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1. Add MS 8260

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HISTORICAL COMPENDIUM OF THE LIVES OF THE ROMAN EMPERORS AND POPES; 1585. Italian. The MS., which is dated (f. 135) 28 Oct. 1585, contains a chronological, historical summary of the lives of the Roman emperors, popes and other prominent men from Julius Caesar to Emperor Rudolf II, inc. ‘In questo trattato scriveremo la vita delli Imperadori Romani’ (f. 5), expl. ‘a cui successe Ridolfo pure secondo di tal nome’. The text, which is preceded by chronological (ff. 2-3) and alphabetical (ff. 3v-...
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Bookplates and Book-stamps: 5th Earl of Guilford: bef. 1828. Bindings ITALIAN: 18th cent. red leather quarter binding with decorated paper covers: 18th cent. Rome; Court of; and Popes, Bishops of. General: Rome; Emperors: Holy Roman Empire: Historical compendium of the lives of the Roman emper...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English and Italian
Date Range:
28 Oct 1585
Extent:
1 item

2. Add MS 8349

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MISCELLANEOUS COLLECTION of relazioni and other historical papers relating to the Patriarchate of Aquileia; circa 1445-1629. Latin and Italian. Copies, 17th cent. The collection relates to the dispute between the Emperor Ferdinand II, the Republic of Venice and Pope Urban VIII over the appointment of the Patriarch of Aquileia after the death of Patriarch Agostino Gradenigo in 1629. In the end another Venetian prelate, Marco Gradenigo, was elected, against the wishes of Ferdinand II who wante...
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Bindings ITALIAN: Full vellum: mid 17th cent. Venice: Rome; Court of; and Popes, Bishops of. General: Holy Roman Empire: Aquileia, Italy: Papers rel. to the Patriarchate of Aquileia: 1445-1629: Lat. and Ital: Copies.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, Italian, and Latin
Date Range:
17th century
Extent:
1 item

3. Add MS 8401

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GIOVANNI FRANCESCO COMMENDONE: Discourse on the Court of Rome; circa 1547-1559, together with other writings relating to the conflict and peace negotiations between Pope Paul III and Charles V and Pope Paul IV and Philip II. Italian. 17th cent. Copy. Table of contents by a later hand on f. 1. The MS. is listed in P. O. Kristeller, Iter Italicum, IV (1989), p. 68. Stamp (f. 1) 'bibliot/ h.f / J770', probably from the Biblioteca Falconieri (identifiable with Falconieri MS. 20 in Guilford's cat...
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Bindings ENGLISH: Guilford binding: late 17th cent. includes: f. 1 Bookplates and Book-stamps: 'BIBLIOTH / H.F. / J770': 1770. ff. 2-111v Girolamo Savorgnan, Bishop of Sibenik: Giovanni Francesco Commendone, Bishop of Zante; Cardinal 1563: Discourse on the Court of Rome for Girolamo Savorgnan ...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English and Italian
Date Range:
17th century
Extent:
1 item

4. 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: ...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, Italian, and Latin
Date Range:
c 1750-1770
Extent:
1 item

5. Add MS 72405

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TRUMBULL PAPERS. Vol. CLXIV (ff. 137). Papers and tracts relating to the Holy Roman Empire and Palatinate; 1544-1624, n.d. Mostly copies. Partly imperfect. Latin, French, Italian and German. These papers include material relating to Emperors from Charles V to Ferdinand II, to the Palatinate and ...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, French, German, Italian, Latin, and Spanish
Date Range:
1544-1624
Extent:
1 item

6. Add MS 74231

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MATTHIAS LYNEN: Album amicorum, etc.; 1618-1669. Partly Greek, Latin, Hebrew, French, Italian, German and Dutch. The album proper (ff. 16-52, 119-214v, passim) belongs almost entirely to the period between Sept. 1618 and May 1624, while the compiler was a student at Heidelberg and other universities in Germany and Switzerland. The sole exception is the final entry (f. 214v), which is dated 1638. Interspersed throughout the volume are miscellaneous notes and extracts, partly from printed sour...
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Cologne, Germany: Art. Illuminations and Drawings GERMAN: Figures of citizens, etc., in album amicorum of M. Lynen: 1618-1624. Genealogies: Notes of births and deaths in Cullen, Wessell, Hochepied and Beck families: 1649-1669: Partly French and Dutch. Heidelberg, Germany: Art. Illuminations an...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Dutch, English, French, German, Greek, Modern, Hebrew, Italian, and Latin
Date Range:
1618-1669
Extent:
1 item