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1. Add MS 4159

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State papers of John Thurloe, Secretary of State, 1652-1660, with other state papers, c. 1578-1629 and 1661-1692.
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Many of the documents here formed part of the original collection of John Thurloe (d. 1668), Secretary to the Council of State and subsequently to the two Cromwells, Lord Protectors. They illuminate both the domestic and international politics of the period, as also the scope of Thurloe's intell...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Cipher, Dutch, English, French, German, Italian, and Latin
Date Range:
1578-1700
Extent:
1 volume

2. Add MS 4364

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Vol. I (ff. 170). (1) Instructions to George Downing, Extraordinary Ambassador to Geneva, Basle, etc., John Pell, Resident with the Evangelical Cantons of Switzerland, and Samuel Morland, Envoy to the Duke of Savoy; 28 July 1655. Draft, partly in Secretary Thurloe's hand. ff. 1-6b. (2) Instr...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, French, German, Italian, and Latin
Date Range:
1653-1661
Extent:
1 item

3. Add MS 4365

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Vol. II (ff. 399). (1) Johann Heinrich Rahn to J. Pell; Kyburg, near Zurich, 3 March 1658. Latin. ff. 5-6b. (2) John Pell to Theodore Hank, on scientific subjects; 1663, 1664. ff. 13-17b. (3) Ezerel Tonge, D.D., to J. Pell; 8 Oct. 1662. ff. 23-24. (4) John Aubrey, F.R.S., to J. Pell; cir...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, French, German, Italian, and Latin
Date Range:
1654-1714
Extent:
1 item

4. Add MS 8273

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COLLECTION of relazioni, tracts, treaties, and papal instructions relating to Venice, France, the Empire, Switzerland, Spain, the Papacy, the Council of Trent, Parma and Constantinople; circa 1416-1564. Italian and Latin. Copies, 17th cent. Imperfect. The MS includes: - (a) relazione of France by Marino Giustinian, [1535] (ff. 2-59v): another copy in Add. 8262 (art. b, ff. 82-102v), published by Albèri, s. i, vol. i (Florence, 1839), pp. 145-196; - (b) relazione of Germany by Marino Cavalli,...
Scope & Content:
Bookplates and Book-stamps: Colonna Library: 18th cent. includes: ff. 2-59v Francis I of France: Andrea Gritti; Doge of Venice: Marino Giustinian, Venetian Ambassador: Relazione of France by Marino Giustinian: [1535]: Ital: Copy. ff. 60-99v Marino Cavalli, Venetian ambassador to Germany and at...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Italian and Latin
Date Range:
17th century
Extent:
1 item

5. 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...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Italian and Latin
Date Range:
17th century
Extent:
1 item

6. Add MS 8298

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MISCELLANEOUS COLLECTION of historic chronicles, relazioni, papal instructions, letters and discourse relating to the Hanseatic League, Monferrato, Great Britain, Rome, Mantua, Spain, India, Florence, Bohemia, Lucca, Modena, Switzerland, Poland, Prussia, and Portugal; 1391, and circa 1558-1626. Italian, Latin, and Spanish. Copies, 17th cent. The MS. also includes (art. 18, ff. 135-200) a memorial on the reform of the Company of Jesus by the Spanish Father Juan Mariana (1536-1624), circa 1605...
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Bindings ITALIAN: Full vellum: late 17th cent. includes: ff. 2-20 Hanseatic League: Anonymous history and relazione of the: early 17th cent.: Ital: Copies. ff. 25-27 James I of England: Abridged life of: circa 1601: Ital: Copy. ff. 28-36 Richard II of England: Boniface IX; Pope: Bull of Bonifa...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, Italian, Latin, and Spanish
Date Range:
17th century
Extent:
1 item

7. Add MS 8301

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MISCELLANEOUS COLLECTION of papal instructions, relazioni, and letters relating to Rome, France, Venice, the Netherlands, Switzerland, the German Empire, Persia and Turkey; circa 1507-1619. Italian. Copies, 17th cent. Table of contents (f. 1), added later. Old signatures 'Tom. XLIX' in pencil in upper right corner of f. i, and '493' in ink in fifth spine compartment: identifiable with Mattei MS. 493 (vol. 49 of 'Memorie diverse') in Guilford's catalogue Add. 8220, f. 23v. Owned by Frederick ...
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Bindings ITALIAN: Full vellum: late 17th cent. includes: ff. 2-17v Alexander de' Medici, Cardinal of Florence: Clement VIII; Pope: Henry IV of France: Instructions to Alexander de' Medici from Clement VIII , rel. to France: 1596: Ital: Copy. ff. 18-21 Netherlands, General: Venice: Heads of agr...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English and Italian
Date Range:
17th century
Extent:
1 item

8. Add MS 8302

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MISCELLANEOUS COLLECTION of relazioni, discourses, tracts, and letters mainly relating to the Council of Trent and the wars of religion in France; circa 1560-1570. Italian and Spanish. Copies. The MS. also includes: - (a) relazione (art. 1) of Switzerland, 1560; - (b) relazione (art. 2) of Rome, before 1562; - (c) relazione (art. 15) of France, 1561; - (d) dispatches (art. 17) from France of the papal nuncio Prospero Publicola Santacroce, 1562-1563; - (e) relation (art. 18) of the death of F...
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Bindings ITALIAN: Full vellum: late 17th cent. Council of Trent: Letters and tracts rel. to: 1560-1563: Ital: Copies. Philip II of Spain: France General: Pius IV; Pope: Emanuel Philibert; Duke of Savoy: Charles IX of France; Catherine de Medici: Diplomatic letters rel. to: 1560: Span. and Ital...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, Italian, Latin, and Spanish
Date Range:
c 1560-1570
Extent:
1 item

9. Add MS 8305

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MISCELLANEOUS COLLECTION of tracts, relazioni, discourses, and letters relating to Switzerland, Rome, Florence, the Valtelline, Spain, France, the Council of Trent, Venice, Padua, and some moral and religious issues; circa 1562-1621. Italian. Copies. Including (art. 7, ff. 75-85) an anonymous commentary on the first book of the Historiae by Publius Cornelius Tacitus. Table of contents (f. 1), added later. Old signatures 'Tom. LI' in pencil in upper right corner of f. i, and '495.' in ink in ...
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Bindings ITALIAN: Full vellum: late 17th cent. Political Tracts: Political and historical tracts: circa 1563-1621: Ital: Copies. includes: ff. 2-5 Switzerland: Relazione of: circa 1562-1564: Ital: Copy. ff. 6-10 Pius V; Pope: Discourse rel. to papal authority: circa 1569: Ital: Copy. ff. 11-2...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English and Italian
Date Range:
c 1562-1621
Extent:
1 item

10. Add MS 8481

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PAPERS relating to ecclesiastical affairs of the Papacy in the Grisons (Rhaetia), Piedmont, Flanders, Denmark, and territories of the Holy Roman Empire; circa 1750-1770. Italian and Latin. Archival copies and an anonymous draft (ff. 126-127v). A collection of papers, mostly ristretti di ponenze (i.e. abstracts of formal proposals) relating to religious matters in the related territories and submitted by cardinals to the Holy Congregation of the Propaganda Fide. The author of the ponenze are ...
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Bindings ITALIAN: Full vellum: late 18th cent. Church History: Church of Rome; Council of the Holy Congregation of the Propaganda Fide: Papers rel. to ecclesiastical affairs of the Papacy in the Grisons, Piedmont, Denmark, the Holy Roman Empire and the Flanders: circa 1750-1770: Ital. and Lat: ...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, Italian, and Latin
Date Range:
c 1750-1770
Extent:
1 item