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71. Add MS 8806

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Add MS 8806
Title:
MICHELE LONIGO: Discourses of ecclesiastical etiquette; circa 1608-1644. Italian. Copy. Short tracts relating to problems of etiquette addressed to various cardinals and bishops by Michele Lonigo, deputy Prefect of the Vatican Library and Master of Ceremonies of the Papal Chapel at the time of Paul V, Gregory XV and Urban VIII. Among others the tracts are addressed to Louis de Nogaret d'Épernon, cardinal de La Valette (ff. 2-12v), cardinal Ascanio Colonna (ff. 13-18v), cardinal Girolamo Colo...
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Bindings ITALIAN: Full vellum: late 17th cent. Ceremonials: Rome; Court of; and Popes, Bishops of. General: Michele Lonigo, Deputy Prefect of the Vatican Library; Papal Master of Ceremonies: Ambassadors: Tracts rel. to ecclesiastical etiquette by Michele Lonigo: circa 1608-1644: Ital: Copies.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English and Italian
Date Range:
c 1608-1644
Extent:
1 item

72. Add MS 8812

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Add MS 8812
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COLLECTION OF ITALIAN VERSE AND PROSE; circa 1656. Italian. Copy. The collection includes two idylls in praise of Queen Christina of Sweden (arts. 1-2, ff. 1-27v) and two poems in octava rima in praise of Charles Emmanuel II, Duke of Savoy (art. 3, ff. 28-45). From the Mattei Library, MS. 27: old shelfmark '27' in ink in forth spine compartment; cf. Mattei catalogue in Add. 8220, f. 13. Owned by Frederick North, 5th Earl of Guilford, but lacking his armorial bookplate. '107' in pencil in top...
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Bindings ITALIAN: Full vellum: late 17th-cent. Poetry ITALIAN: Poetical collection: circa 1656: Ital: Copy. includes: ff. 1-27v Christina of Sweden: Two idylls by G. Alberici in praise of: 1656: Ital: Copy. ff. 1-27v Gianantonio Alberici, Prince of Vetrana; Marquis of Salice: Two idylls in pr...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English and Italian
Date Range:
c 1656
Extent:
1 item