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601. Add MS 8753

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GUIDI DEL BAGNO LETTER-BOOK: Dispatches and letters of Niccolò Guidi del Bagno, Bishop of Athens, nuncio to France 25 June 1643 - Dec. 1656; 1655-1657. Italian and Latin. Copies. The dispatches are mainly addressed to the secretary of state Giulio Rospigliosi and date 21 May 1655 - 5 Feb. 1657 (dispatches relating to 1655 on ff. 2-174v, to 1656 on ff. 174v-373, to 1657 on ff. 373-376). Correspondents include: Cardinal Giacomo Corradi, Pope Alexander VII, the Pope's brother Mario Chigi, the P...
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Bookplates and Book-stamps: 5th Earl of Guilford (L/18/E): bef. 1828. Bindings ENGLISH: Guilford binding: bef. 1828. Louis XIV of France: Dispatches from N. Guidi del Bagno to G. Rospigliosi rel. to: 1655-1657: Ital: Copies. Giulio Rospigliosi, Cardinal 1657; Pope Clement IX 1667: Dispatches ...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, Italian, and Latin
Date Range:
1655-1657
Extent:
1 item

602. Add MS 8754

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LETTERS AND TRACTS ON RELATIONS BETWEEN FRANCE AND THE PAPACY at the time of Popes Alexander VII and Clement X and King Louis XIV; 1655-1672. Italian, Latin, Spanish, and French. Copies. A collection of tracts, papal briefs and letters mostly relating to the dispute between France and the Papacy that arose after the attack on the French Ambassador at Rome, Charles de Blanchefort, Duc de Créqui, by the papal Corsican Guards on 20 Aug. 1662. The quarrel almost precipitated France and the Papac...
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Bindings ENGLISH: Guilford binding: bef. 1817. Bookplates and Book-stamps: Frederick North, later 5th Earl of Guilford (L/17/E): bef. 1817. Charles III de Blanchefort, Duc de Créqui; French Ambassador at Rome: Letters and tracts rel. to his quarrel with the papal court: 1662-1664: Ital., Lat.,...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, French, Italian, Latin, and Spanish
Date Range:
1655-1672
Extent:
1 item

603. Add MS 8755

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TRACTS, LETTERS AND PAPERS RELATING TO THE DISPUTE ON THE REGALIA IN FRANCE during the papacy of Innocent XI (1676-1689); 1679-1688. Italian, Latin, and French. Copies. Most texts (ff. 1-196v, including arts. 1-17) relate the development of the régale in France around 1681-1682, at the time of the Declaratio Cleri Gallicani or Four Articles of the Gallican Church promulgated by the Assembly of the French Clergy on 19 March 1682 (art. 12, ff. 135-135v) and ratified by Louis XIV on 23 March (a...
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Bindings ENGLISH: Guilford binding: bef. 1828. Bookplates and Book-stamps: 5th Earl of Guilford (L/19/E): bef. 1828. Church History: Louis XIV of France: Innocent XI; Pope: France Ecclesiastical History: Tracts, Letters, and Papers rel. to the dispute on the Régale: 1679-1689: Ital., Lat., Fr:...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, French, Italian, and Latin
Date Range:
1679-1688
Extent:
1 item

604. Add MS 8756

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ANTONIO JOSÉ DEL GIUDICE Y PADACODA: Memoirs of France as Ambassador of Philip V of Spain; 1719-1733. Italian. Copy. Antonio Josè del Giudice y Padacoda, Duke of Giovinazzo and Prince of Cellamare, was the Spanish Ambassador at Paris in 1715-1718. In December 1718 he was forced to leave France because he was found to be involved in a conspiracy to replace the Regent Philip Duke of Orleans with Louis-Auguste, Duc de Maine and natural son of Louis XIV. The intrigue had been encouraged by Cardi...
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Bindings ITALIAN: Full vellum: 18th cent. Louis XV of France: Biography: Philip V of Spain: Antonio José Del Giudice y Padacoda, Duke of Giovinazzo; Prince of Cellamare; Spanish Ambassador to France: Memoirs of France by Antonio José Del Giudice y Padacoda: 1719-1733: Ital: Copy.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English and Italian
Date Range:
1719-1733
Extent:
1 item

605. Add MS 8760

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MEMOIR AND PAPERS RELATING TO CARDINAL LOUIS DE ROHAN; 1786. French, Italian, and Latin. Copies. Memoir and papers relating to the legal proceedings against Cardinal Louis René Edouard de Rohan, bishop of Strasbourg, in the so-called Affair of the Diamond Necklace (1785-1786) at the court of King Louis XVI of France. The Cardinal was acquitted of guilt, but lost his office of Grand Aumônier and was exiled from Paris. The Memoire and other papers included in the MS. are also hand-copied in a ...
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Heraldry: Armorial binding of Pius VI: 1786-1799. Pius VI; Pope: Papers rel. to Card. de Rohan: 1786. Bindings ITALIAN: Red morocco, gilt-tooled armorial binding of Pius VI Braschi: 1786-1799. Louis XVI of France: Memoir and papers rel. to the trial of Card. de Rohan: 1786: Fr., Ital., and La...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, French, Italian, and Latin
Date Range:
1786
Extent:
1 item

