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351. Add MS 8485

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GIACINTO GIGLI: Chronology of Roman kings and consuls and concise chronicle of Rome to 1580; 17th cent. Italian. Copy, early 18th cent. Gigli (1594-1671) is better known for his diary of contemporary Rome (1608-1670), published as Diario romano, 1608-1670 by G. Ricciotti (Rome, 1958) and as Diario di Roma by M. Barberito (two vols. Rome, 1994). For Gigli and his works (but with no mention of the present text) see also DBI, 54 (2000), pp. 673-674. The text is divided into two parts. In the fi...
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Bindings ENGLISH: Quarter binding of red leather with gilt-tooled spine and marbled paper covers: early 19th cent. Bookplates and Book-stamps: Frederick North, later 5th Earl of Guilford (L/20/D): bef. 1817. Chronology: Ancient and Modern. City of Rome: Genealogies: Chronicles: Giacinto Gigli,...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English and Italian
Date Range:
17th century
Extent:
1 item

352. Add MS 8488

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PAPAL CHIROGRAPHS granted to the Governors of Rome; 1514-1771. Latin and Italian. Copies. The MS. also includes some 18th-cent correspondence between the Secretary of State and the Governors of Rome, mainly correspondence (ff. 225v-259v) of Monsignor Antonio Casali, Governor of Rome (1766-1774), with Cardinal Lazzaro Opizio Pallavicini, Secretary of State, and others. Title (f. 1) 'Chirografi concessi da sommi Pontefici ai Governatori di Roma pro tempore / 1766'. Inc. 'Constitutio Pape Leoni...
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Bindings ITALIAN: Full vellum: late 18th cent. Rome; Court of; and Popes, Bishops of. General: Papal Chirographs granted to the Governors of Rome: 1514-1771: Lat. and Ital: Copies. includes: ff. 225v-259v Antonio Casali, Governor of Rome; Cardinal 1773: Correspondence with the Secretary of St...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, Italian, and Latin
Date Range:
1514-1771
Extent:
1 item

353. Add MS 8489

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NOTES on antiquities and paintings, libraries and art collections in Rome; circa 1696 (see Memoria at ff. 147-147v). Italian. The MS. includes: - (a) ff. 5-6v, a list of painting in Roman Churches; - (b) f. 32, list of works of art, MS. and book holdings in the Library of San Pietro (now Vatican Library), mentioning among other things the library of the Dukes of Urbino and MSS. from Martin Luther; - (c) ff. 33-50v, brief descriptions of other Italian towns; - (d) ff. 51-60v, description of p...
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Bindings ITALIAN: Full vellum: late 17th- early 18th cent. Antiquities: Art. Miscellaneous: Ancient and Modern. City of Rome: Notes on antiquities, paintings, libraries and art collections in Rome: circa 1696: Ital. includes: f. 32 Catalogues of Libraries, etc: Rome; Vatican Library: Summary ...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English and Italian
Date Range:
c 1696
Extent:
1 item

354. Add MS 8490-8500*

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COLLECTION OF EPITAPHS AND INSCRIPTIONS in the Churches and Cemeteries of Rome; 1657-1658
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8500* Italian and Latin. Partly imperfect. The collection is divided into 17 books distributed in 11 volumes (Add. 8490-8500), plus Add. 8500*, a modern table of contents of the original volumes in typescript, put together by the British Library (incorrect for book xiv: Add. 8497, ff. 293-327v)....
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, Italian, and Latin
Date Range:
1657-1658
Extent:
12 items

355. Add MS 8495

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Collection of Epitaphs and Inscriptions. Book. x; n.d. Imperfect, partly printed. Title (f. i) 'Libro Xo'. Inc. (f. 2) 'La Chiesa di San Marcello posta al Corso'. Table of contents (f. 1), with missing parts crossed out. Later note (ff. 160-160v) in the same hand as the ownership note (f. 1) of ...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Italian
Date Range:
1657-1658
Extent:
1 item

