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Language Italian Name Benedict XIV, Pope Material Type Archives and Manuscripts

1. Add MS 8430

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JOURNAL of the conclave for the election of Clement XIII (1758-1769), Discourse relating to the conclave for the election of Clement XIV (1769-1774), and Treatise on Clement XIII's character in letter form; 1758-1769. Italian. One draft and two copies. Owned by Frederick North, 5th Earl of Guilford, but lacking his armorial bookplate. Purchased from R. H. Evans, 8 Dec. 1830, lot unknown. Contents as follows: 1. ff. 1-67v. 'Giornale Istorico della Sede Vacante di Papa Benedetto XIV ed Esalt...
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Clement XIII; Pope: Journal of the election, discourse after the death, and tract on the character of: 1758-1769: Ital: Draft and copies. includes: ff. 1-3v Benedict XIV; Pope: Brief account of his papacy and death: 1758: Ital: Draft. ff. 68-137v Clement XIV; Pope: Discourse rel. to his electi...
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Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English and Italian
Date Range:
1758-1769
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1 item

2. Add MS 8481

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PAPERS relating to ecclesiastical affairs of the Papacy in the Grisons (Rhaetia), Piedmont, Flanders, Denmark, and territories of the Holy Roman Empire; circa 1750-1770. Italian and Latin. Archival copies and an anonymous draft (ff. 126-127v). A collection of papers, mostly ristretti di ponenze (i.e. abstracts of formal proposals) relating to religious matters in the related territories and submitted by cardinals to the Holy Congregation of the Propaganda Fide. The author of the ponenze are ...
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Bindings ITALIAN: Full vellum: late 18th cent. Church History: Church of Rome; Council of the Holy Congregation of the Propaganda Fide: Papers rel. to ecclesiastical affairs of the Papacy in the Grisons, Piedmont, Denmark, the Holy Roman Empire and the Flanders: circa 1750-1770: Ital. and Lat: ...
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Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, Italian, and Latin
Date Range:
c 1750-1770
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1 item

3. 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...
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Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English and Italian
Date Range:
c 1754
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1 item

4. Add MS 8509

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MARIO COMPAGNONI MAREFOSCHI: Relazione of Piperno; 1742. Italian. Signed. Account of the visitation of Piperno (now Priverno) in the diocese of Terracina, Sezze and Priverno (near Latina) by Monsignor Marefoschi. He had been appointed referendary of the two Signatures (Justice and Grace), ponente del Buon Governo (i.e. member of a congregation charged with the direction of municipal affairs), and Visitor Apostolic in 1740 by Pope Benedect XIV (1740-1758). Inspecting the parishes and institut...
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Bindings ENGLISH: Guilford binding: bef. 1828. Benedict XIV; Pope: Mario Marefoschi Compagnoni, Cardinal 1770: Piperno, Italy: Relazione of Piperno by Mario Marefoschi Compagnoni: 1742: Ital: Signed. includes: f. 100 Marco Bartolaccini, of Piperno: Letter: 1743: autogr.
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Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English and Italian
Date Range:
1742
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1 item

5. Add MS 8660

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PAPERS RELATING TO THE ECCLESIASTICAL AFFAIRS OF THE EAST, AND OF THE GREEK CHURCH; 1707-1756. Italian and Latin. Copies, partially printed. Decrees and missions in the East, the papers principally relating to Chinese, Indian and Christian worship. Armorial bookplate of 5th Earl of Guilford, with shelfmark 'L/19/E' (front pastedown). '87' in pencil in upper left corner of front pastedown. Purchased, together with Add. 8391-8393, 8589, 8721, 8722, 8723-8724, 8753, 8754, 8755, 8722, and possib...
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Church of Russia: Church of China: Eastern Churches: Papers relating to the ecclesiastical affairs of: 1707-1756: Ital. and Lat: Copies, partly printed. Bindings ENGLISH: Guilford binding: bef. 1828. Church of Rome: Papers rel. to ecclesiastical affairs in the East: 1707-1756: Ital. and Lat: C...
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Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, Italian, and Latin
Date Range:
1707-1756
Extent:
1 item

6. Add MS 20497

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Vol. IV.: Francesco Onofrio [Hodierna], Bishop of Valva and Sulmona; Sulmona, 30 Nov. 1717, f. 1. Cosimo Imperiali; Città di Castello and Fermo, 17 Nov. 1718-10 Mar. 1724, f. 3. G[iuseppe] R[enato] Card. Imperiali; Rome, 9 Dec. 1713-17 Aug. 1726. with copies of correspondence with the Pretender,...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, French, Italian, and Latin
Date Range:
1706-1727
Extent:
1 item

7. Add MS 20590

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LETTERS of Pope Benedict XIV. to Luigi Gualterio, Archbishop of Myra, as Nuncio in Naples; 27 Nov. 1744-30 April, 1751. Ital. Without signature or seal. Accompanying them are papers referred to, including memorials to the Pope from The Nobility of the city of Bari; [March, 1746], f. 42; Stefano ...
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Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, Italian, and Latin
Date Range:
27 Nov 1744-20 Apr 1757
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1 item

8. Add MS 20645

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VOL. V. 1. Table of contents of this and the following volume, f. 1. 2. "Elenco o sia epilogo delle gravi pendenze giuridizionali superate;" 1751, f. 7. 3. Letter of Onofrio Rossi, Vicar-General of Salerno, accompanying the preceding paper; Salerno, 4 Jan. 1752, f. 9. 4. Letter of Nunziant...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, French, Italian, Latin, and Spanish
Date Range:
1725-1753
Extent:
1 item

9. Add MS 20648

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VOL. II. 1. "Nota delle rendite dell' infrascritte badie secondo le relazioni de' Vescovi, secondo le transazioni, et secondo le rivele del sussidio;" [March, 1751], f. 1. 2. "Nota dell' entrate delle chiese vescovili nel regno di Napoli di libera collazione," with other papers relating to pay...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, Italian, and Latin
Date Range:
1725-1753
Extent:
1 item

10. Add MS 20649

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VOL. I. 1. Table of contents of the two volumes, f. 1. 2. Letter of the Archbishop of Tyre to Card. Valenti, Papal Secretary of State, forwarding papers; 21 Jan. 1744, f. 3. 3. Copy of manifesto of Maria Teresa, Queen of Hungary, etc., on attempting the conquest of Naples; Vienna, 14 April, ...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English and Italian
Date Range:
1725-1753
Extent:
1 item