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251. Add MS 8489

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Title:
NOTES on antiquities and paintings, libraries and art collections in Rome; circa 1696 (see Memoria at ff. 147-147v). Italian. The MS. includes: - (a) ff. 5-6v, a list of painting in Roman Churches; - (b) f. 32, list of works of art, MS. and book holdings in the Library of San Pietro (now Vatican Library), mentioning among other things the library of the Dukes of Urbino and MSS. from Martin Luther; - (c) ff. 33-50v, brief descriptions of other Italian towns; - (d) ff. 51-60v, description of p...
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Bindings ITALIAN: Full vellum: late 17th- early 18th cent. Antiquities: Art. Miscellaneous: Ancient and Modern. City of Rome: Notes on antiquities, paintings, libraries and art collections in Rome: circa 1696: Ital. includes: f. 32 Catalogues of Libraries, etc: Rome; Vatican Library: Summary ...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English and Italian
Date Range:
c 1696
Extent:
1 item

252. Add MS 8490-8500*

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Title:
COLLECTION OF EPITAPHS AND INSCRIPTIONS in the Churches and Cemeteries of Rome; 1657-1658
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8500* Italian and Latin. Partly imperfect. The collection is divided into 17 books distributed in 11 volumes (Add. 8490-8500), plus Add. 8500*, a modern table of contents of the original volumes in typescript, put together by the British Library (incorrect for book xiv: Add. 8497, ff. 293-327v)....
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, Italian, and Latin
Date Range:
1657-1658
Extent:
12 items

253. Add MS 8501

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COLLECTION of epitaphs in the Capitol and churches of Rome; 17th cent. Italian and Latin. Inc. (f. 2) 'Corpo di San Bartolomeo Apostolo', expl. (f. 405) 'S. Pauli Apostoli ... mirabiliter eruperunt'. Mostly one epitaph per leaf. Contemporary table of contents (f. 1). Old shelfmark in brown ink 'no. 1682' in upper left corner of front pastedown. Owned by Frederick North, 5th Earl of Guilford, but lacking his armorial bookplate. '598' in pencil in front pastedown. Purchased from R. H. Evans, t...
Scope & Content:
Bindings ITALIAN: Full vellum: 17th cent. Epitaphs: Ancient and Modern. City of Rome: Collection of Roman epitaphs: 17th cent.: Ital. and Lat.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, Italian, and Latin
Date Range:
17th century
Extent:
1 item

254. Add MS 8502

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DESCRIPTION of the Chapel of St. Charles in St. Mary in Vallicella at Rome; 1679. Italian. Copy. Anonymous description of the Chapel of St. Charles Borromeo in the Roman church of St. Mary in Vallicella (also known as the Chiesa Nuova). The description was offered to Cardinal César d'Estrées, Bishop of Laon, in 1679, and the present MS. was possibly the presentation copy. The Chapel of St. Charles Borromeo was built for Marquis Orazio Spada between 1663 and 1679 by the Roman architects Camil...
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Bindings ENGLISH: Guilford binding: bef. 1828. Architecture: Ancient and Modern. City of Rome: Saint Carlo Borromeo,; Archbishop of Milan; Cardinal 1560: Description of the Chapel of St. Charles in St. Mary in Vallicella (Rome): 1679: Ital: Copy. César d' Estrées, Bishop of Laon; Cardinal 1672...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English and Italian
Date Range:
1679
Extent:
1 item

255. Add MS 8503

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COLLECTION OF TEXTS relating to the Trevi Fountain in Rome; circa 1732-1768. Italian. Copies and drafts. The texts relate to the Trevi Fountain, one of the most famous baroque monuments in Rome, commissioned in 1732 by Pope Clement XII (1730-1740), designed by the Roman architect Niccolò Salvi (1697-1751). After Salvi's death the fountain was completed by Giuseppe Pannini, and inaugurated in 1761. The collection was put together by an admirer of Salvi's work (using the pseudonym of 'Filarete...
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Bindings ENGLISH: Guilford binding: bef. 1828. Architecture: Ancient and Modern. City of Rome: 'Filarete', Pseudonym: Collection rel. to the Trevi Fountain and N. Salvi put together by `Filarete': circa 1732-1768: Ital: Copies and drafts. includes: ff. 2-3 Berardo Galliani, Marquis: Letter to...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English and Italian
Date Range:
c 1732-1768
Extent:
1 item