356. Add MS 8500*

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Collection of Epitaphs and Inscriptions: Table of contents; 20th cent. Paper; ff. 10. Typescript. Bindings ITALIAN: Full vellum, restored: 1657-1658. Ancient and Modern. City of Rome: Inscriptions: Gaspare Alveri, of Rome; Antiquarian and Geographer: Giorgio Ridolfo Ebmer, scribe: Collection...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, Italian, and Latin
Date Range:
1657-1658
Extent:
1 item

357. Add MS 8501

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COLLECTION of epitaphs in the Capitol and churches of Rome; 17th cent. Italian and Latin. Inc. (f. 2) 'Corpo di San Bartolomeo Apostolo', expl. (f. 405) 'S. Pauli Apostoli ... mirabiliter eruperunt'. Mostly one epitaph per leaf. Contemporary table of contents (f. 1). Old shelfmark in brown ink 'no. 1682' in upper left corner of front pastedown. Owned by Frederick North, 5th Earl of Guilford, but lacking his armorial bookplate. '598' in pencil in front pastedown. Purchased from R. H. Evans, t...
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Bindings ITALIAN: Full vellum: 17th cent. Epitaphs: Ancient and Modern. City of Rome: Collection of Roman epitaphs: 17th cent.: Ital. and Lat.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, Italian, and Latin
Date Range:
17th century
Extent:
1 item

358. Add MS 8502

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DESCRIPTION of the Chapel of St. Charles in St. Mary in Vallicella at Rome; 1679. Italian. Copy. Anonymous description of the Chapel of St. Charles Borromeo in the Roman church of St. Mary in Vallicella (also known as the Chiesa Nuova). The description was offered to Cardinal César d'Estrées, Bishop of Laon, in 1679, and the present MS. was possibly the presentation copy. The Chapel of St. Charles Borromeo was built for Marquis Orazio Spada between 1663 and 1679 by the Roman architects Camil...
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Bindings ENGLISH: Guilford binding: bef. 1828. Architecture: Ancient and Modern. City of Rome: Saint Carlo Borromeo,; Archbishop of Milan; Cardinal 1560: Description of the Chapel of St. Charles in St. Mary in Vallicella (Rome): 1679: Ital: Copy. César d' Estrées, Bishop of Laon; Cardinal 1672...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English and Italian
Date Range:
1679
Extent:
1 item

359. Add MS 8503

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COLLECTION OF TEXTS relating to the Trevi Fountain in Rome; circa 1732-1768. Italian. Copies and drafts. The texts relate to the Trevi Fountain, one of the most famous baroque monuments in Rome, commissioned in 1732 by Pope Clement XII (1730-1740), designed by the Roman architect Niccolò Salvi (1697-1751). After Salvi's death the fountain was completed by Giuseppe Pannini, and inaugurated in 1761. The collection was put together by an admirer of Salvi's work (using the pseudonym of 'Filarete...
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Bindings ENGLISH: Guilford binding: bef. 1828. Architecture: Ancient and Modern. City of Rome: 'Filarete', Pseudonym: Collection rel. to the Trevi Fountain and N. Salvi put together by `Filarete': circa 1732-1768: Ital: Copies and drafts. includes: ff. 2-3 Berardo Galliani, Marquis: Letter to...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English and Italian
Date Range:
c 1732-1768
Extent:
1 item

360. Add MS 8504

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NICOLA DELLA TUCCIA, Chronicle of Viterbo for the years 1169-1473; 17th cent. Italian. Copy. The MS. contains the chronicle of Viterbo written between 1417-1473 by the local historian Nicola Della Tuccia (1400 - circa 1473). Nicola divided his historical work into two parts: the first part of his chronicle relates only to local events from the foundation of the town to the year 1476 (the events relating to the years 1474-1476 were added by another hand in the original MS.); the second part l...
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Bindings ENGLISH: Quarter binding of red leather with gilt-tooled spine and marbled paper covers: early 19th cent. Bookplates and Book-stamps: Frederick North, later 5th Earl of Guilford (L/19/A): bef. 1817. Chronicles: Chronicle of Viterbo to 1473 by Nicola Della Tuccia: circa 1417-1473: Ital...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English and Italian
Date Range:
17th century
Extent:
1 item

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