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291. 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 ...
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Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English and Italian
Date Range:
17th century
Extent:
1 item

292. Add MS 8402

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RANIERI ZEN: Relazione of Rome; [1623]. Italian. Copy. Ranieri Zen was the Venetian ambassador at Rome from 1621 to 1623 during the papacy of Popes Gregory XV (1621-1623) and Urban VIII (1623-1643). Other copies in Add. 8398 (art. 4, ff. 135-246), 10155 and 10155*, 16519 (ff. 199-255), 17359 (ff. 95-197), 30670 (art. 2, ff. 132-200), 48121 (Yelverton MS. 136; art. 11, ff. 251-356v). Published by Barozzi - Berchet, s. iii, v. i (Venice, 1877), pp. 137-193. Title (f. 1) 'Relatione di Roma fatt...
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Bindings ITALIAN: Full vellum: 17th cent. Urban VIII; Pope: Gregory XV; Pope: Renier Zeno, Venetian ambassador to Rome: Francesco Contarini; Doge of Venice: Relazione of Rome by Renier Zeno: 1623: Ital: Copy.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English and Italian
Date Range:
[1623]
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1 item

293. Add MS 8403

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ALVISE DI NICOLÒ CONTARINI: Relazione of Rome, followed by anonymous political tract; 1648. Italian. Copy. Art. 1 (ff. ii, 1-25) is the relazione of Rome written by Alvise di Nicolò Contarini, Venetian ambassador at Rome from 1645 to 1648 during the papacy of Pope Innocent X (1644-1655). Other copies in Add. 8398 (art. 5, ff. 247-272), 8406 (art. 2, ff. 111-140), and 16518 (ff. 46-61). Text differs at the end from the relazione published by Barozzi - Berchet, s. iii, v. ii (Venice, 1878), pp...
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Bindings ITALIAN: Full vellum: late 17th cent. includes: ff. ii and iii verso Bookplates and Book-stamps: Colonna Library: 2nd half 18th cent. ff. 1-25 Innocent X; Pope: Francesco da Molin; Doge of Venice: Alvise di Nicolò Contarini, Venetian Ambassador: Relazione of Rome by Alvise di Nicolò C...
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Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English and Italian
Date Range:
1648
Extent:
1 item

294. Add MS 8404

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GIOVANNI PESARO: Relazione of Rome; [1656]. Italian. Copy. The relazione of Rome written by Giovanni Pesaro together with Bertuccio Valier, Alvise Contarini and Nicolò Sagredo upon their return from the extraordinary embassy to the Papal Court in 1655 to congratulate Alexander VII on his election to the Papacy. Other copies in Add. 8330 (art. 1, ff. 2-96v), 8341 (art. 5, ff. 122-185), and 8398 (art. 7, ff. 324-393v). Text differs at the end from the relazione published by Barozzi - Berchet, ...
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Bindings ITALIAN: Full vellum: late 17th cent. Alexander VII; Pope: Giovanni Pesaro, Venetian Ambassador: Carlo Contarini; Doge of Venice: Relazione of Rome by Giovanni Pesaro: 1656: Ital: Copy.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English and Italian
Date Range:
[1656]
Extent:
1 item

295. Add MS 8405

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ANTONIO GRIMANI: Relazione of Rome; [1671]. Italian. Copy. The relazione of Rome by Antonio Grimani, Venetian Ambassador at Rome from 1667 to 1671 during the papacies of Clement IX (1667-1669) and Clement X (1670-1676). Other copies in Add. 8399 (art. 4, ff. 212-326), 10157, 16518 (ff. 364-410v). Published as Relatione della Corte di Roma del Grimani in Li tesori della Corte Romana in varie relazioni fatte in Pregadi d'alcuni Ambasciatori Veneti, Residenti in Roma, sotto differenti Pontefici...
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Bindings ITALIAN: Full vellum: late 17th cent. Clement X; Pope: Domenico Contarini; Doge of Venice: Clement IX; Pope: Antonio Grimani, Venetian Ambassador: Relazione of Rome by Antonio Grimani: 1671: Ital: Copy.
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Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English and Italian
Date Range:
[1671]
Extent:
1 item

