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Reference (shelfmark):: Harley MS 3453
Title:: Memorie de l’Anno Santo MDCLXXV
Scope & Content:: Manuscript diary of the Jubilee Year of 1675 presided over by Pope Clemens X, in Italian, written by Abbott Ruggiero Caetano of Rome. Presentation volume dedicated to James II, King of Great Britain, bound. Contents: f. 1: Title page inscribed within an engraved border and decorated with the ar...
Collection Area:: Western Manuscripts
Languages:: Italian
Date Range:: 1675-1688
Extent:: 1 volume

Reference (shelfmark):: Harley MS 3459
Title:: Dante Alighieri, Commedia; the canzone 'Guai a chi nel tormento' attributed to Dante
Scope & Content:: Contents: ff. 2r-138r: Dante Alighieri, Commedia, with a commentary subjoined to each canto, the metrical prologue by Jacopo Alighieri and arguments in verse and prose for the three canticles. ff. 138r-138v: A canzone attributed to Dante, beginning: 'Guai a chi nel tormento / sua non puo spand...
Collection Area:: Western Manuscripts
Languages:: Italian
Date Range:: 4th quarter of the 15th century
Extent:: 1 volume

Reference (shelfmark):: Harley MS 3460
Title:: Dante Alighieri, Commedia; Pseudo-Dante, Credo di Dante
Scope & Content:: This manuscript containing Dante's Commedia was written by Martin de Bonsegnoribus in Milan in 1469. It contains several drawings of scenes from the poem. Contents: ff. 5r-86r: Dante Alighieri, Commedia, preceded by the verse capitoli by Bosone da Gubbio (ff. 2r-3r) and Jacopo Alighieri (ff. 3...
Collection Area:: Western Manuscripts
Languages:: Italian
Date Range:: 1469
Extent:: 1 volume

Reference (shelfmark):: Harley MS 3461
Title:: A universal chronicle; artist's sketches; Gregorio Dati, La Sfera
Scope & Content:: Contents: ff. 1r-92v: A universal chronicle from the creation of Adam to 1440 (beginning 'Idio fecie Adamo nel festo di della creatione deluniverso'), unfinished and breaking off abruptly at the end; some added entries including one dated 1478. f. 2*: Added inserted slip containing calculati...
Collection Area:: Western Manuscripts
Languages:: Italian
Date Range:: 1440-1478
Extent:: 1 volume

Reference (shelfmark):: Harley MS 3462
Title:: Letters and historical texts
Scope & Content:: Contents: ff. 1r-245r: Letters and historical texts in Latin and Italian; for an item description see A Catalogue of the Harleian Manuscripts in the British Museum, III (1808), pp. 28-29.
Collection Area:: Western Manuscripts
Languages:: Italian and Latin
Date Range:: 1506-1515
Extent:: 1 volume

Reference (shelfmark):: Harley MS 3463
Title:: A collection of Italian historical texts
Scope & Content:: Manuscript volume of Italian historical texts. Contents: ff. 1-16: ‘Instruzione a V.S. Monsignori Arcivescovo di Patras, Nuntio ord. di N. Sre. in Fiandra’. Inscribed at the end ‘In Roma il primo di Maggio 1621’. ff. 18-39: ‘Instruzione a Monsignori Lancellotti Vescovo di Nola destinato da N.S....
Collection Area:: Western Manuscripts
Languages:: Italian
Date Range:: c 1587-c 1628
Extent:: 1 volume

Reference (shelfmark):: Harley MS 3467
Title:: The Statutes of the Università di Por San Piero
Scope & Content:: This manuscript contains the Statutes of one of the four 'universities' (minor guilds) of Florence known as the Università di Por San Piero (University of St. Peter's Gate). Contents: ff. 1r-41v: The Statutes of the Università di Por San Piero, preceded by a title page ('MDLXXIX STATVTI, ORDIN...
Collection Area:: Western Manuscripts
Languages:: Italian
Date Range:: 1579
Extent:: 1 volume

Reference (shelfmark):: Harley MS 3472
Title:: Arms of the noble families of Florence
Scope & Content:: Folio manuscript volume titled 'Il Feciale de Tutta la Nobilità Fiorentina'. Two shields are drawn and coloured on each folio, with the family name written above.
Collection Area:: Western Manuscripts
Languages:: Italian
Date Range:: 17th century-Early 18th century
Extent:: 1 volume

Reference (shelfmark):: Harley MS 3473
Title:: Notice to the Spanish ambassador in Rome relating to a papal election; instructions from the Duke of Bracciano for Lodovico Orsino; Michele Suriano, description of England
Scope & Content:: Contents: ff. 1r-11v: Notice to the Spanish ambassador in Rome relating to a papal election, entitled: 'Laviso all' Ambasciatore di Spagna in Roma del tempo di Paola V. come haverà da servire à S. M. Cat[holica] sede Vacante per L'Electione d'un Papa a suo gusto'. ff. 12r-23v: Instructions fr...
Collection Area:: Western Manuscripts
Languages:: Italian
Date Range:: 2nd half of the 16th century
Extent:: 1 volume

Reference (shelfmark):: Harley MS 3478
Title:: Dante Alighieri, Canzone; Francesco Petrarca, Trionfi
Scope & Content:: Contents: ff. 1r-144r: Dante Alighieri, Canzone. ff. 144r-164r: Francesco Petrarca, Trionfi. Decoration: 1 initial in gold and colours with foliate decoration (f. 1r). 3 large blue initials with red penwork decoration (f. 26r, 104v, 137r). Numerous alternating initials in red or blue at the ...
Collection Area:: Western Manuscripts
Languages:: Italian
Date Range:: 1424
Extent:: 1 volume

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