1. Add MS 8418
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Add MS 8418
- Title:
- ACCOUNTS AND DIARIES OF CONCLAVES FROM MARCELLUS II TO INNOCENT IX, OMITTING PAUL IV; 1555-1591. Italian and Latin. Copies, woodcut portraits. Three full-page woodcut portraits (ff. 84v, 161v, 231v, of Sixtus V, Pius IV, and Gregory XIV) illustrate the accounts of the respective conclaves. The name 'Domenico Bianchi' is written in ink in top left corner of f. 350 (the first leaf of art. 12). Armorial bookplate of Frederick North, 5th Earl of Guilford, with shelfmark L/18/E (front pastedown)....
- Scope & Content:
- Bookplates and Book-stamps: 5th Earl of Guilford (L/18/E): bef. 1828. Bindings ENGLISH: Quarter vellum with decorated paper covers over pasteboard: 18th cent. includes: ff. 1-55 Pius V; Pope: Two accounts of conclave: 1566: Ital: Copies, 17th cent. ff. 56-79v Gregory XIII; Pope: Accounts of c...
- Collection Area:
- Western Manuscripts
- Languages:
- English, Italian, and Latin
- Date Range:
- 17th century
- Extent:
- 1 item