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61. Add MS 8406

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RELAZIONI of Rome; 1648-1654. Italian. Copies. The MS. contains the relazioni of Rome during the papacy of Innocent X (1644-1655). The authors are the Venetian ambassadors Giovanni Giustinian (art. 1, ff. 2-110), and Alvise di Nicolò Contarini (art. 2, ff. 111-140), and the French ambassador Henri d'Estampes, Bailli de Valençay (art. 3, ff. 141-165v). The MS. also includes (art. 4, ff. 166-205v) a letter from Cardinal Pier Donato Cesi to the Prime Minister of Spain Don Luis Mendez de Haro y ...
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Bindings ITALIAN: Full vellum: late 17th cent. Innocent X; Pope: Relazioni of Rome: 1648-1654: Ital: Copies. includes: ff. 2-110 Giovanni Giustinian, Venetian Ambassador at Rome: Francesco da Molin; Doge of Venice: Relazione of Rome by Giovanni Giustinian: 1651: Ital: Copy. ff. 111-140 France...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English and Italian
Date Range:
1648-1654
Extent:
1 item

62. Add MS 8472

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GIROLAMO LUNADORO: Relazione of Rome; circa 1611. Italian. Copy. Relazione of the Papal Court written by the nobleman Girolamo Lunadoro of Siena, allegedly for a Cardinal de' Medici, possibly Carlo (elected cardinal in 1615). Other 17th-cent. copies, with some textual differences, in Add. 8356 (dated 1623: art. 3, ff. 9-49v), 8471, 18660 (ff. 85-136), Arundel 21 (dated 11 Jan. 1611), Egerton 2210 (ff. 112-163), and Royal 14.A.xx (art. 6, ff. 546-622v); a shorter version in Harley 754 (ff. 2-...
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Bindings ITALIAN: Full vellum: 17th cent. Carlo de' Medici, Cardinal 1615: Relazione of Rome by G. Lunadoro, offered to (?): circa 1611: Ital: Copy. Rome; Court of; and Popes, Bishops of. General: Girolamo Lunadoro, of Siena; Cavaliere: Relazione of Rome by Girolamo Lunadoro: circa 1611: Ital:...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English and Italian
Date Range:
c 1611
Extent:
1 item

63. 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

64. Add MS 8669

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ACCOUNTS OF THE REVOLT OF NAPLES IN 1647; late 17th cent. Italian. Copies. A collection of papers relating to the revolt of Naples between 9 and 30 July 1647. The addressee is most probably the Spanish government. Title (f. 1) 'Lettere de Avvisi, et altre scritture continente la solevatione de Napoli, che seguì li 7 Luglio 1647'. Inc. (f. 2) 'Napoli 9 Luglio 1647 / La perniciosa revolutione di poveri gabella sopra i frutti di questa Città', expl. (f. 10) 'Napoli 30 Luglio 1647 ... del debito...
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Chronicles: Philip III of Naples and Sicily: Accounts of the revolt of Naples 1647: 17th cent.: Ital: Copy.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English and Italian
Date Range:
Late 17th century
Extent:
1 item

65. Add MS 8716

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FARNESE CORRESPONDENCE RELATING TO FRANCE AND PORTUGAL; 1539-1540, 1560-1564. Italian. Copies, partly in cipher. Correspondence of Cardinal Alessandro Farnese (1520-1589), nephew of Pope Paul III Farnese (1534-1549), relating to France and Portugal. Arts. 1-4 contain dispatches relating to Cardinal Farnese's legation as legatus a latere to France (24 Nov. 1539-5 June 1540), and the state of affairs between the Holy See, Emperor Charles V and Francis I of France . The authors of the dispatche...
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Bindings ITALIAN: Full vellum: late 16th cent. Alessandro Farnese, Cardinal: Correspondence rel. to France and Portugal: 1539-1540, 1560-1564: Ital: Copies. includes: ff. 1v-282 Paul III; Pope: Correspondence of Card. A. Farnese rel. to France: 1539-1540: Ital: Copies. ff. 1v-282 Francis I of...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English and Italian
Date Range:
1539-1564
Extent:
1 item

