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821. Add MS 8579-8581

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Add MS 8579-8581
Title:
Chronicle of Venice from its origins to 1612; 1st half of 17th cent. Italian and Latin. This anonymous chronicle gives an account of Venetian history from the mythical foundation of Venice by Antenor of Troy to the election of doge Marc'Antonio Memmo in 1612. The Italian language used has a strong Venetian emphasis. The chronicle is preceded (vol. i, ff. 1-34) by an alphabetical table of the most important topics. The MS. is briefly described by C. Foligno, ‘Codici di materia veneta nelle bi...
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Venice: Chronicles: Chronicle of Venice to 1612: 1st half 17th cent.: Ital. and Lat.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, Italian, and Latin
Date Range:
1st half of 17th century
Extent:
3 items

822. Add MS 8582

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Add MS 8582
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Chronicle of Venice from its origins to 1615; 17th cent. Italian and Latin. The MS. contains another copy of the anonymous chronicle in Italian with strong Venetian emphasis found in Add. 8579-8581. The chronicle begins at the mythical foundation of Venice by Antenor of Troy and ends with the dogado of Marc'Antonio Memmo. The present MS. adds a short note (f. 276) regarding the wedding of the Emperor Rudolph of Austria in 1614 and the installation of nuns in a monastery previously occupied b...
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Bindings: Quarter binding in red morocco with gilt-tooled spine and marble paper covers: 18th cent. Bookplates and Book-stamps: Frederick North, later 5th Earl of Guilford, (L/19/D): bef. 1817. Venice: Chronicles: Chronicle of Venice to 1615: 17th cent.: Ital. and Lat.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, Italian, and Latin
Date Range:
17th century
Extent:
1 item

823. Add MS 8586

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Historical Miscellany relating to Venice; 17th cent. Italian and Latin. Copies, partly printed. The MS. contains a detailed chronicle of the war between Venice and the Turks in 1478-1482, and the history of the Council of Ten, or Storia del Consiglio dei Dieci, compiled by Giovanni Antonio Venier in 1628-1629 (see G. Cozzi, Il Doge Nicolò Contarini (Venice-Rome, 1958; Civiltà Veneziana; Studi, 4), pp. 7 n., 230 n.) The MS. is listed in Palma di Cesnola, nos. 325 and 414, pp. 23, 31, and desc...
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Bindings: Vellum on pasteboards: 18th cent. Bookplates and Book-stamps: 5th Earl of Guilford (L/17/C): bef. 1828. includes: ff. 2-367 Baiazet II; Sultan of Turkey: Venice: Giovanni Mocenigo; Doge of Venice: Mehmet II; Sultan of Turkey: War between Venice and the Turks in the years 1478-1482: ...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, Italian, and Latin
Date Range:
17th century
Extent:
1 item

824. Add MS 8588

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Papers and tracts relating to the League between Venice, Pius V, and Philip II of Spain against the Turks in 1571; late 16th-early 17th cent. Italian and Latin. Copies. Another collection relating to the league in Add. 8314. Table of contents by a later hand on f. 1v. The MS. is described by C. Foligno, ‘Codici di materia veneta nelle biblioteche inglesi’, in Nuovo Archivio Veneto, n.s., 6, xi (1906), pt. ii, no. xci, pp. 181-182. Old shelfmark 'XI' in pencil and stamp 'biblioth / h.f. / J77...
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includes: f. 1 Bookplates and Book-stamps: 'BIBLIOTH / H.F. / J770': 1700. ff. 2-122 Treaties: Philip II of Spain: Pius V; Pope: Venice: Papers and tracts rel. to the League between Venice, Pope Pius V, Philip II of Spain against the Turks: 1570-1573: Ital: Copies. ff. 2-5v Gabriele Salvago: Re...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, Italian, and Latin
Date Range:
Late 16th century-Early 17th century
Extent:
1 item

825. Add MS 8591

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Relazioni and papers relating to Venice, Cyprus, and Spain; 2nd half of 16th cent.-early 18th cent. Italian. Copies. The MS. is described by C. Foligno, ‘Codici di materia veneta nelle biblioteche inglesi’, in Nuovo Archivio Veneto, n.s., 6, xii (1906), pt. i, no. cvi, pp. 192-193, and listed in Iter Italicum, IV (1989), p. 68b. Armorial bookplate of 5th Earl of Guilford, with shelfmark L/19/B (front pastedown). '336' in pencil in upper left corner of front pastedown. Purchased, together wit...
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Bookplates and Book-stamps: 5th Earl of Guilford (L/19/B): bef. 1828. includes: ff. 1-76v Venice: Benedetto Moro, Venetian officer: Relazione of Venetian mainland by Benedetto Moro: 1607: Ital: Copy. ff. 77-102 Francis I; Grand Duke of Tuscany: Francesco Marcaldi, of Venice: Relazione of Cypru...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, Italian, and Latin
Date Range:
2nd half of the 16th century-Early 18th century
Extent:
1 item

