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31. Add MS 8349

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MISCELLANEOUS COLLECTION of relazioni and other historical papers relating to the Patriarchate of Aquileia; circa 1445-1629. Latin and Italian. Copies, 17th cent. The collection relates to the dispute between the Emperor Ferdinand II, the Republic of Venice and Pope Urban VIII over the appointment of the Patriarch of Aquileia after the death of Patriarch Agostino Gradenigo in 1629. In the end another Venetian prelate, Marco Gradenigo, was elected, against the wishes of Ferdinand II who wante...
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Bindings ITALIAN: Full vellum: mid 17th cent. Venice: Rome; Court of; and Popes, Bishops of. General: Holy Roman Empire: Aquileia, Italy: Papers rel. to the Patriarchate of Aquileia: 1445-1629: Lat. and Ital: Copies.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, Italian, and Latin
Date Range:
17th century
Extent:
1 item

32. Add MS 8354

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RELAZIONI AND HISTORICAL TREATISES relating to France, Savoy, Tuscany, Venice, Milan, Spain, Valtelline, Naples, Parma and Piacenza; circa 1546-1670. Italian. Copies. Table of contents (ff. i and i verso), added later. Old shelfmark in ink '14[2]' in fifth spine compartment: possibly identifiable with Mattei MS. 142 in Guilford's catalogue Add. 8220, f. 31. Owned by Frederick North, 5th Earl of Guilford, but lacking his armorial bookplate. '336' in pencil in upper left corner of front pasted...
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Bindings ITALIAN: Full vellum: late 17th cent. includes: ff. 2-86v Marino Cavalli, Venetian ambassador to Germany and at Constantinople: Francis I of France: Francesco Donà; Doge of Venice: Relazione of France by Marino Cavalli: [1546]: Ital: Copy. ff. 87-131 Giovanni Correr, Venetian ambassad...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English and Italian
Date Range:
c 1546-1670
Extent:
1 item

33. Add MS 8356

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RELAZIONI AND POLITICAL INSTRUCTIONS relating to Venice, the Papacy, and Spain; circa 1607-1643. Italian. Copies. Ownership note (front pastedown) 'Ex Libris / Marii Marefusci', partly cancelled; old shelfmark in black ink 'Cod. 192' in lower left corner of front pastedown; old shelfmark in faint roman numerals 'CXCII' in lower spine: identifiable with Marefoschi MS. 192 in Guilford's catalogue Add. 8220, f. 32v. Also shelfmark '14' in brown ink in left margin of front pastedown. Owned by Fr...
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Bindings ITALIAN: Full vellum: late 17th cent. includes: ff. 1-4v Paul V; Pope: Berlingerio Gessi, Bishop of Rimini; Cardinal 1626: Leonardo Donà; Doge of Venice: Instructions to Card. B. Gessi, rel. to Venice: 1607: Ital: Copy. ff. 5-8 Paul V; Pope: Leonardo Donà; Doge of Venice: François de ...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English and Italian
Date Range:
c 1607-1643
Extent:
1 item

34. Add MS 8379

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COLLECTION of pasquinades and satires current at the elections of the Popes, together with two Lives of Cardinals Mazzarino and Alberoni; 1653-1721. Italian. Copy. Included in the MS. are: poems relating to the death of Clement XI and the following Conclave, 1721 (ff. 1-39); poems relating to the death of Innocent XI and the election of Alexander VIII, 1689 (ff. 39v-45v, 52v-55); poems relating to the Conclave following the death of Alexander VIII, 1691 (ff. 46-52, 55-73v); poems relating to...
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Bindings ITALIAN: Full vellum with decorated paper pastedowns and contiguous flyleaves: 18th cent. Bookplates and Book-stamps: 5th Earl of Guilford: 1817-1827. Poetry ITALIAN: Rome; Court of; and Popes, Bishops of. General: Satires ITALIAN: Collection of pasquinades and satires current at the ...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English and Italian
Date Range:
1653-1721
Extent:
1 item

35. Add MS 8397

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COLLECTION of papers relating to the history of Rome from 1378 to 1766, chronologically arranged; 17th - 18th cent. Latin and Italian. Copies. The MS. includes: accounts of the conclaves of antipopes Clement VII (1378; art. 1), Benedict XIII (1394; arts. 3-4), and of popes Boniface IX (1389; art. 2), Innocent VII (1404; art. 5), Gregory XII (1406; art. 6), Martin V (1417; art. 7), Clement VII (1523; art. 8), Paul IV (1555; art. 9), Pius IV (1559; art. 10), Pius V (1566; art. 13), Clement IX ...
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Bookplates and Book-stamps: Frederick North, later 5th Earl of Guilford (L/17/E): bef. 1828. Bindings ENGLISH: Guilford binding: bef. 1828. Rome; Court of; and Popes, Bishops of. General: Collected papers rel. to the history of Rome: 1378-1766: Lat. and Ital: Copies. includes: ff. 1-16v Clem...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, Italian, and Latin
Date Range:
17th century-18th century
Extent:
1 item

