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381. Add MS 8646

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RELAZIONI OF CONSTANTINOPLE; 1572-1595. Italian. Copies, late 17th cent. A collection of relazioni from Venetian Ambassadors and other Venetian citizens at Costantinople. Detailed table of contents (f. 1) by a later hand. Owned by Frederick North, 5th Earl of Guilford, but lacking his armorial bookplate. Purchased from R. H. Evans, 8 Dec. 1830, possibly as part of lot 358, together with Add. 8645, 8649, 8651, 8652, and 8653. 1. ff. 2-14v. 'Relatione del Clarissimo Messer Marino de' Cavalli ...
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Turkey; General: City of Constantinople: Venice: Relazioni of Constantinople: late 16th cent.: Ital: Copies, late 17th cent. includes: ff. 1-12v Marino Cavalli, Venetian ambassador to Germany and at Constantinople: Relazione of Constantinople: 1560: Ital: Copy. ff. 13-40 Marc'Antonio Barbaro, ...
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Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English and Italian
Date Range:
Late 17th century
Extent:
1 item

382. 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...
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Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English and Italian
Date Range:
1592
Extent:
1 item

383. Add MS 8648

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RELAZIONI RELATING TO CONSTANTINOPLE, ITALY AND THE PAPAL COURT; Account of the Conclave for the Election of Gregory XIV; 18th cent. Italian and Latin. With table of contents (f. 1), a note (f. 43) 'Oh che Cojoneria se credete, che questa Bugiarata risia' in a calligraphic hand, and an ink drawing (f. 44) representing a tree. The MS. is described by Foligno, anno 6, t. xii (1906), pt. i, no. cxvi, pp. 199-200. Armorial bookplate of 5th Earl of Guilford with shelfmark 'L/17/D' (front pastedow...
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Bindings: Quarter vellum with marbled paper covers: 18th cent. Bookplates and Book-stamps: 5th Earl of Guilford (L/17/D): bef. 1828. includes: ff. 2-24v City of Constantinople: Murad III; Sultan of Turkey: Maffeo Venier, of Venice: Venice: Geography: Relazione of Constantinople by Maffeo Veni...
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Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, Italian, and Latin
Date Range:
18th century
Extent:
1 item

384. Add MS 8649

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RELAZIONI OF CONSTANTINOPLE, ETC.; 1637-1745. Italian and French. Mostly copies. Partly imperfect. Each item numbered later with a roman numeral at beginning. Two tables of contents (ff. 1, 141). The MS. is described by Foligno, anno 6, t. xi (1906), pt. ii, no. civ, pp. 191-192. Owned by Frederick North, 5th Earl of Guilford, but lacking his armorial bookplate. Purchased, together with Add. 8645, 8651, 8652, 8653, and possibly 8646, from R. H. Evans, 8 Dec. 1830, lot 358 (part). Paper; ff....
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Turkey; General: City of Constantinople: Venice: Relazioni of Constantinople: 1637-1745: Ital. includes: ff. 2-8, 203-205v Ahmad III; Sultan of Turkey: Mustafa II; Sultan of Turkey: Two relazioni of the Janissaries revolt: 1703: Ital. ff. 10-56v Murad IV; Sultan of Turkey: Relazione of Constan...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, French, and Italian
Date Range:
1637-1745
Extent:
1 item

385. Add MS 8650

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RELAZIONE OF CONSTANTINOPLE; 17th cent. Italian. Imperfect. Description of the Sultan's Palace and life in the Seraglio followed by a brief account of religious customs of Turkish people. Inc. (f. 2) '...ancora. Questa è posta nel piano d'un Cortile in Isola', expl. (f. 115) 'si come tutto ho detto ancora di sopra in altro luogo / Il Fine'. A brief note follows (f. 115v) in which the author asks for two quiet months after such a long journey, inc. 'Haverei altre cose a dirvi ... augurandovi ...
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Turkey; General: City of Constantinople: Venice: G. F. B: Relazione of Constantinople by G. F. B.: 17th cent.: Ital: Imperfect. includes: f. 1 Art. Engravings, etc: Architectural frontispiece: 17th cent.: Ital.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English and Italian
Date Range:
17th century
Extent:
1 item

