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191. Add MS 8326

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MISCELLANEOUS COLLECTION of treatises relating to dynastic, administrative and ambassadorial matters involving the Papal Court, Naples and Sicily, Spain, and France, during the papacies of Urban VIII, Innocent X and Alexander VII; circa 1623-1667. Italian and Spanish. Copies. The MS. also includes (art. 1) a discourse relating to the investiture of Roger II as King of Sicily by Innocent II in 1139, written by Giovanni Ciampoli (1590-1643). Another copy of this text in Vienna, Österreichische...
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Bindings ITALIAN: Full vellum: late 17th cent. includes: ff. 2-98 Innocent II; Pope: Giovanni Ciampoli, Papal secretary and poet: Roger II of Naples and Sicily: Treatise rel. to the investiture of Roger II as King of Sicily by Innocent II in 1139, by Giovanni Ciampoli: bef. 1643: Ital: Copy. f...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, Italian, and Spanish
Date Range:
c 1623-1667
Extent:
1 item

192. Add MS 8327

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MISCELLANEOUS COLLECTION of historical papers relating to Rome, France, Poland, Savoy, Spain, Bohemia, and Venice, mostly during the papacy of Innocent X; circa 1598-1655. Italian. Copies. Title-pages with pendecoration throughout. Table of contents (ff. 1-1v), added later: entitled 'Indice del tomo 44', with '44' later crossed out and corrected in '66-67'. Old signatures in pencil 'Tom. XCIII' in upper right corner of f. i, and '537' in ink in fifth spine compartment: identifiable with Matt...
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Bindings ITALIAN: Full vellum: late 17th cent. Innocent X; Pope: Miscellany of historical papers, mostly rel. to: circa 1598-1651: Ital: Copies. includes: ff. 109-133 John Casimir of Poland: Letters of, and treatises rel. to, as Cardinal: 1646: Ital: Copies. ff. 134-144v Tommaso Francesco Sav...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English and Italian
Date Range:
c 1598-1655
Extent:
1 item

193. Add MS 8328

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MISCELLANEOUS COLLECTION of historical treatises, relazioni and letters relating to Rome, France, Venice, Spain, England, and Savoy; circa 1593-1672. Italian. Copies. Table of contents (f. 1), added later. Old signatures in pencil 'Tom. XCIV' in upper right corner of f. i, and '538' in ink in fourth spine compartment: identifiable with Mattei MS. 538 (vol. 94 of 'Materie diverse') in Guilford's catalogue Add. 8220, f. 24. Owned by Frederick North, 5th Earl of Guilford, but lacking his armori...
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Bindings ITALIAN: Full vellum: late 17th cent. includes: ff. 2-26v Clement VIII; Pope: Ludovico Gonzaga, Duke of Nevers: Treatise rel. to the absolution of Henry IV of France: circa 1593-1594: Ital: Copy. ff. 2-26v Henry IV of France: Treatise rel. to his absolution from the Pope: circa 1593-1...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English and Italian
Date Range:
c 1593-1672
Extent:
1 item

194. Add MS 8329

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MISCELLANEOUS COLLECTION of historical papers relating to Portugal, Rome, France, Tuscany, Candia, Venice, Perugia, and Poland; circa 1619-1649. Italian and Latin. Copies. The MS. includes: - (a) manifesto (art. 1) of King John IV of Portugal, 1647; - (b) discourse, letter and terms of agreement (arts. 2, 6-7) relating to the reconciliation of the Barberinis with Pope Innocent X, 1646; - (c) speech (art. 3) on Tuscany's neutrality addressed to Grand Duke Ferdinand II of Tuscany by Traiano Ma...
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Bindings ITALIAN: Full vellum: late 17th cent. includes: ff.2-41 John IV of Portugal: Manifesto: 1647: Ital: Copy. ff. 42-65, 96-114v Innocent X; Pope: Historical papers rel. to his agreement with the Barberinis: 1646: Ital: Copies. ff. 42-65, 96-114v Barberini family; of Rome: Historical pape...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, Italian, and Latin
Date Range:
c 1619-1649
Extent:
1 item

195. Add MS 8330

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RELAZIONE of Rome and Petition to the Pope, possibly Innocent X(1644-1655); circa 1644-1656. Italian. Copies. The relazione of Rome (art. 1) relates to the recently elected Pope Alexander VII (1655-1667). Table of contents (f. 1) added later. Old signatures in pencil 'Tom. XCVI' in upper right corner of f. i, and '540' in ink in fifth spine compartment: identifiable with Mattei MS. 540 (vol. 96 of 'Materie diverse') in Guilford's catalogue Add. 8220, f. 24. Owned by Frederick North, 5th Earl...
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Bindings ITALIAN: Full vellum: late 17th cent. includes: ff. 2-96v Alexander VII; Pope: Giovanni Pesaro, Venetian Ambassador: Carlo Contarini; Doge of Venice: Relazione of Rome by Giovanni Pesaro: 1656: Ital: Copy. ff. 97-112v Ceremonials: Innocent X; Pope: Taddeo Barberini, Prince of Palestri...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English and Italian
Date Range:
c 1644-1656
Extent:
1 item