826. Add MS 8592

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Varese Letter-Book: Letters of Cardinals Barbarigo, Casanate, and others, mostly addressed to Pompeo Varese, titular Archbishop of Adrianople (Edirne) and Papal nuncio to Venice 1671-1675, together with related papers; 1666-1675. Italian and Latin. Partly autograph and printed. The letters and papers mainly relate to religious and ecclesiastical matters. Correspondents are fully indexed. They include Cardinals Gregorio Barbarigo, Girolamo Casanate, Ottavio Falconieri, Sigismondo Chigi, Feder...
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Pompeo Varese, titular Archbishop of Adrianople (Edirne); Papal nuncio to Venice 1671: Letter-Book: 1671-1675: Ital. Bindings: Vellum on pasteboards: late 17th cent. includes: ff. 1-46, 75-97 Gregorio Barbarigo, Cardinal; Bishop of Padua 1664: Letters from Gregorio Barbarigo: 1671-1675: Ital:...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, Italian, and Latin
Date Range:
1666-1675
Extent:
1 item

827. Add MS 8597

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Statutes of Adria; 16th-17th cent. Latin and Italian. Mostly copies. Statutes of the town of Adria issued by Leonello d'Este, Marquess of Ferrara (1441-1450), in 1442 (ff. 15-80). These statutes are followed by: (a) later edicts of Leonello and his successors Borso and Ercole I, dated 1446-1480 (ff. 80-91), including one edict of Eleanor of Aragon, wife of Ercole I, dated 1478 (ff. 90v-91); - (b) letters of privileges, additions and amendments to the statutes issued by the Venetian Republic,...
Scope & Content:
Law of Italy: Statutes, privileges etc., of Adria: 1442-1667: Ital. and Lat: Copies. Legal material: Statutes, privilegies, and edicts rel. to Adria: 1442-1667: Ital. and Lat: Copies. Bookplates and Book-stamps: 5th Earl of Guilford (L/18/A): bef. 1828. Bindings: Quarter morocco binding with ...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, Italian, and Latin
Date Range:
16th century-17th century
Extent:
1 item

828. Add MS 8601

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Rolandino of Padua: Chronicle of Ezzelino da Romano and the Marquisate of Treviso from 1194 to 1260; 1619. Latin. The chronicle covers the history of the Marquisate and the tyranny of Ezzelino da Romano, with particular focus on Padua, and was completed by Rolandino of Padua in 1262; inc. (f. 14v) 'Cronica facta Marchie', expl. (f. 293) 'intrante mense Aprilis'. Preceded by (f. 2) the prologue, inc. 'Cronica in factis et circa facta Marchie Tarvisine / Antiquorum sollempnis auctoritas', and ...
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Bookplates and Book-stamps: 5th Earl of Guilford (L/17/D): bef. 1828. Giacomo Zabarella, the younger; genealogist, of Padua: Chronicle of Ezzelino da Romano, 1194-1260, copied from MS owned by Giacomo Zabarella: 1619: Lat. Manuscripts, Dated: Chronicles: Padua, Italy: Rolandino, of Padua; chro...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English and Latin
Date Range:
1619
Extent:
1 item

829. Add MS 8602

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Add MS 8602
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History of Vicenza to 1200; 18th cent. Italian and Latin. Imperfect. This anonymous chronicle begins with the foundation of the town in 1710 B.C. and ends with a treaty of peace between Vicenza and Padua in 1200. The text is divided into ten books and includes copies of ancient inscriptions and documents. Inc. (f. 1) 'Libro primo / dell'Historia di Vicenza / Pare, che ciascuno per certo natural' istinto sia inclinato ad'amare la propria patria', expl. (f. 279) 'sperando per mezo di questa pa...
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Vicenza, Italy: Chronicles: Chronicle of Vicenza to the year 1200: 18th cent.: Ital. and Lat. Bookplates and Book-stamps: 5th Earl of Guilford (L/17/C): bef. 1828. includes: ff. 33v, 41v-65v, 72, 74, 73bis, 77v-80v Antiquities: Copies of inscriptions rel. to Vicenza: 18th cent.: Lat: Copies.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, Italian, and Latin
Date Range:
18th century
Extent:
1 item

830. Add MS 8606

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Simon Gliubavaz: Tract on the history of Dalmatia to 1387 and two letters; 1652, 1653. Italian and Latin. Copies, 18th cent. The tract is copied from an old MS. according to the note on f. 25: 'Avvertimento / Questo discorso di Simon Gliubavaz estratto da antico corroso manuscritto merita di essere esaminato nella parte che contiene'. The two letters are addressed to the historian Giovanni Lucio, author of De regno Dalmatiae et Croatiae libri sex published in Amsterdam in 1666. The MS. is de...
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includes: ff. 1-25 Dalmatia: Simon Gliubavaz, of Zadar; historian: Historical Tract on Dalmatia by Simon Gliubavaz: 1652: Ital. and Lat: Copy. ff. 26-50v Dalmatia: Simon Gliubavaz, of Zadar; historian: Giovanni Lucio, of Trau; historian: Two letters rel. to the history of Dalmatia to Giovanni L...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, Italian, and Latin
Date Range:
18th century
Extent:
1 item

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