36. Add MS 8398

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Relazioni of Rome; vol. i; 1535-1660. Paper; ff. 462, plus one unfoliated blank after f. 272. Composite volume: arts. 1, 2, and 4 marked respectively with initials 'D', 'D', 'H' in black ink in upper right corner of first leaves. Modern foliation '1-451' (followed here), omitting no. 126 and on...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English and Italian
Date Range:
1535-1660
Extent:
1 item

37. Add MS 8399

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Relazioni of Rome; vol. ii; 1660-1702. Paper; ff. 509, plus one unfoliated blank after ff. 211, 420, 445. Composite volume: arts. 4, 5, 6, 8 marked respectively with initials 'U', 'U', 'R', 'J' in black ink in upper right corner of first leaves. Modern foliation '1-508' (followed here), includi...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English and Italian
Date Range:
1660-1702
Extent:
1 item

38. Add MS 8403

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ALVISE DI NICOLÒ CONTARINI: Relazione of Rome, followed by anonymous political tract; 1648. Italian. Copy. Art. 1 (ff. ii, 1-25) is the relazione of Rome written by Alvise di Nicolò Contarini, Venetian ambassador at Rome from 1645 to 1648 during the papacy of Pope Innocent X (1644-1655). Other copies in Add. 8398 (art. 5, ff. 247-272), 8406 (art. 2, ff. 111-140), and 16518 (ff. 46-61). Text differs at the end from the relazione published by Barozzi - Berchet, s. iii, v. ii (Venice, 1878), pp...
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Bindings ITALIAN: Full vellum: late 17th cent. includes: ff. ii and iii verso Bookplates and Book-stamps: Colonna Library: 2nd half 18th cent. ff. 1-25 Innocent X; Pope: Francesco da Molin; Doge of Venice: Alvise di Nicolò Contarini, Venetian Ambassador: Relazione of Rome by Alvise di Nicolò C...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English and Italian
Date Range:
1648
Extent:
1 item

39. Add MS 8408

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DESCRIPTIONS of trials and executions of heretics and other people condemned by the Roman Court from the papacy of Gregory XIII (1572-1585) to that of Clement XI (1700-1721); circa 1572-1723, 1747. Italian. Copy, mid 18th cent. The MS. also includes: - (a) art. 5, ff. 35-46v, relazione against the Spanish ambassador, Don Enrique de Guzmán, Count of Olivares, in relation to the claims of Pope Sixtus V (1585-1590) over Naples; - (b) art. 28, ff. 291-299v, relazione of the visit to Rome of Marq...
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Bindings ITALIAN: Full vellum, restored: 18th cent. Rome; Court of; and Popes, Bishops of. General: Inquisition: Heretics: Accounts of trials and executions of heretics and others in Rome: circa 1572-1723: Ital: Copy, mid 18th cent. includes: ff. 35-46v Enrique de Guzman, Conde de Olivares; S...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English and Italian
Date Range:
Mid 18th century
Extent:
1 item

40. Add MS 8409

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ANONYMOUS COLLECTION OF LIVES of eminent people and Italian heretics condemned by the Inquisition in Rome; late 17th - early 18th cent. Italian. Copy. The texts provide detailed accounts of the lives, trials and executions of : - (a) art. 1, ff. 3-21, Cardinal Carlo Carafa (1517-1561), his brother Giovanni, Duke of Paliano, the Count of Alife, brother-in-law of Giovanni, and Leonardo di Cardine, Alife's uncle; for other accounts of the Carafas' execution see Add. 8391 (arts. 6-9, ff. 208-236...
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Bindings ITALIAN: Full vellum: early 18th cent. Rome; Court of; and Popes, Bishops of. General: Inquisition: Heretics: Lives of eminent people and heretics condemned by the Inquisition in Rome: late 17th - early 18th cent: Ital: Copy. includes: ff. 3-21v Carlo Carafa, Cardinal 1555: Account o...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English and Italian
Date Range:
Late 17th century-Early 18th century
Extent:
1 item