606. Add MS 8761

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CHRONICLES OF FLANDERS, GERMANY, THE OTTOMAN EMPIRE AND NORTH AFRICA (MAGHREB) 1509-1667; late 17th cent. Italian. Copy. Imperfect. Short chronicles relating historical and religious events of the countries. Notably the chronicle of the Ottoman Empire does not mention the battle of Lepanto for the year 1571. The volume was possibly part of a series, as suggested by the comment (f. 44) 'vedi Istoria Italiana 1515+'. The title (f. ii) 'Storia della Fiandra Germania Ottomano Barbaria Dall'anno ...
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Bindings ITALIAN: Full vellum: late 17th cent. Bookplates and Book-stamps: 5th Earl of Guilford (L/21/A): bef. 1828. Chronicles: Chronicles of Flanders, Germany, Ottoman Empire, North Africa: late 17th cent.: Ital: Copy. includes: ff. 1-43v Flanders: Chronicle of Flanders 1519-1667: late 17t...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English and Italian
Date Range:
Late 17th century
Extent:
1 item

607. Add MS 8762

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ACCOUNT OF THE CONGRESS OF NIJMEGEN; 1676-1678. Italian. Copy. A detailed historical account of the events leading to the treaty of peace in Nijmegen signed in 1678 by France and Holland together with its allies, Spain, Austria, Sweden, and Denmark. The account is not included in the list given by P. Barber, 'Manuscript Sources in the British Library relating to the Peace Congress of Nijmegen and Connected Negotiations', The Peace of Nijmegen 1676-1678/9: International Congress of the Tricen...
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Bindings ITALIAN: Full vellum: late 17th cent. Bookplates and Book-stamps: 5th Earl of Guilford (L/17/C): bef. 1828. Treaties: Louis XIV of France: William Henry (William III), Princes of Orange: Nijmegen, Gelderland: Innocent XI; Pope: Account of the Congress of Nijmegen: 1676-1678: Ital: Copy.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English and Italian
Date Range:
1676-1678
Extent:
1 item

608. Add MS 8763

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PAPERS RELATING TO THE ELECTION OF THE ARCHBISHOP OF UTRECHT; 1699-1717. Latin and Italian. Copies. A collection of papers relating to the controversy between the Holy See of Rome and the Church of Holland in respect to the election of the Archbishop of Utrecht. In 1697 the Metropolitan Chapter of Utrecht elected as Archbishop Peter Codde, Vicar Apostolic and Bishop of Sebaste. Pope Innocent XII, supported by the Jesuits, refused to recognise the election and designated Theodore de Cock inst...
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Pieter Codde, Archbishop of Sebaste; Vicar Apostolic in the S Netherlands: Theodore de Cock, Archbishop of Utrecht: Adam Daemen, Archbishop of Utrecht: Papers rel. to his Archbishopric of Utrecht: 1699-1717: Lat. and It: Copies. Bindings ENGLISH: Guilford binding: bef. 1828. Utrecht, the Nethe...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, Italian, and Latin
Date Range:
1699-1717
Extent:
1 item

609. Add MS 8764

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MORONE LETTER-BOOK: Dispatches from and to Giovanni Morone and Cardinal Alessandro Farnese; 1539-1540. Italian and Latin. Copies, 17th cent. The dispatches relate to Germany and the diets of Hagenau and Worms (1540), and are dated 30 Nov. 1539 - 7 Oct. 1540. Morone was Bishop of Modena and papal nuncio (1536-1541) to Ferdinand, King of the Romans. Most of his dispatches included in the present MS. are addressed to Cardinal Alessandro Farnese, nephew of Pope Paul III Farnese, and to Guido Asc...
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Bindings ITALIAN: Full vellum: late 17th-early 18th cent. Marcello Cervini degli Spannochi, Bishop of Nicastro; Cardinal 1539; future Pope Marcellus II: Dispatches to and from G. Morone and Card. Farnese: 1539-1540: Ital.: Copies. Guido Ascanio Sforza, Count of Santa Fiora; Cardinal 1535; Papa...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, Italian, and Latin
Date Range:
17th century
Extent:
1 item

610. Add MS 8765

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CARAFA LETTER-BOOK: Register of dispatches to and from Pier Luigi Carafa as papal nuncio to Cologne (15 June 1624 - 20 Nov. 1634); 1625-1634. Italian, French, and Latin. Copies, partly autograph. Most dispatches were written by or addressed to Cardinal Nepote Francesco Barberini and Cardinal Antonio Barberini, Cardinal of St. Onofrio and brother of Pope Urban VIII. Other correspondents include Cardinal Giulio Mazarin, Jacqueline de Bueil, Comtesse de Moret, Marquise de Vardes and mistress of...
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Urban VIII; Pope: Carafa Letter-Books: 1624-1642: Ital: Signed, partly copies: partly autograph. Ferdinand II; Emperor of Germany: Cologne, Germany: Carafa Letter-books rel. to: 1624-1642: Ital. Bindings ITALIAN: Full vellum, detached: 17th cent. Pier Luigi Carafa, Bishop of Tricarico; Cardin...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, French, Italian, and Latin
Date Range:
1625-1634
Extent:
1 item

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