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361. 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

362. 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

363. 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...
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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

364. 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

365. 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

366. 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.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English and Italian
Date Range:
1742
Extent:
1 item

367. Add MS 8510

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RELAZIONE OF THE GRASCIA; mid 18th cent (see watermark on f. v: coat-of-arms, similar to Heawood, no. 803: Subiaco 1761-1763). Italian. Copy. Anonymous Relazione of the Grascia, the board in charge of the quality and price of provisions in the Papal territories. Title (f. 1) 'Raccolta delle notizie più particolarità che riguardano la Presidenza della Grascia / Tomo unico', inc. (f. 2) 'La Presidenza della Grascia è di un'autorità grandissima', expl. (f. 89) 'e i prezzi non solo si sostenevan...
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Bindings ITALIAN: Quarter leather binding over pasteboards with decorated paper covers: mid 18th cent. Trade and Commerce: Agriculture: Rome; Court of; and Popes, Bishops of. General: Relazione of the Grascia: mid 18th cent.: Ital: Copy.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English and Italian
Date Range:
Mid 18th century
Extent:
1 item

368. Add MS 8511

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LIVES of the Dukes of Urbino, and Accounts of the disputed right of succession to the duchy; 17th cent. Italian and Latin. The MS. contains: - (a) art. 1, ff. 1-88v, an anonymous life of Federico II da Montefeltro (1422-1482); - (b) art. 2, ff. 89-116, the autobiography of the last Duke Francesco Maria II della Rovere (1548-1631); - (c) art. 2, ff. 116-164v (following Francesco Maria's autobiography without break) the relazione of Urbino written for Pope Urban VIII (1623-1644) by the Venetia...
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Bindings ENGLISH: Quarter vellum over pasteboards: early 19th cent. Bookplates and Book-stamps: 5th Earl of Guilford (L/20/B): bef. 1828. Urbino; Duchy of; in Italy: Biography: Lives of the Dukes of Urbino and Account of the Right of Succession to the Duchy: 17th cent.: Ital. and Lat: Copies. ...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, Italian, and Latin
Date Range:
17th century
Extent:
1 item

369. Add MS 8512

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CUSTOMS OF THE LATIN EASTERN EMPIRE: attested copy of a collection of the customs and statutes of the Latin Eastern Empire in the use of the principality of Achaea circa 1221-1228; 24 July 1423. Italian and Latin. This collection of 219 customs and statutes of the Latin Eastern Empire apparently relates to an occasion when Geoffrey I de Villehardouin, Prince of Achaea (1209-1226/31), made peace with the Latin Emperor, Robert of Courtenay (1221-1228), paid homage to him and was confirmed in h...
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Geoffrey I de Villehardouin, Prince of Achaea: Customs of the Latin Eastern Empire in Achaea circa 1221-1228: 1423: Ital. Bookplates and Book-stamps: 5th Earl of Guilford (L/18/B): early 19th cent. Manuscripts, Dated: Law ROMAN: Achaea, Greece: Francisco Blancho, notary: Eastern Empire: Custom...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, Italian, and Latin
Date Range:
24 Jul 1423
Extent:
1 item

370. Add MS 8513

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PIRRO LIGORIO: Description of Tivoli and its villas; mid 16th cent. Italian. Copy, 18th cent. The description of the town of Tivoli and its Roman villas written by Pirro Ligorio (circa 1510-1583), architect and garden designer, painter, and antiquarian from Naples. Ligorio started escavating in Tivoli in 1549 at request of the governor of the town, Cardinal Ippolito d'Este (1509-1572). The text in the present MS. is a shorter version of that in Add. 22001, ff. 2-42. The MS. is listed in Palm...
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Bindings ITALIAN: Full vellum: 18th cent. Architecture: Archaeology: Antiquities: Ancient and Modern. City of Rome: Ippolito II d' Este, Cardinal of Ferrara; Archbishop of Milan: Pirro Ligorio, Architect and Antiquarian: Tivoli, Italy: Description of Tivoli and its villas addressed to Card. d'E...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English and Italian
Date Range:
18th century
Extent:
1 item

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