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1. Add MS 8290

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MISCELLANEOUS COLLECTION of political tracts, letters, relazioni, and conclave accounts relating to Portugal, Turkey, the Papacy, France, the German Empire, Venice, Persia, Poland, and Tunisia; circa 1544-1576. Italian. Copies. The MS. includes (art. 10, ff. 334v-375v) a letter-book of Cardinal Angelo Niccolini, Archbishop of Pisa, relating to his promotion to cardinal in 1563. Table of contents (ff. 477-477v), added later. Old shelfmarks '285' in ink on outer margin of front pastedown, abov...
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Bindings ITALIAN: Full vellum: late 17th cent. includes: ff. 1-63 Sebastian of Portugal: Relazione, letter, and tracts rel. to: circa 1574: Ital: Copies. ff. 10-63 Political Tracts: On Portugal: circa 1574: Ital: Copies. ff. 63-67v Gregory XIII; Pope: Account of conclave: 1572: Ital: Copy. ff....
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English and Italian
Date Range:
c 1544-1576
Extent:
1 item

2. Add MS 8314

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COLLECTION of papers and tracts mostly relating to the Leagues between Venice, Spain, and the Holy See against the Turks and to the battle of Lepanto in 1571, during the papacy of Pius V; 1529, 1538, 1570-1572. Italian, Latin and Spanish. Copies, 17th cent. The MS. includes the relazione (art. 11, ff. 180v-223) by the Venetian Ambassador Michele Suriani, here dated 1570. The MS. is entitled (f. 2) 'Discorsi'. With pen decorations (ff. 1, 14, 17v); table of contents (f. 1), added later. Old s...
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Bindings ITALIAN: Full vellum: 17th cent. Turkey; General: Philip II of Spain: Pius V; Pope: Venice: Paul III; Pope: Miscellaneous papers, letters and tracts rel. to the League against the Turks: 1529-1572: Ital., Lat., Span: Copies. includes: ff. 180v-223 Philip II of Spain: Pius V; Pope: Ve...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, Italian, Latin, and Spanish
Date Range:
17th century
Extent:
1 item

3. Add MS 8588

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Papers and tracts relating to the League between Venice, Pius V, and Philip II of Spain against the Turks in 1571; late 16th-early 17th cent. Italian and Latin. Copies. Another collection relating to the league in Add. 8314. Table of contents by a later hand on f. 1v. The MS. is described by C. Foligno, ‘Codici di materia veneta nelle biblioteche inglesi’, in Nuovo Archivio Veneto, n.s., 6, xi (1906), pt. ii, no. xci, pp. 181-182. Old shelfmark 'XI' in pencil and stamp 'biblioth / h.f. / J77...
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includes: f. 1 Bookplates and Book-stamps: 'BIBLIOTH / H.F. / J770': 1700. ff. 2-122 Treaties: Philip II of Spain: Pius V; Pope: Venice: Papers and tracts rel. to the League between Venice, Pope Pius V, Philip II of Spain against the Turks: 1570-1573: Ital: Copies. ff. 2-5v Gabriele Salvago: Re...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, Italian, and Latin
Date Range:
Late 16th century-Early 17th century
Extent:
1 item

4. Add MS 8647

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COSTANTINO GARZONI: Relazione of Constantinople; 1574. Italian. Copy, 1592. Costantino Garzoni was a member of the Venetian Senate, who accompanied the ambassador Andrea Badoer and the new bailo Antonio Tiepolo to Constantinople. The MS. is entitled (f. 1) 'Commentari delle cose di Costantinopoli, et descrittione delle entrate, forze, et Corte del Imperatore de Turchi del Serenissimo Signor Costantino Garzoni dell'anno 1573'. The date 1573 more veneto corresponds to the year 1574. The relazi...
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Bindings ITALIAN: Full vellum with decorated paper pastedowns and contiguous flyleaves: 1574. Bookplates and Book-stamps: 5th Earl of Guilford (L/20/D): bef. 1828. City of Constantinople: Venice: Geography: Costantino Garzoni, of Venice; senator 1573: Selim II; Sultan of Turkey: Relazione of C...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English and Italian
Date Range:
1592
Extent:
1 item