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Reference (shelfmark):: Add Ch 24328
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Scope & Content:: Venice: Covenant for division of property of the family of Morosini: 1597.: Ital. Mauroceni family; of Venice: Covenant on the division of their property: 1597.
Collection Area:: Western Manuscripts
Languages:: English and Italian
Date Range:: 1597
Extent:: 1 item

Reference (shelfmark):: Add Ch 61153-61199
Title:: ROLLs relating to Venice and a few other places in Venetia, including Fanna, Feltre, Marostica, Oderzo, Padua, Salgareda, Treviso and Rigolato, 1304-1796, n.d. Lat. and Ital. Among them are: Wills of (a) K. Margaris, 1382. 61155; (b) Cecilia, relict of F. Foschari, 1531. 61174; (c) L. Jacobi Candoni of Fanna, 1570. 61176; (d) B. Boino of Marostica, 1584. 61178; (e) N. Celani, 1639. 61183; (f) G. di Zorzi di Rasini of Feltre, 1649. 61184; (g) Cecilia Crillo, widow, 1654. 61185. Letters of Fr....
Scope & Content:: Venice: Deeds rel. to: 1304-1796.: Lat. and Ital.
Collection Area:: Western Manuscripts
Languages:: English, Italian, and Latin
Date Range:: 1304-1796
Extent:: 47 items

Reference (shelfmark):: Add MS 4157
Title:: State papers of John Thurloe, Secretary of State, 1655-1657
Scope & Content:: The documents here formed part of the original collection of John Thurloe (d. 1668), Secretary to the Council of State and subsequently to the two Cromwells, Lord Protectors. They illuminate both the domestic and international politics of the period, as also the scope of Thurloe's intelligence s...
Collection Area:: Western Manuscripts
Languages:: Cipher, English, French, and Latin
Date Range:: 1655-1657
Extent:: 1 volume

Reference (shelfmark):: Add MS 4279
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Scope & Content:: 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

Reference (shelfmark):: Add MS 4365
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Scope & Content:: Vol. II (ff. 399). (1) Johann Heinrich Rahn to J. Pell; Kyburg, near Zurich, 3 March 1658. Latin. ff. 5-6b. (2) John Pell to Theodore Hank, on scientific subjects; 1663, 1664. ff. 13-17b. (3) Ezerel Tonge, D.D., to J. Pell; 8 Oct. 1662. ff. 23-24. (4) John Aubrey, F.R.S., to J. Pell; cir...
Collection Area:: Western Manuscripts
Languages:: English, French, German, Italian, and Latin
Date Range:: 1654-1714
Extent:: 1 item

Reference (shelfmark):: Add MS 4716-4718
Title:: LETTER-BOOKS OF JOHN DODINGTON, Resident at Venice, with copies of various letters and papers concerning his post
Scope & Content:: Three volumes, of which Vol. I contains chiefly correspondence between the Doge and his ministers and the British Ambassador, Lord Fauconberg, and Dodington. English and Italian (some with English translations), Latin and cipher. Paper. Small folio. 1670-1672. Presented by Dr. Edward Young, 18 M...
Collection Area:: Western Manuscripts
Languages:: English, Italian, and Latin
Date Range:: 1670-1672
Extent:: 3 items

Reference (shelfmark):: Add MS 8253
Title:: UNIVERSAL HISTORY; 1st half of 15th cent. Italian and Latin. Universal history from the Creation to Octavian, principally biblical and classical history, inc. (f. 3) 'Siendo deo prima cosa perfettissima', expl. (f. 184) 'dalla veritade chatolicha Amen allo onore de Christo'. Followed by: (a) ff. 184v-185, a concordance of the prophets and apostles concerning the articles of the faith; - (b) f. 186, a copy of a bull of Emperor Frederick Barbarossa to the Benedictine abbey of San Mercuriale in...
Scope & Content:: Bindings ITALIAN: Half brown leather with marbled covers and end-papers: 18th cent. Watermarks: Greek cross: 1st half of 15th cent. includes: ff. 1-184 History: Universal history from Creation to Octavian: 1st half of 15th cent: Ital. f. 186 Forlì, Italy: Bull, 1159, from Frederick Barbarossa...
Collection Area:: Western Manuscripts
Languages:: English, Italian, and Latin
Date Range:: 1st half of the 15th century
Extent:: 1 item

Reference (shelfmark):: Add MS 8261
Title:: RELAZIONE OF ITALY; 17th cent. Italian. Copy. Historical description of the Italian principalities and republics. Inc. (f. 1) 'L'Italia dominatrice una volta del mondo e poi preda del mondo istesso', expl. (f. 147) 'Isola del Gozzo con la piccola Comino hanno anch' esse i suoi forti'. The relazione is divided into eleven chapters: (i) Italia Proemio (ff. 1-8); (ii) Stati del Duca di Savoia (ff. 8-26v); (iii) Duca di Monferrato (ff. 26v-29v); (iv) La Republica di Genova (ff. 29v-33v); (v) Duc...
Scope & Content:: Bookplates and Book-stamps: 5th earl of Guilford (L/20/D): bef. 1828. Italy General: Historical description of the Italian principalities and republics: circa 1650: Ital: Copy. Bindings ITALIAN: Full vellum on pasteboards: late 17th cent. includes: ff. 8-26v Duchy of Savoy: History of: circa...
Collection Area:: Western Manuscripts
Languages:: English and Italian
Date Range:: 17th century
Extent:: 1 item

Reference (shelfmark):: Add MS 8263
Title:: MISCELLANEOUS TRACTS on European and Italian history; circa 1577-1677. Italian, Latin and Spanish. Partly printed. Relates mostly to the rights of the Church to Italian states such as Ferrara, Modena, Comacchio, the investiture and the rights of the Boschetti family to the lands of S. Cesario on Panaro (Modena), their dispute with the Monastery of S. Pietro in Modena, and claims of France to the Kingdom of the Two Sicilies. Including 17th-cent. transcripts (arts. 7-13) of charters and papal ...
Scope & Content:: Rome; Court of; and Popes, Bishops of. General: Miscellany, mostly rel. to the rights of the Holy See to Italian territories: circa 1577-1677: Ital., Lat., and Span: Partly printed. Bookplates and Book-stamps: Colonna Library: 18th cent. includes: ff. 1, 31, 277v, 475v, 560v Bookplates and Bo...
Collection Area:: Western Manuscripts
Languages:: English, French, Italian, Latin, and Spanish
Date Range:: c 1577-1677
Extent:: 1 item

Reference (shelfmark):: Add MS 8290
Title:: 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...
Scope & Content:: 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

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