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1. Add MS 8574

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Add MS 8574
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LORENZO DE' MONACIS: Chronicle of Venice from its origins to 1354; late 16th cent. Latin. The chronicle was compiled between 1420 and 1428 (see ff. 1, 157) by Lorenzo de' Monacis (ca. 1351-1428), chancellor of Crete from 1388 (see M. Poppi, 'Ricerche sulla vita e cultura del notaio e cronista veneziano Lorenzo de' Monacis, cancelliere cretese (ca. 1351-1428)', in Studi Veneziani, ix (1967), pp. 153-186). The chronicle, remained unfinished due to the death of the author, is divided into sixte...
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Island of Crete: Chronicle of Venice to 1354, partly rel. to Crete, by L. de' Monacis: late 16th cent.: Lat: Copy. Bindings ITALIAN: Brown morocco with gilt-tooled spine and decorated paper endleaves: 18th cent. Bookplates and Book-stamps: 5th Earl of Guilford (L/16/C): bef. 1828. Venice: Chr...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, Italian, and Latin
Date Range:
Late 16th century
Extent:
1 item

2. Add MS 8609

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Add MS 8609
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Relazioni, letters and papers relative to Dalmatia; late 17th-early 18th cent. Italian and Latin. Copies. The collection, which relates to 1670-1698, was compiled in preparation to new negotiations between Venice and the Turks, which concluded with the Treaty of Karlowitz in February 1699. 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. cxxx, p. 207, and pt. ii, no. cxxx, pp. 332-334, and ment...
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Bookplates and Book-stamps: 5th Earl of Guilford (L/21/A): bef. 1828. Dalmatia: Venice: Relazioni, papers and letters rel. to Dalmatia: 1670-1698: Ital. and Lat: Copies. includes: ff. 1-17v, 136-147v Pietro Valier, Venetian Provveditore Generale of Dalmatia: Relazioni of Dalmatia: 1686, 1698:...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, Italian, and Latin
Date Range:
1670-Early 18th century
Extent:
1 item

3. Add MS 8640

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A MISCELLANY OF RIME BY ANDREA CORNARO, GIOVANNI BATTISTA ZAPPI AND OTHERS; 1598, 1738. Italian. Armorial bookplate of 5th Earl of Guilford (front pastedown); his shelfmark 'L/20/D' at top left corner of bookplate. '175' in pencil in top left corner of f. ii verso. Purchased, together with Add. 8624, 8626, 8628, 8632, 8634, and 8639, from R. H. Evans, 8 Dec. 1830, lot 175 (part). Paper; ff. 50+iii. Volume composed from two distinct MSS. Art. 2: old pagination in ink 3-47 (ff. 27-49). 205 x ...
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Bindings: Full vellum on pasteboards: aft. 1738. Bookplates and Book-stamps: 5th Earl of Guilford (L/20/D): bef. 1828. Poetry ITALIAN: Poetical miscellany: 1598, 1738: Ital. includes: ff. 1-24v Greece: Island of Crete: Emblems, orazione and rime in praise of G. G. Zane by A. Corner and other...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, Italian, and Latin
Date Range:
1598-1738
Extent:
1 item

4. Add MS 41659

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Add MS 41659
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ORIGINAL COMMISSION, in Latin, from Pasqualis Maripetro (i.e. Pasquale Malipiero), Doge of Venice, to Leone Duodo as Governor (Duca) of Crete; 7 May 1459. The Greek colophon (so misaccented) is appended both to the table (f. 3 b) and to the text (f. 38 b) of the ordinances. Vellum; ff. i + 40. 10.1/8 in. x 7 in. A. D. 1459. Two gatherings, of 24 and I4 leaves, originally enclosed by a bifolium formning fly leaves. At f.38b is the scribal inscription: 'Dominicus Bellonus propria absoluit: mat...
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Pasquale Malipiero; Doge of Venice: Commission to Leone Duodo as Governor of Crete: 1459.: Lat. Scribes: Dominicus Bellonus: 1459. Press-marks: Cassella 29. Leone Duodo: Commission to, as Venetian Governor of Crete: 1459.: Lat. Island of Crete: Venetian commission to L. Duodo as Governor: 14...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English and Latin
Date Range:
7 May 1459
Extent:
1 item

5. Add MS 48114

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Add MS 48114
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POLITICAL TRACTS, etc.; c. 1561-1628. Latin, English and Italian. Some copies and printed material. A number of items relate to the Jesuit Order. 1. ff. 2-28. Treaty between England and France; 29 Aug. n.s. 1610. Latin. Copy. Dumont, v, pt.2, pp. 149-153. 2. ff. 30-49b. Richard Rowlands al. ...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, Italian, and Latin
Date Range:
16th century-17th century
Extent:
1 item