1. Add MS 8675
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Add MS 8675
- Title:
- GIUSEPPE VELLA: Esposto di Verità; circa 1798. Italian. Copy. A plea sent to Ferdinand IV, King of Naples, by Abbot Giuseppe Vella. The Abbot had been imprisoned after he had been accused of forgery by Alfonso Ajroldi, archbishop of Eraclea. Ajroldi had in fact realised that Vella was the author rather than merely the translator of the Arabic codex that he and Ajroldi had published together both in Latin and in Italian (see Codice diplomatico di Sicilia sotto il governo degli Arabi (Palermo,...
- Scope & Content:
- Bookplates and Book-stamps: 5th Earl of Guilford (L/16/B): bef. 1828. Ferdinand IV of Naples and Sicily; afterwards Ferdinand I of the Two Sicilies: Naples and Sicily General: Giuseppe Vella, of Malta; Abbot and forger: Maria Carolina, Archduchess of Austria; daughter of Maria Theresa; wife of ...
- Collection Area:
- Western Manuscripts
- Languages:
- English and Italian
- Date Range:
- c 1798
- Extent:
- 1 item