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441. Add MS 8586

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Historical Miscellany relating to Venice; 17th cent. Italian and Latin. Copies, partly printed. The MS. contains a detailed chronicle of the war between Venice and the Turks in 1478-1482, and the history of the Council of Ten, or Storia del Consiglio dei Dieci, compiled by Giovanni Antonio Venier in 1628-1629 (see G. Cozzi, Il Doge Nicolò Contarini (Venice-Rome, 1958; Civiltà Veneziana; Studi, 4), pp. 7 n., 230 n.) The MS. is listed in Palma di Cesnola, nos. 325 and 414, pp. 23, 31, and desc...
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Bindings: Vellum on pasteboards: 18th cent. Bookplates and Book-stamps: 5th Earl of Guilford (L/17/C): bef. 1828. includes: ff. 2-367 Baiazet II; Sultan of Turkey: Venice: Giovanni Mocenigo; Doge of Venice: Mehmet II; Sultan of Turkey: War between Venice and the Turks in the years 1478-1482: ...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, Italian, and Latin
Date Range:
17th century
Extent:
1 item

442. Add MS 8587

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Marcantonio Da Mula: Diplomatic letters to the Doge of Venice (1560-1561); late 16th-early 17th cent. Italian. Copies. Collection of letters sent by Da Mula (see f. 5v) as the Venetian Ambassador to the Holy See in Rome to Doge Girolamo Priuli. Most of the letters (ff. 1-195v) cover 24 Sept. 1560 to 25 Feb. 1561, a period of difficult relations between the Republic and its Ambassador, who was suspected of pressing Pope Pius IV for ecclesiastical benefits incompatible with the status of a Ven...
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Bindings ITALIAN: Vellum on pasteboards: late 16th-early 17th cent. Venice: Pius IV; Pope: Diplomatic letters to the Doge from the Venetian Ambassador at Rome M. Da Mula: 1560-1561: Ital: Copies. Girolamo Priuli, Doge of Venice: Marcantonio Da Mula, Venetian Ambassador at Rome; Bishop of Veron...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English and Italian
Date Range:
Late 16th century-Early 17th century
Extent:
1 item

443. Add MS 8588

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Papers and tracts relating to the League between Venice, Pius V, and Philip II of Spain against the Turks in 1571; late 16th-early 17th cent. Italian and Latin. Copies. Another collection relating to the league in Add. 8314. Table of contents by a later hand on f. 1v. The MS. is described by C. Foligno, ‘Codici di materia veneta nelle biblioteche inglesi’, in Nuovo Archivio Veneto, n.s., 6, xi (1906), pt. ii, no. xci, pp. 181-182. Old shelfmark 'XI' in pencil and stamp 'biblioth / h.f. / J77...
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includes: f. 1 Bookplates and Book-stamps: 'BIBLIOTH / H.F. / J770': 1700. ff. 2-122 Treaties: Philip II of Spain: Pius V; Pope: Venice: Papers and tracts rel. to the League between Venice, Pope Pius V, Philip II of Spain against the Turks: 1570-1573: Ital: Copies. ff. 2-5v Gabriele Salvago: Re...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, Italian, and Latin
Date Range:
Late 16th century-Early 17th century
Extent:
1 item

444. Add MS 8589

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Papers relating to the interdict of Pope Paul V on Venice, 1605-1607; early 17th cent. Italian. Copies. The MS. is listed in Palma di Cesnola, no. 415, p. 31, and described by C. Foligno, ‘Codici di materia veneta nelle biblioteche inglesi’, in Nuovo Archivio Veneto, n.s., 6, t. xi (1906), pt. ii, no. xcii, pp. 182-183. Armorial bookplate of 5th Earl of Guilford, with shelfmark L/18/E (front pastedown). '87' in pencil in upper left corner of front pastedown. Purchased from R. H. Evans, 8 Dec...
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Bookplates and Book-stamps: 5th Earl of Guilford (L/18/E): bef. 1828. Venice: Paul V; Pope: Papers rel. to papal interdict: 1605-1607: Ital: Partly copies. Partly autograph.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English and Italian
Date Range:
Early 17th century
Extent:
1 item

445. Add MS 8590

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Relazioni of Venice and Spain; 1619, 1606. Italian. Copies, early 17th cent. The MS. is described by C. Foligno, ‘Codici di materia veneta nelle biblioteche inglesi’, in Nuovo Archivio Veneto, n.s., 6, t. xii (1906), pt. i, no. cxxvi, p. 205. 'S(.35' in ink in upper left corner of f. 1. Owned by Frederick North, 5th Earl of Guilford, but lacking his armorial bookplate. '332' in pencil in upper left corner of f. 1. Purchased, together with Add. 8401, 8404, 8654, 8707, and possibly 8588, from ...
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includes: ff. 1-124 Venice: Philip III of Spain: Alfonso della Cueva, Marquès de Bedmar; Spanish ambassador at Venice: Relazione of Venice for Philip III of Spain by Alfonso della Cueva: 1618: Ital: Copy. ff. 125-191 Philip III of Spain: Relazione rel. to Spanish court: 1606: Ital: Copy.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English and Italian
Date Range:
Early 17th century
Extent:
1 item

