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Copies of papers relating to the Treaty of Nijmegen, Volume 5
Scope & Content:
Folio manuscript volume containing copies of memoranda, letters and other papers relating to the Treaty of Nijmegen, in the hand of Thomas Chudleigh, Secretary to the Ambassadors and the Nijmegen Peace Conference. Correspondents include: Charles II, King of England Charles II, King of Spain Lou...
The second of two volumes with letters concerning state affairs, dated 1612-1625
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Contents: ff. 1r-412v: The second of two volumes with letters concerning state affairs, featuring 129 letters, mostly originals in English addressed to the Duke and Marquess of Buckingham, but also Charles, Prince of Wales, King James I, the Lord Treasurer, and others; also featuring originals ...
This volume is entitled on the spine, 'Original Letters and Papers on State Affairs'. It contains a wide range of materials on English relations with, and intelligence on, France, the Low Countries and Germany in the late 16th century. It has also been termed, not entirely happily but with a g...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Cipher, English, French, German, Italian, Latin, and Spanish
Genealogy of the Ynchaurandieta and other families
Scope & Content:
Genealogical manuscript bound in crimson velvet with silver clasps and gilt edges, written in Spanish. Two main parts: ff. 126 written in a larger and plainer hand on vellum; ff. 27-98 written on paper. f. 1: Portrait of Ignatius Loyala, standing in a rocky landscape, in a black habit and cloak...
Plutarch, To an Uneducated Ruler, in Spanish translation
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An elegant copy of the Spanish translation of an excerpt from Plutarch's treatise To an Uneducated Ruler (Ad principem ineruditum), possibly presented to a Spanish king (either Philip II or one of his successors, Philip III or Philip IV). ff. 1r-11v: Plutarch, To an Uneducated Ruler, in Spanish...
Collection of Spanish state papers declaring the expenses of King Philip II of Spain
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This manuscript contains a collection of tracts declaring the expenses of King Philip II of Spain (r. 1556-1598), with copied documents featuring the dates 1574-1577. The manuscript was originally bound in two volumes, and featured (now removed) a table of contents in English at the beginning of...
Contains the Fabrica Horologa Universal, a work on dialling, by Andres de Vega, a confessor of Observant Franciscans in the province of Granada, which he dedicated to Luis de Guzmán, advisor to the Minister Provincial of the Franciscans of the province of Granada. The work on the manuscript prob...
Four seventeenth century manuscripts in Spanish, French and Latin
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Contents: ff. 1-69: Precendence of the Spanish at the Papal Court. Manuscript summary in Spanish on the precedence of the Spaniards before the French at the Papal Court, referring to several authors. Appears to be the epilogue of an unidentified book by Augustin de Cravaliz, amabassador for the ...
Copy of Don Pedro's History of the royal descent of Spain
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Folio manuscript volume containing a 17th century copy of a work by Pedro Afonso, Count of Barcelos on the History of the royal descent of Spain. The title is inscribed on folio 1: 'El Admirable Libro de la decendencia de Los Reyes de España. Y comobiene de los Godos, y de Los Reyes de Navarra,...
