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1. Add MS 8310

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MISCELLANEOUS COLLECTION of papers and tracts relating to Rome, France, Spain, Piedmont, Florence, the German Empire, England, Venice, Naples and Sicily, Malta, Bohemia, and Urbino; circa 1542-1653. Italian, Spanish, and Latin. Copies. The MS. includes (art. 9, ff. 73-77) a letter of King James I of England to King Philip IV of Spain and a relazione relating to the visit of Charles, Prince of Wales, to Madrid in 1623 in the attempt to conclude the negotiations for his marriage to the Infanta...
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Bindings ITALIAN: Full vellum: late 17th cent. includes: ff. 3-37 Treaties: Relazione of the Treaty of Vervins: [1598]: Ital: Copy. ff. 38-41 Cosimo II; Grand Duke of Tuscany: Contract of marriage: 1608: Ital: Copy. ff. 43-44 Poetry ITALIAN: Monferrato, Italy: Sonnet rel. to the war in Monferr...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, Italian, Latin, and Spanish
Date Range:
c 1542-1653
Extent:
1 item

2. Add MS 8314

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COLLECTION of papers and tracts mostly relating to the Leagues between Venice, Spain, and the Holy See against the Turks and to the battle of Lepanto in 1571, during the papacy of Pius V; 1529, 1538, 1570-1572. Italian, Latin and Spanish. Copies, 17th cent. The MS. includes the relazione (art. 11, ff. 180v-223) by the Venetian Ambassador Michele Suriani, here dated 1570. The MS. is entitled (f. 2) 'Discorsi'. With pen decorations (ff. 1, 14, 17v); table of contents (f. 1), added later. Old s...
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Bindings ITALIAN: Full vellum: 17th cent. Turkey; General: Philip II of Spain: Pius V; Pope: Venice: Paul III; Pope: Miscellaneous papers, letters and tracts rel. to the League against the Turks: 1529-1572: Ital., Lat., Span: Copies. includes: ff. 180v-223 Philip II of Spain: Pius V; Pope: Ve...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, Italian, Latin, and Spanish
Date Range:
17th century
Extent:
1 item

3. 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

4. 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

5. Add MS 8329

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MISCELLANEOUS COLLECTION of historical papers relating to Portugal, Rome, France, Tuscany, Candia, Venice, Perugia, and Poland; circa 1619-1649. Italian and Latin. Copies. The MS. includes: - (a) manifesto (art. 1) of King John IV of Portugal, 1647; - (b) discourse, letter and terms of agreement (arts. 2, 6-7) relating to the reconciliation of the Barberinis with Pope Innocent X, 1646; - (c) speech (art. 3) on Tuscany's neutrality addressed to Grand Duke Ferdinand II of Tuscany by Traiano Ma...
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Bindings ITALIAN: Full vellum: late 17th cent. includes: ff.2-41 John IV of Portugal: Manifesto: 1647: Ital: Copy. ff. 42-65, 96-114v Innocent X; Pope: Historical papers rel. to his agreement with the Barberinis: 1646: Ital: Copies. ff. 42-65, 96-114v Barberini family; of Rome: Historical pape...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, Italian, and Latin
Date Range:
c 1619-1649
Extent:
1 item