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41. Add MS 8411

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TRACT on papal conclaves; early 17th cent. Italian. Copy. Treatise relating to the rules and proceedings of the conclaves for the election of the pope. The text is divided into 3 books (ff. 6, 67, 190), the third book including accounts of conclaves and subsequent papacies from Innocent VIII (1481-1492) to Clement VII (1523-1534). Title (f. 2) 'Discorsi del conclave / Volume primo'. Proemium (ff. 6-7v) 'Molti facilmente si troveranno li quali non prima havendo inteso il soggetto', inc. (f. 8...
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Bindings ENGLISH: Guilford binding: bef. 1828. Political Tracts: Rome; Court of; and Popes, Bishops of. General: Tract on conclaves: early 17th cent.: Ital: Copy.
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Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English and Italian
Date Range:
Early 17th century
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1 item

42. Add MS 8425

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ACCOUNT OF CONCLAVES from Clement XI to Pius VI, omitting Innocent XIII, Benedict XIII, and Benedict XIV; circa 1700-1775. Italian. Copies. The MS. includes: accounts of the conclaves of popes Clement XI, 1700 (art. 1), Clement XII, 1730 (arts. 14-15), Clement XIII, 1758 (art. 16), Clement XIV, 1769 (art. 18), Pius VI, 1774-1775 (art. 20); descriptions of lives and characters of cardinals papabili in the conclave for the election of Clement XI (arts. 2-13); satirical sonnets and other poems ...
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Bindings ENGLISH: Guilford binding: bef. 1828. Bookplates and Book-stamps: 5th Earl of Guilford (L/18/E): bef. 1828. Rome; Court of; and Popes, Bishops of. General: Account of conclaves from Clement XI to Pius VI: circa 1700-1775: Ital: Copies. includes: ff. 1-24, 25-67v Clement XI; Pope: Ac...
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Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English and Italian
Date Range:
c 1700-1775
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1 item

43. Add MS 8434

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'DIARIA RERUM ROMANORUM' of Stefano Infessura and Chronicle of the papacy and events in Rome; 1294-1494 and 1521-1561. Latin and Italian. Copies, late 17th or early 18th cent. The present manuscript is listed in Palma di Cesnola, no. 1548, p. 122. '341' in pencil towards upper right of first flyleaf. Purchased, together with Add. 8431, 8435 and 8436, from R. H. Evans, 8 December 1830, lot 341 (part). 1. ff. 1-193v. 'Diaria Rerum Romanorum' of Stefano Infessura, 1294-1494. Latin and Italian....
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includes: ff. 1-193v Stefano Infessura, Secretary of the Roman Senate: Ancient and Modern. City of Rome: Diaries and Memoranda: 'Diaria Rerum Romanorum' by Stefano Infessura: 1294-1494: Lat. and Ital: Copy, late 17th or early 18th cent. ff. 194-233v Rome; Court of; and Popes, Bishops of. Genera...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Italian and Latin
Date Range:
Late 17th century-Early 18th century
Extent:
1 item

44. Add MS 8435

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ANONYMOUS DIARY AND THE DIARY OF GIOVANNI FRANCESCO FIRMANI; 1456-1476 and 1529-1565. Latin and Italian. Copies, first half of 17th cent. '25' in black ink in lower left corner of front pastedown and '341' in pencil in upper left corner of front pastedown. Purchased, together with Add. 8431, 8434 and 8436, from R. H. Evans, 8 December 1830, lot 341 (part). 1. ff. 1-7. Anonymous diary, 1456-1476. Italian. Diary of events in Rome from the time of Pope Calixtus III to Sixtus IV. Inc. 'Nelli 14...
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includes: ff. 1-7 Rome; Court of; and Popes, Bishops of. General: Diaries and Memoranda: Anonymous diary of events in Rome: 1456-1476: Ital: Copy, early 17th cent. ff. 8-198 Rome; Court of; and Popes, Bishops of. General: Giovanni Francesco Firmani, Roman diarist: Diaries and Memoranda: Diary b...
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Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Italian and Latin
Date Range:
1st half of the 17th century
Extent:
1 item

45. Add MS 8436

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DIARY OF SEBASTIANO DE BRANCA DE' TALINI; 1485-1517. Italian. Copy, late 16th or early 17th cent. A diary of events in Rome from the time of Pope Innocent VIII to that of Pope Leo X. Inc. 'Adi 3 di maggio 1485 fù ammazzato Bartolomeo Santa Croce', expl. 'et poi lò papa volse che stesse in Palazzo'. Extracts of the text, taken from this manuscript, are published in M. Creighton, A History of the Papacy from the Great Schism to the Sack of Rome, new edn, vol. v (1897), pp. 331-340. The present...
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Rome; Court of; and Popes, Bishops of. General: Sebastiano de Branca, 'de Talini': Diaries and Memoranda: Diary by Sebastiano de Branca: 1485-1517: Ital: Copy, late 16th or early 17th cent.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Italian
Date Range:
Late 16th century-Early 17th century
Extent:
1 item