446. Add MS 8591

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Relazioni and papers relating to Venice, Cyprus, and Spain; 2nd half of 16th cent.-early 18th cent. Italian. Copies. The MS. is described by C. Foligno, ‘Codici di materia veneta nelle biblioteche inglesi’, in Nuovo Archivio Veneto, n.s., 6, xii (1906), pt. i, no. cvi, pp. 192-193, and listed in Iter Italicum, IV (1989), p. 68b. Armorial bookplate of 5th Earl of Guilford, with shelfmark L/19/B (front pastedown). '336' in pencil in upper left corner of front pastedown. Purchased, together wit...
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Bookplates and Book-stamps: 5th Earl of Guilford (L/19/B): bef. 1828. includes: ff. 1-76v Venice: Benedetto Moro, Venetian officer: Relazione of Venetian mainland by Benedetto Moro: 1607: Ital: Copy. ff. 77-102 Francis I; Grand Duke of Tuscany: Francesco Marcaldi, of Venice: Relazione of Cypru...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, Italian, and Latin
Date Range:
2nd half of the 16th century-Early 18th century
Extent:
1 item

447. Add MS 8592

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Varese Letter-Book: Letters of Cardinals Barbarigo, Casanate, and others, mostly addressed to Pompeo Varese, titular Archbishop of Adrianople (Edirne) and Papal nuncio to Venice 1671-1675, together with related papers; 1666-1675. Italian and Latin. Partly autograph and printed. The letters and papers mainly relate to religious and ecclesiastical matters. Correspondents are fully indexed. They include Cardinals Gregorio Barbarigo, Girolamo Casanate, Ottavio Falconieri, Sigismondo Chigi, Feder...
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Pompeo Varese, titular Archbishop of Adrianople (Edirne); Papal nuncio to Venice 1671: Letter-Book: 1671-1675: Ital. Bindings: Vellum on pasteboards: late 17th cent. includes: ff. 1-46, 75-97 Gregorio Barbarigo, Cardinal; Bishop of Padua 1664: Letters from Gregorio Barbarigo: 1671-1675: Ital:...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, Italian, and Latin
Date Range:
1666-1675
Extent:
1 item

448. Add MS 8593

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Life of Francesco Morosini, surnamed Peloponnésiacus; late 17th cent.-early 18th cent. Italian. This anonymous text gives a detailed account of the life of Francesco Morosini (1618-1694), commander of the Venetian navy in the war of Candia (Crete) between 1659 and 1669, head of the fleet of Venetian, Maltese, papal and Tuscan warships in the war against the Ottoman Empire in 1680s, and Doge of Venice from April 1688. Under his command Venice lost the island of Crete to the Turks in 1669, but...
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Bindings: Vellum on pasteboards: late 18th-early 19th cent. Bookplates and Book-stamps: 5th Earl of Guilford (L/21/A): bef. 1828. Venice: Francesco Morosini, Venetian naval commander; doge of Venice 1688: Life of doge Francesco Morosini: aft. 1694: Ital.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English and Italian
Date Range:
Late 17th century-Early 18th century
Extent:
1 item

449. Add MS 8594

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Domenico Mocenigo: Letters to the Doge of Venice Francesco Morosini; 1690-1692. Italian. Copies. The forty-six letters are the reports by Mocenigo as comander general of the Venetian army operating in Rumania from 6 Dec. 1690 to 1 January 1692. Inc. (f. 1) 'Serenissimo Principe / Stabilite con sollecitudine in breve giro di tempo', expl. (f. 144) 'senza cui non si possono condurre l'operazioni d'un Attacco. Grazie. Romania Primo Zenaro 1691. S.N.M.V.' The MS. is described by C. Foligno, ‘Cod...
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War: Venice: Rumania GENERAL: Francesco Morosini, Venetian naval commander; doge of Venice 1688: Domenico Mocenigo, Venetian Provveditore and Capitano Generale dell'Armi: Letters rel. to Rumania to Doge Francesco Morosini from Domenico Mocenigo: 1690-1692: Ital: Copies.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English and Italian
Date Range:
1690-1692
Extent:
1 item

450. Add MS 8595

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Collection of 59 Original Ordinances of the Naval Council of Venice under the leadership of naval commander Andrea Pisani; 1716-1718. Italian, Latin and Portuguese. Signed. The ordinances cover 7 June 1716 to 26 Sept. 1718, during the war against the Ottoman Empire which ended with the Peace of Passarowitz between Austria and Turkey on 21 July 1718. Venice maintained its dominion on Corfu, but lost the Peloponnese to the Turks. Inc. (f. 1) '7 Giugno 1716. I. di Corfù / Ridotti d'ordine dell'...
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Marshal Johann Mathias Schulenburg, Captain of Corfu: Marco Loredan, Venetian Provveditore Straordinario d'Armata 1716: Alvise Foscari, Venetian Provveditore d'Armata 1716: Marin Cappello, Venetian Capitano delle Galeazze 1716: Antonio Erizzo, called Nicolò; Venetian Capitano da Mar 1716: Marino...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English and Italian
Date Range:
1716-1718
Extent:
1 item

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