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1. Add MS 8597

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Add MS 8597
Title:
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

2. Add MS 41062

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Add MS 41062
Title:
MISCELLANEOUS works in French, viz.:- 1. "Le Siege de Rhodes": an account of the Turkish siege in 1480, translated anonymously into French from Guillaume Caoursin's Obsidionis Rhodie Urbis Descriptio. The translator, who has added a preface and inserted chapters and chapter-headings, states that he undertook the work for "Jaques Calliot, cheualier de lordre de Jherusalem, commandeur de Brabant et du Liege, seigneur de Chanteraine et et (sic) gouuerneur des commanderies de Flandres, Hault A...
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includes: ff. 1-50 Orders Military. St. John of Jerusalem: "Obsidionis Rhodie Urbis Deseriptio," by G. Caoursin: early 16th cent.: Fr. transl.ff. 1-50 Rhodes: G. Caoursin, Obsidionis Rhodie Urbis Descriptio: early 16th cent.: Fr. transl.ff. 1-50 Guillaume Caoursin, Vice-Chancellor of the ...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, French, and Latin
Date Range:
Early 16th century
Extent:
1 item