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Reference (shelfmark):: Add MS 8482
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Scope & Content:: Volume i. Inc. (f. 1) 'Ristretto. Le controversie già da gran tempo', expl. (f. 601v) 'Signé L' EVÊQUE D' ANGELOPOLIS D' Angelopolis le 8 janvier 1649'. The MS includes: - (a) ff. 51-52, Decretum Sacrae Congregationis Generalis De Propaganda Fide habitae die XXVII Augusti 1781. Datum Romae ex ae...
Collection Area:: Western Manuscripts
Languages:: Arabic, English, French, Italian, and Latin
Date Range:: c 1759-1789
Extent:: 1 item

Reference (shelfmark):: Add MS 8482-8483
Title:: PAPERS relating to ecclesiastical affairs of the Papacy (Holy Congregation of the Propaganda Fide) in Egypt, Albania, Arcipelago Tine, Morea, Dalmatia, Brazil, Armenia, India, Ireland, England, China, Antioch, Damascus; 1649, circa 1759-1789
Scope & Content:: Italian, Latin, French and Arabic. Archival copies. Partly printed. A collection of papers, mostly ristretti di ponenze (i.e. abstracts of formal proposals) submitted by cardinals to the Holy Congregation of the Propaganda Fide concerning religious and local matters. Most ponenze endorsed with n...
Collection Area:: Western Manuscripts
Languages:: Arabic, English, French, Italian, and Latin
Date Range:: c 1759-1789
Extent:: 2 items

Reference (shelfmark):: Add MS 8483
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Scope & Content:: Volume ii. Title (f.1) 'Alla Sagra Congregazione de Propaganda Fide Per il Religioso Padre Giovanni Domenico da Livigliani'. The MS includes: - (a) ff. 313-340, Alla Sac. Congregazione di Propaganda Fide Ponente L' Eminentissimo, e Reverendissimo Signor cardinale Antonelli Prefetto Per Monsignor...
Collection Area:: Western Manuscripts
Languages:: Arabic, English, French, Italian, and Latin
Date Range:: c 1759-1789
Extent:: 1 item

Reference (shelfmark):: Add MS 8485
Title:: 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...
Scope & Content:: 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

Reference (shelfmark):: Add MS 8488
Title:: 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...
Scope & Content:: 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

Reference (shelfmark):: Add MS 8489
Title:: 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...
Scope & Content:: 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

Reference (shelfmark):: Add MS 8490-8500*
Title:: COLLECTION OF EPITAPHS AND INSCRIPTIONS in the Churches and Cemeteries of Rome; 1657-1658
Scope & Content:: 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

Reference (shelfmark):: Add MS 8495
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Scope & Content:: 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

Reference (shelfmark):: Add MS 8500*
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Scope & Content:: 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

Reference (shelfmark):: Add MS 8501
Title:: 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...
Scope & Content:: 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

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