46. Add MS 8447

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DIARY OF GIOVANNI FRANCESCO FIRMANI; 1529-1565. Latin. Copy, 17th cent. This diary relates to events in the papal curia between the reigns of Pope Clement VII and Pope Pius IV. The text for 1529-1565 is copied in several hands on ff. 2-221v; the text for 1529-1547 is repeated in another hand on ff. 222-416v. Inc. 'Die 24 Augusti 1529 Reverendissimi Cardinales de Farnesio, de Santa Cruce', expl. (f. 221v) 'et omnes milites Religionis, ac omnes alios ibidem repertos', breaking off in the middl...
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Bookplates and Book-stamps: Giacinto del Bufalo of Rome: late 18th or early 19th cent. Bindings ITALIAN: Full vellum: late 17th or early 18th cent. Rome; Court of; and Popes, Bishops of. General: Giovanni Francesco Firmani, Roman diarist: Diaries and Memoranda: Diary by Giovanni Francesco Firm...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English and Latin
Date Range:
17th century
Extent:
1 item

47. Add MS 8452-8460

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DIARIES OF PAOLO ALALEONA; 1586-1637. Latin. Copies. Alaleona (1585-1638) was Master of Ceremonies at the Papal Court and private cameriere to Paul V, and helped compile the Ceremonial of the Conclaves issued by Gregory XV in 1622. His nine-volume diary covering the papacies from Pope Sixtus V to Pope Urban VIII remained unpublished: information on Alaleona and a list of MSS. copies of his diaries in Roman libraries in Bibliografia Romana. Notizie della vita e delle opere degli scrittori rom...
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Bindings ITALIAN: Full vellum: 17th cent. Rome; Court of; and Popes, Bishops of. General: Paolo Alaleona, Papal Master of Ceremonies: Diaries and Memoranda: Diaries of Paolo Alaleona: 1586-1637: Lat: Copies.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English and Latin
Date Range:
17th century
Extent:
9 items

48. Add MS 8471

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GIROLAMO LUNADORO: Relazione of Rome; circa 1611. Italian. Copy. Relazione of the Papal Court written by the nobleman Girolamo Lunadoro of Siena, allegedly for a Cardinal de' Medici, possibly Carlo (elected cardinal in 1615). The MS. also includes (ff. 63v-122) a later addition attributed here to Giacomo Pinnarolo of Milan. The relazione was very successful and had a wide MS. circulation: other 17th-cent. copies, with some textual differences, in Add. 8356 (dated 1623: art. 3, ff. 9-49v), 84...
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Bindings ITALIAN: Full vellum: 2nd half 17th cent. Carlo de' Medici, Cardinal 1615: Relazione of Rome by G. Lunadoro, offered to (?): circa 1611: Ital: Copy. Rome; Court of; and Popes, Bishops of. General: Girolamo Lunadoro, of Siena; Cavaliere: Relazione of Rome by Girolamo Lunadoro: circa 16...
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Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English and Italian
Date Range:
c 1611
Extent:
1 item

49. Add MS 8472

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GIROLAMO LUNADORO: Relazione of Rome; circa 1611. Italian. Copy. Relazione of the Papal Court written by the nobleman Girolamo Lunadoro of Siena, allegedly for a Cardinal de' Medici, possibly Carlo (elected cardinal in 1615). Other 17th-cent. copies, with some textual differences, in Add. 8356 (dated 1623: art. 3, ff. 9-49v), 8471, 18660 (ff. 85-136), Arundel 21 (dated 11 Jan. 1611), Egerton 2210 (ff. 112-163), and Royal 14.A.xx (art. 6, ff. 546-622v); a shorter version in Harley 754 (ff. 2-...
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Bindings ITALIAN: Full vellum: 17th cent. Carlo de' Medici, Cardinal 1615: Relazione of Rome by G. Lunadoro, offered to (?): circa 1611: Ital: Copy. Rome; Court of; and Popes, Bishops of. General: Girolamo Lunadoro, of Siena; Cavaliere: Relazione of Rome by Girolamo Lunadoro: circa 1611: Ital:...
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Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English and Italian
Date Range:
c 1611
Extent:
1 item

50. Add MS 8475

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COLLECTION relating mostly to the Papal Court; late 18th cent. Italian and Latin. Copies. A collection of papers, relating mostly to the relationship between the Court of Rome and its prelates. Including: - (a) ff. 2-9, 11-44, Instructions to a bishop or archbishop, in Italian, two copies, inc. 'Instruttione per un vescovo o arcivescovo ... / Consistendo la particolar cura', marked 'A-B'; - (b) ff. 44v-53v, 54-57v. Instructions to a prelate, in Italian, two copies, inc. 'Instruttione per un ...
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Bindings ENGLISH: North binding: bef. 1817. Bookplates and Book-stamps: Frederick North, later 5th Earl of Guilford (L/18/B): bef. 1817. Rome; Court of; and Popes, Bishops of. General: Collection rel. to the Papal Court: late 16th - 17th cent.: Ital. and Lat: Copies. includes: ff. 89-104 Cer...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, Italian, and Latin
Date Range:
Late 18th century
Extent:
1 item