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1. 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

2. Add MS 8269

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COLLECTION of letters and papal instructions of Pope Julius III (1550-1555); circa 1550-1562. Italian. Copies, 17th cent. Imperfect at the end. The letters (ff. 1-57v) and instructions (ff. 66-256v) are addressed to cardinals, European and Italian rulers, and papal nuncios. The letters are dated 27 Nov. 1551 - 28 Dec. 1552, the instructions 16 Feb. 1550 - 12 Aug. 1554, but are not copied in chronological order. Most of the instructions bear the signature of the papal secretary Giulio Canano,...
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Julius III; Pope: Giulio Canano, Bishop of Adria; Cardinal 1583: Letters and instructions of Julius III, partly signed by Giulio Canano: 1550-1554: Ital: Copies. Bookplates and Book-stamps: Colonna Library: 18th cent. includes: ff. 58-60v Philip II of Spain: Pius IV; Pope: Ferdinand I of Hung...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Italian
Date Range:
17th century
Extent:
1 item

3. Add MS 8273

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COLLECTION of relazioni, tracts, treaties, and papal instructions relating to Venice, France, the Empire, Switzerland, Spain, the Papacy, the Council of Trent, Parma and Constantinople; circa 1416-1564. Italian and Latin. Copies, 17th cent. Imperfect. The MS includes: - (a) relazione of France by Marino Giustinian, [1535] (ff. 2-59v): another copy in Add. 8262 (art. b, ff. 82-102v), published by Albèri, s. i, vol. i (Florence, 1839), pp. 145-196; - (b) relazione of Germany by Marino Cavalli,...
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Bookplates and Book-stamps: Colonna Library: 18th cent. includes: ff. 2-59v Francis I of France: Andrea Gritti; Doge of Venice: Marino Giustinian, Venetian Ambassador: Relazione of France by Marino Giustinian: [1535]: Ital: Copy. ff. 60-99v Marino Cavalli, Venetian ambassador to Germany and at...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Italian and Latin
Date Range:
17th century
Extent:
1 item

4. Add MS 8274

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VISCONTI LETTER-BOOK and MISCELLANEOUS COLLECTION of relazioni and tracts relating to the Papacy, Spain, Venice, Cyprus, and the League against the Turks during the papacy of Pius V (1566-1572); circa 1550-1572. Italian and Latin. Copies, 17th cent. The first part of the MS. (ff. 2-257) contains the second and third part of the letter-book of Carlo Visconti, Bishop of Ventimiglia and minister of Pope Pius IV at the concluding sessions of the Council of Trent (29 May 1562 - 6 Sept. 1563). The...
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Bookplates and Book-stamps: Colonna Library: 18th cent. includes: ff. 2-257 Letterbooks: Council of Trent: Carlo Visconti, Bishop of Ventimiglia; Cardinal 1563: Letter-Book (parts 2-3) of Carlo Visconti: 1563: Ital: Copy. ff. 92-257 Saint Carlo Borromeo,; Archbishop of Milan; Cardinal 1560: Di...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Italian and Latin
Date Range:
17th century
Extent:
1 item

5. Add MS 8275

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POPE HONORIUS III LETTER-BOOK and MISCELLANEOUS COLLECTION of letters, orations, relazioni, and tracts relating to the Papacy, the Council of Trent, the German Empire, Austria, Spain, Venice, and the League against the Turks; circa 1216, 1532-1570. Latin and Italian. Copies, 17th cent. The MS contains a long tract (ff. 151-372v) relating to the Council of Trent, in Latin, and a register of letters (ff. 373-454v) of Pope Honorius III (1216-1226), in Latin. The Pope's letter-book relates to th...
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Bookplates and Book-stamps: Colonna Library: 18th cent. includes: ff. 5-6v Charles V; Emperor of Germany: Rome; Court of; and Popes, Bishops of. General: Letter to Cardinals on the death of Paul III from Charles V: 1549: Lat: Copy. ff. 7-24 Netherlands, Governors of. Margaret, of Austria: Orat...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Italian and Latin
Date Range:
17th century
Extent:
1 item

6. Add MS 8277

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MISCELLANEOUS COLLECTION of relazioni, letters, manifesto, and peace treaties relating to the Papacy, Spain, Malta, England, France, the Council of Trent, Austria, Venice, the German Empire, Turkey, and Scotland; circa1458-1570. LatinandItalian. Copies, 17th cent. The MS. contains (ff. 138-160v) copies of letters of Cardinal Reginald Pole when papal nuncio to England, dated 29 July 1554 - 26 Jan. 1555, including (ff. 146-153) a relazioneto Pope Julius III on the matter of ecclesiastical prop...
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Bookplates and Book-stamps: Colonna Library: 18th cent. includes: ff. 2-36v Philip II of Spain: Pius IV; Pope: Carlo Visconti, Bishop of Ventimiglia; Cardinal 1563: Relazione of Spain addressed to Pius IV by Carlo Visconti: 1564: Ital: Copy. ff. 37-137v Island of Malta: Relazione of, in dialog...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Italian and Latin
Date Range:
17th century
Extent:
1 item

