de Herinosilla, " Presbytero beneficiado en la iglesia de St. Cosmeo y St. Damian de la ciudad de Burgos, y secretario de Don Pedro de Zuñiga y Avellaneda, Abbad de St. Isidro de Leon." The contents are :- " Tabl...
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Francisco de Hermosilla: Collection of letters, etc. as precedents of form. includes: f. 4 Calendars: Tabla de las fiestas movibles: 1591 -1698. f. 7 Francisco de Zuñiga y Avellaneda, Conde de Miranda: Arms. f. 8 Cyphers: Key to a cypher. f. 14 Castile, Spain: Tables of weights and measures. f...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, Latin, and Spanish
Date Range:
16th century
Extent:
1 item