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Name Mattei Library Place Mantua, Italy Material Type Archives and Manuscripts

1. 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

2. Add MS 8310

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Add MS 8310
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MISCELLANEOUS COLLECTION of papers and tracts relating to Rome, France, Spain, Piedmont, Florence, the German Empire, England, Venice, Naples and Sicily, Malta, Bohemia, and Urbino; circa 1542-1653. Italian, Spanish, and Latin. Copies. The MS. includes (art. 9, ff. 73-77) a letter of King James I of England to King Philip IV of Spain and a relazione relating to the visit of Charles, Prince of Wales, to Madrid in 1623 in the attempt to conclude the negotiations for his marriage to the Infanta...
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Bindings ITALIAN: Full vellum: late 17th cent. includes: ff. 3-37 Treaties: Relazione of the Treaty of Vervins: [1598]: Ital: Copy. ff. 38-41 Cosimo II; Grand Duke of Tuscany: Contract of marriage: 1608: Ital: Copy. ff. 43-44 Poetry ITALIAN: Monferrato, Italy: Sonnet rel. to the war in Monferr...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, Italian, Latin, and Spanish
Date Range:
c 1542-1653
Extent:
1 item