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1. Add MS 8276

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MISCELLANEOUS COLLECTION of relazioni, tracts, and peace treaties relating to the Papacy, Switzerland, Cyprus, France, Naples, Genoa, Corsica, Piacenza, the German Empire, England, Spain, Tivoli, and Venice; circa 1361, 1514-1570. Latin and Italian. Copies, 17th cent. Imperfect. The MS. includes: - (a) tract relating to the sede vacante (ff. 2-15v); - (b) tract relating to the election of Pope Sixtus IV, in Latin (ff. 16-27); - (c) heads of agreement for the League between Pope Leo X and the...
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Bookplates and Book-stamps: Colonna Library: 18th cent. includes: ff. 16-27 Sixtus IV; Pope: Tract rel. to his election: circa 1471: Lat: Copy. ff. 28-40v Treaties: Leo X; Pope: Switzerland: League between Leo X and Swiss Cantons: 1514: Ital: Copy. ff. 41-57v Cyprus: Nicosia, Cyprus: Relazione...
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Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Italian and Latin
Date Range:
17th century
Extent:
1 item

2. Add MS 8280

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MISCELLANEOUS COLLECTION of relazioni, discourses, tracts, letters, treaties, papal instructions and investitures relating to the Papacy, Venice, Turkey, Siena, Tuscany, the Council of Trent, Aragon, Sardinia and Corsica, Sicily, Genoa, Portugal, France, Poland, Spain; circa 1297-1302, 1518-1573. Italian and Latin. Copies, 17th cent. The MS. includes (ff. 335-420) a long excerpt from the diary of Paris de Grassis relating to the papacy of Leo X (February 1518 - July 1521). For a complete MS....
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Bookplates and Book-stamps: Colonna Library: 18th cent. includes: ff. 3-9v Turkey; General: Political Tracts: Venice: Discourse in favour of Venice rel. to the peace with the Turks: after 1572: Ital: Copy. ff. 10-23v Siena, Italy: Gian Giacomo Medici, Marchese di Marignano; called 'Medeghino':...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Italian and Latin
Date Range:
17th century
Extent:
1 item

3. Add MS 8412

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ACCOUNTS OF CONCLAVES FROM NICHOLAS V TO URBAN VIII, ADDING CLEMENT V AND OMITTING PAUL IV, PREFACED BY A PROCEDURAL MANUAL ON THE CONCLAVE AND FOLLOWED BY A DESCRIPTION OF THE DESIGN AND FURNISHINGS OF THE CONCLAVE; 1305-1740. Italian and Latin. Copies. Owned by Frederick North, 5th Earl of Guilford, but lacking his armorial bookplate. '87' in pencil in top left corner of front pastedown and upper margin of f. 1. Purchased, together with Add. 8368, 8369, 8382, 8391-8396, 8397, 8398, 8399, 8...
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Bindings ENGLISH: Quarter vellum with decorated paper covers over pasteboards: 18th cent. includes: ff. 48-53 Clement V; Pope: Account of conclave: 1305: Ital: Copy, 17th cent. ff. 54-62v Nicholas V; Pope: Account of conclave: 1447: Ital: Copy, 17th cent. ff. 63-68 Calixtus III; Pope: Account ...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, Italian, and Latin
Date Range:
17th century-18th century
Extent:
1 item

4. Add MS 8413

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ACCOUNTS OF CONCLAVES FROM NICHOLAS V TO GREGORY XIII, ADDING CLEMENT V AND URBAN VI, AND OMITTING PIUS II, MOST FOLLOWED BY THE LIFE OF THE POPE ELECTED; 1305-1572. Italian. Copies. Owned by Frederick North, 5th Earl of Guilford, but lacking his armorial bookplate. '87' in pencil in top left corner of front pastedown and upper margin of f. 1. Purchased, together with Add. 8368, 8369, 8382, 8391-8396, 8397, 8398, 8399, 8412, 8417, 8418, 8419-8425, 8462, 8487, 8515, 8525, 8660, 8706, 8721, 87...
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Bindings ENGLISH: Quarter vellum with decorated paper covers over pasteboards: 18th cent. includes: ff. 1-10 Clement V; Pope: Account of conclave: 1305: Ital: Copy, 17th cent. ff. 11-26v Urban VI; Pope: Account of conclave: 1378: Ital: Copy, 17th cent. ff. 27-37v Nicholas V; Pope: Account of c...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English and Italian
Date Range:
17th century
Extent:
1 item

5. Add MS 8414

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ACCOUNTS OF CONCLAVES FROM NICHOLAS V TO INNOCENT IX, ADDING CLEMENT V, URBAN VI, LEO XI, AND URBAN VIII, AND OMITTING PIUS V AND GREGORY XIII; 1305-1623. Italian and Latin. Copies. Contemporary tables of contents (f. 1-1v.); ff. 7v, 23v, 121, 166, 167 contain lists of conclaves omitted from the compilation. Owned by Frederick North, 5th Earl of Guilford, but lacking his armorial bookplate. '88' in top left corner of f. 1. Purchased, together with Add. 8367, 8410, 8411, 8415, 8426, 8427, and...
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Bindings ENGLISH: Quarter vellum with decorated paper covers over pasteboards: 18th cent. includes: ff. 2-7 Clement V; Pope: Account of conclave: 1305: Ital: Copy, 17th cent. ff. 8-23 Urban VI; Pope: Account of conclave: 1378: Lat: Copy, 17th cent. ff. 24-31 Nicholas V; Pope: Account of concla...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, Italian, and Latin
Date Range:
17th century
Extent:
1 item