296. Add MS 8406

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RELAZIONI of Rome; 1648-1654. Italian. Copies. The MS. contains the relazioni of Rome during the papacy of Innocent X (1644-1655). The authors are the Venetian ambassadors Giovanni Giustinian (art. 1, ff. 2-110), and Alvise di Nicolò Contarini (art. 2, ff. 111-140), and the French ambassador Henri d'Estampes, Bailli de Valençay (art. 3, ff. 141-165v). The MS. also includes (art. 4, ff. 166-205v) a letter from Cardinal Pier Donato Cesi to the Prime Minister of Spain Don Luis Mendez de Haro y ...
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Bindings ITALIAN: Full vellum: late 17th cent. Innocent X; Pope: Relazioni of Rome: 1648-1654: Ital: Copies. includes: ff. 2-110 Giovanni Giustinian, Venetian Ambassador at Rome: Francesco da Molin; Doge of Venice: Relazione of Rome by Giovanni Giustinian: 1651: Ital: Copy. ff. 111-140 France...
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Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English and Italian
Date Range:
1648-1654
Extent:
1 item

297. Add MS 8407

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MISCELLANY relating to Rome and Roman families, and including a short history of the Mattei Family by Onofrio Panvinio; 17th cent. Latin and Italian. Copies. The history of the Mattei family (art. 1) was written in 1561 by the Veronese historian and archeologist Onofrio Panvinio (1530-1568); another copy of the text in Padua, Biblioteca Universitaria, MS. 263, is listed in Iter Italicum, vol. ii (London, 1967), p. 13. The MS. also includes: an anonymous history of the Colonna family (art. 2)...
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Ancient and Modern. City of Rome: Miscellaneous papers rel. to Rome and Roman families: 17th-18th cent.: Lat. and Ital: Copies. includes: ff. 2-59v Onofrio Panvinio, historian and archaeologist: Genealogies: Mattei family; of Rome: History of the Mattei Family by Onofrio Panvinio: 1561: Lat: C...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, Italian, and Latin
Date Range:
17th century
Extent:
1 item

298. Add MS 8408

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DESCRIPTIONS of trials and executions of heretics and other people condemned by the Roman Court from the papacy of Gregory XIII (1572-1585) to that of Clement XI (1700-1721); circa 1572-1723, 1747. Italian. Copy, mid 18th cent. The MS. also includes: - (a) art. 5, ff. 35-46v, relazione against the Spanish ambassador, Don Enrique de Guzmán, Count of Olivares, in relation to the claims of Pope Sixtus V (1585-1590) over Naples; - (b) art. 28, ff. 291-299v, relazione of the visit to Rome of Marq...
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Bindings ITALIAN: Full vellum, restored: 18th cent. Rome; Court of; and Popes, Bishops of. General: Inquisition: Heretics: Accounts of trials and executions of heretics and others in Rome: circa 1572-1723: Ital: Copy, mid 18th cent. includes: ff. 35-46v Enrique de Guzman, Conde de Olivares; S...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English and Italian
Date Range:
Mid 18th century
Extent:
1 item

299. Add MS 8409

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ANONYMOUS COLLECTION OF LIVES of eminent people and Italian heretics condemned by the Inquisition in Rome; late 17th - early 18th cent. Italian. Copy. The texts provide detailed accounts of the lives, trials and executions of : - (a) art. 1, ff. 3-21, Cardinal Carlo Carafa (1517-1561), his brother Giovanni, Duke of Paliano, the Count of Alife, brother-in-law of Giovanni, and Leonardo di Cardine, Alife's uncle; for other accounts of the Carafas' execution see Add. 8391 (arts. 6-9, ff. 208-236...
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Bindings ITALIAN: Full vellum: early 18th cent. Rome; Court of; and Popes, Bishops of. General: Inquisition: Heretics: Lives of eminent people and heretics condemned by the Inquisition in Rome: late 17th - early 18th cent: Ital: Copy. includes: ff. 3-21v Carlo Carafa, Cardinal 1555: Account o...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English and Italian
Date Range:
Late 17th century-Early 18th century
Extent:
1 item

300. Add MS 8411

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TRACT on papal conclaves; early 17th cent. Italian. Copy. Treatise relating to the rules and proceedings of the conclaves for the election of the pope. The text is divided into 3 books (ff. 6, 67, 190), the third book including accounts of conclaves and subsequent papacies from Innocent VIII (1481-1492) to Clement VII (1523-1534). Title (f. 2) 'Discorsi del conclave / Volume primo'. Proemium (ff. 6-7v) 'Molti facilmente si troveranno li quali non prima havendo inteso il soggetto', inc. (f. 8...
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Bindings ENGLISH: Guilford binding: bef. 1828. Political Tracts: Rome; Court of; and Popes, Bishops of. General: Tract on conclaves: early 17th cent.: Ital: Copy.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English and Italian
Date Range:
Early 17th century
Extent:
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