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1. Add MS 8220

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CATALOGUES of the Manuscripts and Books of Frederick North, 5th Earl of Guilford; after 1817. Greek, Latin, and Italian. For other catalogues of the Guilford collection see Add. 16180, 16181, 16182, 16570, 16572, 16573, 16574, 16575, and 16576. Owned by Frederick North, 5th Earl of Guilford, but lacking his armorial bookplate. '540' [possibly meaning 544] in pencil at upper left corner of f. 1. Purchased, together with Add. 8292 (parts), 8564, 8674, 8719, 8786, and possibly 8507, 8536, 8538,...
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Catalogues of Libraries, etc: Frederick North, 5th Earl of Guilford: Catalogues of MSS. and books from the library of the 5th Earl of Guilford: aft. 1817: Gr., ital. and Lat. includes: ff. 3-36v passim Bernardo di Antonio Nani, Venetian bibliophile: Callisto Marini: Mattei Library: Falconieri ...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, Greek, Modern, Italian, and Latin
Date Range:
after 1817
Extent:
1 item

2. Add MS 8248

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RISPOSTA A QUATTRO HERETICI; after 1564. Italian. A Roman Catholic riposte to four heretics who for two years had written various books against the Council of Trent’s decree of 1562 on the sacrifice of the mass, inc. ‘Essendosi piu volte veduto che alcuni’, expl. (f. 70) ‘et vi conceda, et vi doni spirito di pregare per noi’. Of the four heretics, one wrote in Latin, one in French and two in Italian. Only the second heretic, Pierre Viret (Pietro Vireto), the Swiss reformer (1511-1571), is na...
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Bindings ITALIAN: Full vellum, without boards: late 17th or early 18th cent. Heretics: Pierre Viret, Swiss reformer: Riposte to 4 heretics , including Pierre Viret: aft. 1564: Ital. includes: ff. 70v-76 Council of Trent: 1st decree of 22nd session: aft. 1564: Ital.: Copy.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English and Italian
Date Range:
after 1564
Extent:
1 item

3. Add MS 8254

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UNIVERSAL HISTORY; late 17th cent. French and Latin. Universal history from Creation to the late 17th cent., inc. ‘L’histoire est une narration veritable et iuditieuse’, expl. (f. 123v) ‘3o Eleonore Marie de Neubourg née [date cancelled and illegible]’. The text covers biblical history (ff. 1-7v), ancient history from the Chaldaeans, Assyrians and Babylonians to the fall of the Western Roman Empire (ff. 8-83), the Eastern Empire, 5th cent. to 1453 (ff. 83v-105v), the Ottoman Empire, 1453-166...
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Bindings ITALIAN: Brown calf with gold tooling and blind-tooling: 18th cent. Chronicles: Universal history: late 17th cent: Fr. and Lat.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, French, and Latin
Date Range:
Late 17th century
Extent:
1 item

4. Add MS 8293

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MISCELLANEOUS COLLECTION of historical papers; circa 1350-1631. Italian, Latin, and Spanish. Copies, 17th cent. The collection is separable into two parts. The first part (ff. 3-107v) relates to the Papacy and its relations with Savoy and other Italian states, France, the German Empire, Portugal, Scotland, England, and Spain from Paul III (1534-1549) to Paul V (1605-1621). It contains papal instructions to nuncios and other ambassadors between 1537 (art. 3) and 1616 (art. 1), including instr...
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Bindings ITALIAN: Full vellum: late 17th cent. includes: ff. 3-107v Rome; Court of; and Popes, Bishops of. General: Papal instructions: 1537-1616: Ital: Copies. ff. 90-90v Paul III; Pope: James V of Scotland: Latino Giovenale Manetti, of Rome; poet and apostolic secretary: David Beaton, Bishop...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, Italian, and Latin
Date Range:
17th century
Extent:
1 item

5. Add MS 8294

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MISCELLANEOUS COLLECTION of letters, papal instructions, and political treatises relating to Spain, Sweden, Savoy, France, Ethiopia, Genoa, and Venice, mainly during the papacies of Gregory XIV (Niccolò Sfondrati, 1590-1591), Clement VIII (Ippolito Aldobrandini, 1592-1605), and Paul V (Camillo Borghese, 1605-1621); circa 1330, 1550-1606. Italian, Latin, and Spanish. Copies, 17th cent. Imperfect (art. 6). The MS. includes: - (a) letters (f. 72) of King Philip II of Spain to Abbot and Count Sf...
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Bindings ITALIAN: Full vellum: late 17th cent. Clement VIII; Pope: Paul V; Pope: Gregory XIV; Pope: Miscellaneous collection partly rel. to his papacy: circa 1555-1606: Ital., Lat. and Span: Copies. includes: ff. 38-42, 60-61v Political Tracts: On diplomacy, extracts: early 17th cent.: Ital: ...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, Italian, Latin, and Spanish
Date Range:
17th century
Extent:
1 item