256. Add MS 8504

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NICOLA DELLA TUCCIA, Chronicle of Viterbo for the years 1169-1473; 17th cent. Italian. Copy. The MS. contains the chronicle of Viterbo written between 1417-1473 by the local historian Nicola Della Tuccia (1400 - circa 1473). Nicola divided his historical work into two parts: the first part of his chronicle relates only to local events from the foundation of the town to the year 1476 (the events relating to the years 1474-1476 were added by another hand in the original MS.); the second part l...
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Bindings ENGLISH: Quarter binding of red leather with gilt-tooled spine and marbled paper covers: early 19th cent. Bookplates and Book-stamps: Frederick North, later 5th Earl of Guilford (L/19/A): bef. 1817. Chronicles: Chronicle of Viterbo to 1473 by Nicola Della Tuccia: circa 1417-1473: Ital...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English and Italian
Date Range:
17th century
Extent:
1 item

257. Add MS 8505

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PAPERS relating to the proposal for a canal from Faenza to the Adriatic Sea; circa 1754. Italian. Copies, after 1756 (death of Cardinal Enriquez). Includes two plans (ff. 27, 28). Papers relating to the construction of a navigable canal between the inland town of Faenza and the Adriatic Sea, as proposed by the civil engineer and professor of mathematics Romualdo Bertaglia of Ferrara. The proposal (art. 1) and the project (art. 2) were presented by the town of Faenza to Pope Benedict XIV (174...
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Bindings ITALIAN: Gilt-tooled vellum binding: 3rd quarter 18th cent. Navigation: Transport: Faenza, Italy: Papers rel. to a canal between Faenza and the Adriatic Sea: circa 1754: Ital: Copies. includes: ff. 2-6 Benedict XIV; Pope: Proposal for a canal between Faenza and the Adriatic Sea prese...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English and Italian
Date Range:
c 1754
Extent:
1 item

258. Add MS 8506

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STATUTES OF PASTENA and related papers; 1682. Italian and Latin. Notarial copy. A copy of the statutes of Pastena, a small town near Terracina in the Lazio region, famous for its grottos. The copy from the deteriorated original vellum MS. was commissioned in 1682 by the council of Terracina and carried out by Gregorio Patriarca, Baron of Pastena. The text is followed (ff. 87-90) by copies of related notarial documents. The MS. is entitled (f. 1) 'Statuta et consuetudines Universitatis Terrae...
Scope & Content:
Giovanni Maria Antonetto, of Rome; notary: Statutes of Pastena, certified by: 1682: Ital. and Lat. Bindings ENGLISH: Guilford bindings: bef. 1828. Bookplates and Book-stamps: 5th Earl of Guilford: bef. 1828. Pastena, Italy: Gregorio Patriarca, Baron of Pastena: Statutes of Pastena , copied by...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, Italian, and Latin
Date Range:
1682
Extent:
1 item

259. Add MS 8507

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PAPERS relating to Cesena; circa 1764. Italian and Latin. A miscellany of historical accounts, letters and witness statements relating to the troubles caused in Cesena in 1764 by riots between those revering the memory and relics of the late Bishop Guido Orselli (1734-1763) and the followers of his successor, Bishop Francesco Aguselli (1763-1791). Contemporary table of contents of art. 1 in two columns on ff. 1-6. Old shelfmarks in black ink 'No 200' and 'No. 31' on f. i. Owned by Frederick ...
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Bindings ITALIAN: Quarter binding of green leather with gilt-tooled spine and decorated paper covers over pasteboards: circa 1764. Cesena, Italy: Guido Orselli, Bishop of Cesena: Francesco Aguselli, Bishop of Cesena: Miscellany rel. to: circa 1764: Ital. and Lat.: Partly signed. includes: ff....
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, Italian, and Latin
Date Range:
c 1764
Extent:
1 item

260. Add MS 8508

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ANTONIO MARIA ZUCCHI TRAVAGLI: Historical defence of the town of Pennabilli; 1752. Italian and Latin. Copy. Zucchi Travagli was a well known historian of Pennabilli and auditor in Pesaro of the papal legate of Urbino from 1750. The text relates to a territorial dispute concerning the town of Pennabilli that arose as part of the hostilities over ancient imperial feudal rights over papal territories between the Hapsburgs and the papacy under Clement XII (1730-1740) and Benedict XIV (1740-1758)...
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Bindings ENGLISH: Guilford binding: bef. 1828. Antonio Maria de' Zucchi Travagli, of Pennabilli; historian: Pennabilli, Italy: Historical defence of Pennabilli by Antonio Maria de' Zucchi Travagli: 1752: Ital. and Lat: Copy.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, Italian, and Latin
Date Range:
1752
Extent:
1 item

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