6. Add MS 8416

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ACCOUNTS OF CONCLAVES, JULIUS II TO PAUL III, PAUL IV, PIUS IV, URBAN VIII TO ALEXANDER VII, INNOCENT XI TO CLEMENT XI, WITH PAUL II AND SIXTUS IV, NOT BOUND IN CHRONOLOGICAL SEQUENCE, TOGETHER WITH GENERAL WORKS ON THE CONCLAVE; 1471-1700. Italian and Latin. Copies. Contemporary table of contents 'Tabula Contentorum in hoc libro' (ff. 1-1v). Stamp (f. iii) 'biblioth / H.F. / J770', probably from the Biblioteca Falconieri. Owned by Frederick North, 5th Earl of Guilford, but lacking his armor...
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Bindings ENGLISH: Quarter vellum with decorated paper covers over pasteboard: 18th cent. includes: ff. 11-13v Sixtus IV; Pope: Account of conclave: 1471: Ital: Copy, 17th cent. ff. 14-18v Paul II; Pope: Account of conclave: 1464: Ital: Copy, 17th cent. ff. 19-33 Clement VII; Pope: Account of c...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, Italian, and Latin
Date Range:
17th century
Extent:
1 item

7. Add MS 8417

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ACCOUNTS OF CONCLAVES FROM NICHOLAS V TO MARCELLUS II, ADDING URBAN VI, AND THE ANTIPOPES ALEXANDER V AND JOHN XXIII, TOGETHER WITH WORKS ON THE ORGANISATION AND PROCEDURE OF THE CONCLAVE; 1378-1555. Italian and Latin. Copies, woodcut portraits. Eight accounts (Nicholas V, Pius II, Paul II, Alexander VI, Julius II, Leo X, Paul III and Julius III) are prefaced by full-page woodcut portraits of the relevant pope (ff. 92v, 118v, 142v, 247v, 303v, 323v, 399v, 422v). Armorial bookplate of Frederi...
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Bookplates and Book-stamps: 5th Earl of Guilford (L/17/E): bef. 1828. Bindings ENGLISH: Quarter vellum with decorated paper covers over pasteboards: 18th cent. includes: ff. 1-31 Domenico Ranaldi, 'Custode' of Vatican Library: De Electione Romani Pontificis . . . (on conclaves): bef. 1594: La...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, Italian, and Latin
Date Range:
17th century
Extent:
1 item

8. Add MS 8445-8446

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DIARIES OF MARTINELLI BIAGIO DA CESENA; 1518-1540. Latin. Copy, 17th cent. Biagio da Cesena was Master of Ceremonies at the Papal Court. His two-volume diary covers the papacies of Leo X, Adrian VI, Clement VII and Paul III. Add. 8446 is listed in Palma di Cesnola, no. 1553, p. 122. Extracts of Biagio da Cesena's diary published in J. B. Gatticus, Acta Caeremonialia Sactae Romaae Ecclesiae (Rome, 1753), pp. 318-329, 385-391, 425, 440-447, 477, 479-480, (BL copy 16. e. 11). Add. 26808 and 268...
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Adrian VI; Pope: Clement VII; Pope: Leo X; Pope: Paul III; Pope: Martinelli Biagio da Cesena, Papal Master of Ceremonies: Diaries and Memoranda: Diaries of Martinelli Biagio da Cesena: 1518-1540: Lat.: Copies.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, Italian, and Latin
Date Range:
17th century
Extent:
2 items

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A COLLECTION of miniatures and borders cut from Italian manuscripta, viz.: 1. Initial letters with miniatures, of the XIVth cent., inserted in coloured engraved borders of the XVIth cent., ff 1-3. 2. An initial P, with a miniature of David, set in rich scroll work; beginning of the XVIth cent., f. 4. 3. Borders from a manuscript executed for Cardinal Antonio Pallavicini [1489-1507], f. 5. 4. Two borders of the same date, f. 12. 5. Borders from manuscripts executed for Pope Leo X. [15...
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Art. Illuminations and Drawings ITALIAN: Miniatures and borders cut from MSS.: 14th-16th centt. includes: ff. 13-28 Leo X; Pope: Illuminated borders executed for: 1513-1521. ff. 29-34 Clement VII; Pope: Illuminated borders executed for: 1523-1534. ff. 31-33, 35 Girolamo dai Libri: Illuminated ...
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Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English and Italian
Date Range:
14th century-16th century
Extent:
1 item

10. Add MS 23721

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ORIGINAL letters of members of the family of Medici of Florence; 19 Sept. 1483-22 July, 1741. 1. Laure[n]tius de Medicis Mag[istr]is P[at]ribus hon[oratis] Officialibus Balie Rei P[ublic]e; Pisa, 19 Sept. 1483. Ital. f. 5. 2. Petrus [II.] d[e] Medicis [son and successor of the above] Petro d...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, Italian, and Latin
Date Range:
19 Sep 1483-22 Jul 1741
Extent:
1 item