6. Add MS 8295

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COLLECTION mainly relating to the papacy of Paul IV, Giovanni Pietro Carafa; circa 1555-1680. Italian and Latin. Copies, 17th cent. Other collections relating to the Pope Paul IV and the Carafa family in Add. 8262 (ff. 203-221v, 599-603v), 8270 (ff. 3-128), 8271, 8296, 16397, and 16445. Table of contents (f. 1), added later. Old signatures 'Tomo 42' and '(486)' in pencil in a note on f. i (lower margin): identifiable with Mattei MS. 486 (vol. 42 of 'Memorie diverse') in Guilford's catalogue ...
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Bindings ITALIAN: Full vellum: late 17th cent. Paul IV; Pope: Carafa family; of Naples: Collection rel. to Paul IV and the Carafa family: circa 1555-1679: Ital., and Lat: Copies. includes: ff. 2-81 Biography: Paul IV; Pope: Life of Paul IV: aft. 1559: Ital. and Lat: Copy.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, Italian, and Latin
Date Range:
17th century
Extent:
1 item

7. Add MS 8296

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COLLECTION of relazioni, instructions, letters, and other papers mainly relating to the negotiations of Cardinal Carlo Carafa and his brother Giovanni Carafa, Duke of Paliano, during the papacy of Paul IV [Giovanni Pietro Carafa]; circa 1555-1619. Italian and Latin. Copies, 17th cent. The MS. includes: - (a) art. 1, a chronicle of European events 1558-1559; - (b) art. 5, a bull of Paul IV relating to the assignment of the Duchy of Paliano to his nephew Giovanni Carafa; - (c) art. 7 (ff. 83-2...
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Bindings ITALIAN: Full vellum: late 17th cent. Philip II of Spain: Henry II of France: Collection rel. to negotiations with Paul IV: circa 1555-1559: Ital. and Lat: Copies. Paul IV; Pope: Giovanni Carafa, Duke of Paliano: Carlo Carafa, Cardinal 1555: Collections rel. to: circa 1555-1562: Ital....
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, Italian, and Latin
Date Range:
17th century
Extent:
1 item

8. Add MS 8297

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MISCELLANEOUS COLLECTION of letters, orations, discourses, notes and accounts relating to the German Empire, Rome, Ferrara, Austria, Hungary, Flanders, Florence, and Spain; circa 1493-1620. Italian, Latin, and Spanish. Copies, 17th cent. The MS. also includes (art. 11, ff. 207-213v), the text of dedication by Vincenzo Stampa relating to a table in Florentine mosaic or pietra dura offered in 1587 to King Philip II of Spain by Cardinal Michele Bonelli, nephew of Pope Pius V and commonly known ...
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Bindings ITALIAN: Full vellum: late 17th cent. includes: ff. 2-110 Ferdinand I; Emperor of Germany: Charles V; Emperor of Germany: Papers rel. to the resignation of Charles V in favour of Ferdinand I: circa 1558: Ital., Lat., and Span: Copies. ff. 111-128v Ferdinand II; Emperor of Germany: Pau...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, Italian, Latin, and Spanish
Date Range:
17th century
Extent:
1 item

9. Add MS 8298

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MISCELLANEOUS COLLECTION of historic chronicles, relazioni, papal instructions, letters and discourse relating to the Hanseatic League, Monferrato, Great Britain, Rome, Mantua, Spain, India, Florence, Bohemia, Lucca, Modena, Switzerland, Poland, Prussia, and Portugal; 1391, and circa 1558-1626. Italian, Latin, and Spanish. Copies, 17th cent. The MS. also includes (art. 18, ff. 135-200) a memorial on the reform of the Company of Jesus by the Spanish Father Juan Mariana (1536-1624), circa 1605...
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Bindings ITALIAN: Full vellum: late 17th cent. includes: ff. 2-20 Hanseatic League: Anonymous history and relazione of the: early 17th cent.: Ital: Copies. ff. 25-27 James I of England: Abridged life of: circa 1601: Ital: Copy. ff. 28-36 Richard II of England: Boniface IX; Pope: Bull of Bonifa...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, Italian, Latin, and Spanish
Date Range:
17th century
Extent:
1 item

10. Add MS 8299

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MISCELLANEOUS COLLECTION of relazioni, papal instructions, and discourse relating to Rome, Siena, France, the German Empire, Spain, Mantua and Monferrato; circa 1554-1636. Latin and Italian. Copies, 17th cent. The MS. includes (art. 1, ff. 4v-81v) the account of the conclave for the election of Pope Pius IV by Antonio Guidi, in Latin, preceded (ff. 3-4v) by a letter of dedication to Cardinal Carlo Borromeo. Table of contents (f. 1), added later. Old signature '490' in ink in fourth spine com...
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Bindings ITALIAN: Full vellum: late 17th cent. includes: ff. 2-81v Antonio Guidi, Bishop of Traú 1574: Paul IV; Pope: Saint Carlo Borromeo,; Archbishop of Milan; Cardinal 1560: Account of conclave of 1559 , addressed to Carlo Borromeo by Antonio Guidi: [1560]: Lat: Copy. ff. 82-89v Siena, Ital...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, Italian, and Latin
Date Range:
17th century
Extent:
1 item