66. Add MS 8717

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FARNESE CORRESPONDENCE RELATING TO FRANCE; 1539-1540. Italian. Copies. Correspondence of Cardinal Alessandro Farnese (1520-1589), nephew of Pope Paul III Farnese (1534-1549), containing dispatches relating to his legation as legatus a latere to France (24 Nov. 1539-5 June 1540), and to the state of affairs between the Holy See, Emperor Charles V and Francis I of France. The authors are Cardinals Farnese, Marcello Cervini, legate a latere to the emperor (12 May-15 Oct. 1540), Guido Ascanio Sf...
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Bindings ITALIAN: Full vellum: 16th cent. Francis I of France: Charles V; Emperor of Germany: Correspondence of Card. A. Farnese rel. to: 1539-1540: Ital: Copies. Paul III; Pope: Correspondence of Card. A. Farnese rel. to France: 1539-1540: Ital: Copies. Alessandro Farnese, Cardinal: Correspo...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English and Italian
Date Range:
1539-1540
Extent:
1 item

67. Add MS 8734

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GUIDI DEL BAGNO LETTER-BOOKS. VOL. I: Dispatches from Cardinal Panciroli; 17 Sept. 1644 - 28 Dec. 1648. Italian, Latin and Spanish. Imperfect. Inc. (f. 1) 'A Monsignor de Bagni Nuntio in Francia / S'inviano a Vostra Signoria in questo dispaccio due Lettere ... Roma li 17 settembre 1644. Dal Sign...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, French, Italian, Latin, and Spanish
Date Range:
17 Sep 1644-28 Dec 1648
Extent:
1 item

68. Add MS 8735

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GUIDI DEL BAGNO LETTER-BOOKS. VOL. II: Dispatches from Cardinals Panciroli, Astalli-Pamphili, Chigi and Rospigliosi; 4 Jan. 1649 -1656. Italian, Latin and French. Inc. (f. 1) 'A Monsignor de Bagni Nuntio in Francia / Del Signor Cardinale Panzirolo. Li 4 Gennaro 1649. / Alla doglianza, che ha fat...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, French, Italian, Latin, and Spanish
Date Range:
4 Jan 1649-1656
Extent:
1 item

69. Add MS 8746-8750

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MAZARIN LETTER-BOOKS: Letters of Cardinal Giulio Mazarin and his secretary Giuseppe Zongo Ondedei; 1647-1651. Italian, Spanish, Latin and French. Copies, partly 18th cent. The letters are mainly addressed to Italian cardinals, princes and captains. Recipients include Cardinals Girolamo Grimaldi, Antonio Barberini, Rinaldo d'Este, Virginio Orsini, Giulio Sacchetti, Alderano Cibo, Ascanio Filomarino, Archbishop of Naples, and Mazarin's own brother Michele Mazzarino, Archbishop of Aix and Cardi...
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Giuseppe Zongo Ondedei, Secretary to Card. Mazarin: Letters: 1647-1651: Ital: Copies. Giulio Mazarin, Cardinal 1641: Letter-Books of: 1647-1651: Ital., Span., Lat., and Fr: Copies.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, French, Italian, Latin, and Spanish
Date Range:
1647-1651
Extent:
5 items

70. Add MS 8789

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F. M. [FILIPPO MATTEI ?]: Demonstrations of plane Geometry based on works by Vito Caravelli; 1787. Italian. Autograph. The MS. contains sixteen problems of plane geometry, elaborated from works by the Neapolitan abbot and mathematician Vito Caravelli (1724-1800). Caravelli's works on mathematics were published in Naples in 1759 and 1769, each edition including a volume entitled Geometria Piana; cf. Biografia degli uomini illustri del Regno di Napoli, ed. by D. Martuscelli, t. 9 (Naples, 1822...
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Bindings ITALIAN: Roman quarter binding of red leather and decorated paper covers over pasteboards: 1787. Mathematics: Demonstrations of Plane Geometry by F. M.: 1787: Ital. Vito Caravelli, Neapolitan Abbot and mathematician: Demonstrations of Plane Geometry by F. M. based on: 1787: Ital. F[i...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English and Italian
Date Range:
1787
Extent:
1 item