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1. Add MS 8304

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MISCELLANEOUS COLLECTION of tracts, relazioni, and discourses relating to Rome, Spain, Germany, Sweden, the League of Tuscany, Venice, Modena and Parma during the war of Castro, Ferrara, France, the Netherlands, and the Congress of Cologne; circa 1536-1672. Italian and Latin. Copies, mid 17th cent. The MS. includes (art. 17, ff. 264-279v) three excerpts from the Storia d'Italia by the Florentine historian Francesco Guicciardini (1483-1540), relating to the rights of the Apostolic See over te...
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Bindings ENGLISH: Guilford binding: bef. 1828. Bookplates and Book-stamps: 5th Earl of Guilford (L/21/C): bef. 1828. includes: ff. 47-54v Ceremonials: Innocent X; Pope: Taddeo Barberini, Prince of Palestrina; Prefect of Rome: Juan de Velasco de la Cueva, Count of Siruela: Federico Savelli, Du...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, Italian, and Latin
Date Range:
Mid 17th century
Extent:
1 item

2. Add MS 8319

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MISCELLANEOUS COLLECTION of relazioni and memorials relating to Genoa, Spain, France, Venice, the war of Castro, Savoy, and Portugal; circa 1628-1643. Italian and Latin. Copies. Table of contents (ff. 1-1v), added later. Old signatures 'Tom. LXXXV' in pencil in upper right corner of f. i, and '529' in very faint ink in fourth spine compartment: identifiable with Mattei MS. 529 (vol. 85 of 'Materie diverse') in Guilford's catalogue Add. 8220, f. 24. Owned by Frederick North, 5th Earl of Guilf...
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Bindings ITALIAN: Full vellum: late 17th cent. includes: ff. 2-14 Political Tracts: Genoa; Doges of: Giulio Cesare Vachero, of Genoa: Tract rel. to the Vachero conspiracy: 1628: Ital: Copy. ff. 15-53 Philip IV of Spain: Relazione of Spain: 1638: Ital: Copy. ff. 54-71 Pierre Séguier, Duc de Vil...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, Italian, and Latin
Date Range:
c 1628-1643
Extent:
1 item

3. Add MS 8324

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MISCELLANEOUS COLLECTION of relazioni, letters and other historical papers relating to the papal court during the papacy of Urban VIII and at the beginning of the papacy of Innocent X; circa 1623-1644. Italian and Latin. Copies. The MS. also includes: - (a) oration (art. 6) on the Sack of Rome by Giovanni Stafileo, Bishop of Sibenik, 1528; - (b) letter (art. 7) from Pierre Seguier, Chancellor of France, to Cardinal Louis de Nogaret d'Epernon de La Valette, Archbishop of Toulouse, relating to...
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Bindings ITALIAN: Full vellum: late 17th cent. Urban VIII; Pope: Miscellany rel. to the Papal Court: circa 1623-1644: Ital. and Lat.: Copies. includes: ff. 113-118 Clement VII; Pope: Johannes Staphyleus, Bishop of Sibenik: Oration on the Sack of Rome by Johannes Staphyleus: 1528: Lat: Copy. f...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, Italian, and Latin
Date Range:
c 1623-1644
Extent:
1 item

4. Add MS 8392

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HISTORICAL PAPERS relating to Rome; 1624-1654. Italian, Latin, and Spanish. Copies. The volume includes reports about the succession of Mantua; relazione of events in Rome from January 1635 to September 1643 by Monsignor Giovan Battista Spada; reply to the Duke of Modena about his claims to the Duchy of Ferrara and other domains of the Church; correspondence between the Holy See and Spain about misuse of power by representatives of the Church in Spain; memorial of events in the life of Franc...
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Bookplates and Book-stamps: 5th Earl of Guilford (L/17/E): bef. 1828. Bindings ENGLISH: Guilford binding: bef. 1828. Urban VIII; Pope: Church of Rome: History of Rome: 1624-1654: Ital., Lat. and Span. includes: ff. 1-74v Duchy of Mantua: Relazioni of the succession of Mantua: 1624-1630: Ital...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, Italian, Latin, and Spanish
Date Range:
1624-1654
Extent:
1 item