386. Add MS 8651

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PIERO CIVRAN: Account-book of expenses at Constantinople; 1679-1681. Italian. Copy. The accounts cover the period 30 July 1679 - 13 Nov. 1681, when Piero Civran was bailo at Constantinople. Inc. 'Spese diverse aconto di Serenissima tenendo conti in Reali effettivi in Virtù della parte del Eccellentissimo Senato in marzi 1639 facte di me Piero Civran Bailo à Costantinopoli'. The accounts were signed by Giuseppe Zorzi, the ragionato or treasurer of the Venetian Embassy in Constantinople. Piero...
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Bookplates and Book-stamps: 5th Earl of Guilford: bef. 1828. City of Constantinople: Accounts: Venice: Pietro Civran, Venetian Provveditore Generale and Ambassador: Account-book of expenses at Constantinople by Pietro Civran: 1679-1681: Ital: Copy.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English and Italian
Date Range:
1679-1681
Extent:
1 item

387. Add MS 8652-8653

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LORENZO SORANZO AND ASCANIO GIUSTINIAN: Despatches from Constantinople; 1699-1704
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Italian. Copies. A collection of 113 despatches sent to Doges Silvestro Valier and Alvise II Mocenigo and to the Venetian Senate. They cover the period 21 July 1699 - 9 May 1704 when Lorenzo Soranzo was Ambasciatore Straordinario at Constantinople. From 4 July 1703 most are sent in conjunction w...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English and Italian
Date Range:
1699-1704
Extent:
2 items

388. Add MS 8654

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CARLO RUZZINI: Despatches from Constantinople; 1719-1720. Italian. Copies. The MS. contains the 44 dispatches sent to the Doge Giovanni II Corner during Ruzzini's second appointment as Ambasciatore straordinario at Constantinople. Inc. (f. 2) 'Serenissimo Prencipe / Doppo una raggionevole esipanza [sic] dell'Animo, quel Zelo, che fu guida … li 4 Genaio 1718' [i.e. 1719], expl. (f. 163v) 'ne della dignita, ne del riverito Senato di Venetia, e di V.V. E.E. Gratie / Pera di Costantinopoli 4 ott...
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Bindings ITALIAN: Full vellum with pastedowns of decorated paper: bef. 1761. Bookplates and Book-stamps: Bernardo di Antonio Nani: circa 1730-1761. City of Constantinople: Ahmad III; Sultan of Turkey: Carlo Ruzzini, Venetian Ambassador Straordinario at Constantinople: Giovanni II Corner; Doge ...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English and Italian
Date Range:
1719-1720
Extent:
1 item

389. Add MS 8655

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AYN-I ALI MAKALESI: Two tracts relating to the administrative and military structure of the Ottoman Empire; circa 1609. Italian, translated from Turkish. Copy, 18th cent. According to his own words, Ayn-i Ali Makalesi was a public notary, curator of the Provincial Appointment Registers (ff. 2v, 32) and director of the Registers for the Imperial Cavalry (ff. 35-35v). In 1609 he was commissioned by grand vizier Murad Pasha Kuyudju (1606-1611) to report to Sultan Ahmed I (1603-1617) on the stat...
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Army of Turkey: Ahmed I; Sultan of Turkey: Reports on military structure of Ottoman Empire by Ayn-i Ali: circa 1609: Ital. transl. 18th cent. Ayn-i Ali Makalesi, Ottoman administrator and author: Reports on military structure of Ottoman Empire: circa 1609: Ital. transl. 18th cent.
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Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English and Italian
Date Range:
c 1609
Extent:
1 item

390. Add MS 8656

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FRANCESCO SAVERIO SALVATI: Dissertation relating to the communicatio in divinis of Armenian Catholics with the Armenian Apostolic Orthodox Church; 1788. Italian and Latin. Autograph. The text relates to the religious issue of allowing the Armenians Catholics or Armenian Uniates to have communicatio in divinis (communion in holy matters) with the Armenian Apostolic Orthodox Church. The communion with heretical and schismatic churches was then and still is condemned by the Roman Church and the...
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Bindings ENGLISH: Guilford binding: bef. 1828. Vitaliano Borromeo, Cardinal 1766: Dissertation by F. S. Salvati, dedicated to: 1788: Ital. and Lat. Church of Rome; Council of the Holy Congregation of the Propaganda Fide: Francesco Saverio Salvati: Liturgies CHURCH ARMENIAN: Eastern Churches: D...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, Italian, and Latin
Date Range:
1788
Extent:
1 item

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