7. Add MS 8278

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CERVINI'S LETTERS, CLAUDIO TOLOMEI'S DISCOURSE, AND VISCONTI LETTER-BOOK; 1540-1562. Italian. Copies, 17th cent. The first part of the MS. (ff. 2-29v) contains dispatches to Cardinal Alessandro Farnese from Cardinal Marcello Cervini degli Spannochi, papal legate at the court of the Emperor Charles V in 1540. The second part (ff. 30-119) contains a discourse by Claudio Tolomei, later Bishop of Korcula in Dalmatia, discussing whether Pope Paul III should form an alliance with the Emperor Charl...
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Bookplates and Book-stamps: Colonna Library: 18th cent. includes: ff. 2-29v Alessandro Farnese, Cardinal: Charles V; Emperor of Germany: Marcello Cervini degli Spannochi, Bishop of Nicastro; Cardinal 1539; future Pope Marcellus II: Dispatches to Card. A. Farnese by Card. Cervini degli Spannoch...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Italian
Date Range:
17th century
Extent:
1 item

8. Add MS 8280

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MISCELLANEOUS COLLECTION of relazioni, discourses, tracts, letters, treaties, papal instructions and investitures relating to the Papacy, Venice, Turkey, Siena, Tuscany, the Council of Trent, Aragon, Sardinia and Corsica, Sicily, Genoa, Portugal, France, Poland, Spain; circa 1297-1302, 1518-1573. Italian and Latin. Copies, 17th cent. The MS. includes (ff. 335-420) a long excerpt from the diary of Paris de Grassis relating to the papacy of Leo X (February 1518 - July 1521). For a complete MS....
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Bookplates and Book-stamps: Colonna Library: 18th cent. includes: ff. 3-9v Turkey; General: Political Tracts: Venice: Discourse in favour of Venice rel. to the peace with the Turks: after 1572: Ital: Copy. ff. 10-23v Siena, Italy: Gian Giacomo Medici, Marchese di Marignano; called 'Medeghino':...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Italian and Latin
Date Range:
17th century
Extent:
1 item

9. Add MS 8290

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MISCELLANEOUS COLLECTION of political tracts, letters, relazioni, and conclave accounts relating to Portugal, Turkey, the Papacy, France, the German Empire, Venice, Persia, Poland, and Tunisia; circa 1544-1576. Italian. Copies. The MS. includes (art. 10, ff. 334v-375v) a letter-book of Cardinal Angelo Niccolini, Archbishop of Pisa, relating to his promotion to cardinal in 1563. Table of contents (ff. 477-477v), added later. Old shelfmarks '285' in ink on outer margin of front pastedown, abov...
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Bindings ITALIAN: Full vellum: late 17th cent. includes: ff. 1-63 Sebastian of Portugal: Relazione, letter, and tracts rel. to: circa 1574: Ital: Copies. ff. 10-63 Political Tracts: On Portugal: circa 1574: Ital: Copies. ff. 63-67v Gregory XIII; Pope: Account of conclave: 1572: Ital: Copy. ff....
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English and Italian
Date Range:
c 1544-1576
Extent:
1 item

10. Add MS 8302

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MISCELLANEOUS COLLECTION of relazioni, discourses, tracts, and letters mainly relating to the Council of Trent and the wars of religion in France; circa 1560-1570. Italian and Spanish. Copies. The MS. also includes: - (a) relazione (art. 1) of Switzerland, 1560; - (b) relazione (art. 2) of Rome, before 1562; - (c) relazione (art. 15) of France, 1561; - (d) dispatches (art. 17) from France of the papal nuncio Prospero Publicola Santacroce, 1562-1563; - (e) relation (art. 18) of the death of F...
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Bindings ITALIAN: Full vellum: late 17th cent. Council of Trent: Letters and tracts rel. to: 1560-1563: Ital: Copies. Philip II of Spain: France General: Pius IV; Pope: Emanuel Philibert; Duke of Savoy: Charles IX of France; Catherine de Medici: Diplomatic letters rel. to: 1560: Span. and Ital...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, Italian, Latin, and Spanish
Date Range:
c 1560-1570
Extent:
1 item