196. Add MS 8331

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MISCELLANEOUS COLLECTION of political treatises, discourses, satires and other papers relating to Rome, Genoa, France, Germany, Tuscany, and Sweden; circa 1613-1652. Italian. Copies. The MS. includes: - (a) three treatises (arts. 1-3) relating to ambassadorial precedence at the papal court for representatives of the Republic of Genoa, after 1641; - (b) discourse (art. 4) addressed to Queen Christina of Sweden by the Dutch scholar Theodor Ameyden in celebration of the treaty of peace with the...
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Bindings ITALIAN: Full vellum: late 17th cent. Rome; Court of; and Popes, Bishops of. General: Political treatises and satires rel. to: circa 1613-1652: Ital: Copies. includes: ff. 2-84v Republic of Genoa: Ceremonials: Ambassadors: Treatises rel. to ambassadorial precedence of Genoese represe...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English and Italian
Date Range:
c 1613-1652
Extent:
1 item

197. Add MS 8332

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MISCELLANEOUS COLLECTION of letters and political tracts relating to France, Rome, Germany, Bohemia, and Naples; circa 1619-1660. Italian. One draft (art. 1) and copies. The MS. includes: - (a) letters and treatise (arts. 1-3) relating to Jean François Paul de Gondi, Cardinal de Retz, and his opposition to Cardinal Giulio Mazarin, Prime Minister of Louis XIV of France, 1653-1660; - (b) manifesto (art. 4) of Prince Frederick Elector Palatine of the Rhine issued after his coronation as King of...
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Bindings ITALIAN: Full vellum: late 17th cent. includes: ff. 2-27v Jean François Paul de Gondi, Archbishop of Paris; Cardinal de Retz 1652: Letter to the archbishops and bishops of France: [1660]: Ital. transl.: Draft. ff. 28-32 Louis XIV of France: Innocent X; Pope: Letter to Innocent X from ...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English and Italian
Date Range:
c 1619-1660
Extent:
1 item

198. Add MS 8333

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MISCELLANEOUS COLLECTION of relazioni and other political papers relating to Spain, Naples, Liguria, Rome, France and the Empire; circa 1646-1667. Italian and Latin. Copies. Among other things the collection contains (arts. 8-15) relazioni and a satirical tract relating to the death of Pope Alexander VII, on 22 May 1667, and the conclave for the election of Clement IX, elected on 20 June 1667. Table of contents (ff. 1-1v), added later. Ink drawing in the lower margin of f. 2. Old signature '...
Scope & Content:
Bindings ITALIAN: Full vellum: late 17th cent. Alexander VII; Pope: Clement IX; Pope: Political accounts and satirical papers rel. to: 1667: Ital.: Copies. includes: ff. 2-23v Charles V; Emperor of Germany: Three discourses rel. to the war against the Turks addressed to: circa 1529: Lat: Copi...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, Italian, and Latin
Date Range:
c 1646-1667
Extent:
1 item

199. Add MS 8334

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POLITICAL ADVICE AND RELAZIONI relating to the Papal Court and Spain; circa 1659-1660. Italian. Copies. The MS. includes anonymous and undated political advice (art. 1) to an unnamed Cardinal-Nepote on how to ingratiate the College of Cardinals, the relazione of Spain (art. 2) presented by the ambassador Domenico Zane to the Venetian Senate in 1659, and the relazione of Rome (art. 3) presented to the Venetian Senate by Angelo Correr in 1660. Table of contents (f. 1), added later. Old signatu...
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Bindings ITALIAN: Full vellum: late 17th cent. Alexander VII; Pope: Political advice and relazioni rel. to the Papal Court and Spain: circa 1659-1660: Ital: Copies. includes: ff. 2-11v Political Tracts: Political advice to an unnamed Cardinal-Nepote: 17th cent: Ital: Copy. ff. 12-99 Philip IV...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English and Italian
Date Range:
c 1659-1660
Extent:
1 item

200. Add MS 8335

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SATIRICAL TRACTS relating to politics in 17th-cent. Europe; circa 1661-1662. Italian. Copies. Table of contents (f. 1v) added later. Old signature 'Tom. CV' in pencil in upper right corner of f. 1: identifiable with Mattei MS. 549 (vol. 105 of 'Materie diverse') in Guilford's catalogue Add. 8220, f. 24v. Owned by Frederick North, 5th Earl of Guilford, but lacking his armorial bookplate. '107' in pencil in upper left corner of front pastedown. Purchased, together with Add. 8333, 8334, 8336, 8...
Scope & Content:
Bindings ITALIAN: Full vellum: late 17th cent. Political and satirical tracts: Satirical tracts rel. to politics in 17th-cent. Europe: circa 1661-1662: Ital: Copies.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English and Italian
Date Range:
c 1661-1662
Extent:
1 item

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