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1. 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

2. Add MS 8577

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Chronicle of Venice (703-1457); late 15th cent. Italian. The chronicle relates the history of Venice from the election of the first doge, Poluzio [Paoluccio], in 703 to the death of Francesco Foscari following his deposition as doge and the election of his successor, Pasquale Malipiero, in 1457. The section for 703-1446 (ff. 1-154v) is written in one hand, with rubricated headings, numerals and dates; some lists are also in red. Inc. 'El primo doxe che fosse fato in la cita', expl. 'Quelo se...
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History: Venice: Chronicles: Chronicle of Venice, 703-1457: 2nd half of 15th cent: Ital. Bindings ITALIAN: Half leather with decorated paper covers: 18th cent. Bookplates and Book-stamps: 5th Earl of Guilford: early 19th cent. Watermarks: Hat: 2nd half of 15th cent. Watermarks: Balance: 2nd ...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English and Italian
Date Range:
Late 15th century
Extent:
1 item

3. 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

4. Add MS 18034

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ACCOUNT of the taking of Navarino and Modon by the Venetians, under Francesco Morosini, 1686; Ital., f. 1; Suggestions for the defence of the Morea; Ital., f. 13; "Scrittura del Bailo Barbaro che trattó la pace di Cipro," f. 26; "Relatione della campagna navale e combatimenti seguiti l'anno dell' 1717," f. 41; Report of Field-Marshal Matthias Johann Count Schulenburg to the Senate of Venice on the state of the provinces of Dalmatia and Albania; dat. Venice, 8 June, 1722; Ital., f. 50; Report...
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includes: f. 1 Venice: Account of the capture of Navarino and Modon under Fr. Morosini: 1686.: Ital. f. 1 Navarino, Greece: Account of its capture by the Venetians: 1686.: Ital. f. 1 Modon, Greece: Account of its capture by the Venetians: 1686.: Ital. f. 13 Morea, Greece: Suggestions for its de...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English and Italian
Date Range:
18th century
Extent:
1 item

5. Add MS 18171

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"CONGIURE et altro de' Dogi di Venetia; et altri avenimenti:" notices of events in Venetian history, in separate chapters, and in no chronological order; extending from the earliest times to the year 1571. Italian. Paper; XVIIth cent. Quarto. [Add. 18,171.]
Scope & Content:
Venice: Notices of events in Venetian history.: Ital.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Italian
Date Range:
17th century
Extent:
1 item

6. Add MS 18175

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"RACCONTO nel quale si veda il malitioso tradimento ordito dall' ingannevole prudenza delli Spagnuoli contra la Republica di Venetia, l'anno 1617;" with a letter of Francesco Maria, second Duke of Urbino, on occasion of sending the statue of Francesco Maria, first Duke, to the Republic, 1625. Ital. Paper; XVIIth cent. Folio. [Add. 18,175.]
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Venice: Account of the treachery of the Spanish against Venice: 1617.: Ital. Francesco Maria II della Rovere; Duke of Urbino: Letter on sending the statue of Francesco Maria I. to Venice: 1625.: Ital.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Italian
Date Range:
17th century
Extent:
1 item

7. Add MS 18659

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LIST of noble Venetian families, "cioe de quelli che vano alli Conseglii de Venetia," with notices of their origin, and of the individuals in whom they may have terminated; in alphabetical order. Italian. Prefixed are the following: "Privilegium magni Alexandri Selanis [a people of Elis] et linguæ eorum concessum, ex quodam libro Græco antiquissimo apud Constantinopolim reperto extractum:" dated at Alexandria, in the 12th year of Alexander [B.C. 323], f. 1; Copy of a letter [of Pietro Graden...
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Venice: List of noble Venetian families.: Ital. includes: f. 1 Selani a people of Elis, in Greece: Privilegium magni Alexandri iis concessum. f. 1 b Pietro Gradenigo; Doge of Venice: Letter to G. Delfino: 1310.: Ital. f. 1 b Georgio Delfino, Bailo of Armenia: Letter of P. Gradenigo, Doge of Ve...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English and Italian
Date Range:
17th century
Extent:
1 item

8. Add MS 18662

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ORIGINAL letters endorsed with the name "Pellegrino," and subscribed "Del Luoco Antico," or "Solito," or signed "Il Solito," to an agent (apparently Giovanni Maria Massara; see fol. 93) of Cardinal Alonso de la Cueva; containing secret information derived from despatches of Venetian Ministers at foreign Courts, and communicated by the Secretary of the Inquisition of Venice; from 20 January to 19 May, 1629: accompanied with copies of official letters of the same period. Italian. Partly in cip...
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Venice: Letters on political affairs of: 1629.: Ital. Giovanni Maria Massara, Agent of Cardinal A de la Cueva: Letters to him upon political affairs of Venice: 1629.: Ital.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Italian
Date Range:
17th century
Extent:
1 item

9. Add MS 28384

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PAPERS relating chiefly to the elections of the Emperors and of Kings of Poland, viz.:- 1. Treatise "De Electione et confirmatione Imperatoris," of the King of the Romans, chiefly with reference to that of Ferdinand [afterwards the Emperor Ferdinand I.], with copies of documents relating to th...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, Italian, Latin, and Spanish
Date Range:
1523-1617
Extent:
1 item

10. Add MS 28492

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RELATIONS of Venetian ambassadors; 1552-1557. Italian. In the following order:- 1. "Del Signor Turco," by Bernardo Navagiero; 26 Feb. 1552, f. 1. 2. "Del Turco," [by Dominico Trevisano]; 1554, f. 37. 3. "D'lnghilterra," [by Giovanni Michele]; 13 May, 1557, f. 84. 4. "Del Rè de' Romani," ...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English and Italian
Date Range:
1552-1557
Extent:
1 item