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

1. Add MS 8301

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MISCELLANEOUS COLLECTION of papal instructions, relazioni, and letters relating to Rome, France, Venice, the Netherlands, Switzerland, the German Empire, Persia and Turkey; circa 1507-1619. Italian. Copies, 17th cent. Table of contents (f. 1), added later. Old signatures 'Tom. XLIX' in pencil in upper right corner of f. i, and '493' in ink in fifth spine compartment: identifiable with Mattei MS. 493 (vol. 49 of 'Memorie diverse') in Guilford's catalogue Add. 8220, f. 23v. Owned by Frederick ...
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Bindings ITALIAN: Full vellum: late 17th cent. includes: ff. 2-17v Alexander de' Medici, Cardinal of Florence: Clement VIII; Pope: Henry IV of France: Instructions to Alexander de' Medici from Clement VIII , rel. to France: 1596: Ital: Copy. ff. 18-21 Netherlands, General: Venice: Heads of agr...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English and Italian
Date Range:
17th century
Extent:
1 item

2. Add MS 8303

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MISCELLANEOUS COLLECTION of tracts, relazioni, discourses, and letters relating to Rome and its relationships with Venice, France, the German Empire, Naples, and Ferrara, with particular attention to the protection of the papal state and the city of Rome from military attacks and natural disasters; circa 1598-1644. Italian and Latin. Copies. Table of contents (ff. 1-1v), added later. Old signatures 'Tom. L' in pencil in upper right corner of f. i, and '494.' in ink in fifth spine compartment...
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Bindings ITALIAN: Full vellum: late 17th cent. includes: ff. 11-21v Paul V; Pope: Leonardo Donà; Doge of Venice: François de Joyeuse, Cardinal 1583: Negotiations for the annulment of the interdict on Venice: 1607: Ital: Copy. ff. 22-36 Henry IV of France: James Davy Du Perron, Cardinal: Letter...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English and Italian
Date Range:
c 1598-1644
Extent:
1 item

3. 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

4. Add MS 8314

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COLLECTION of papers and tracts mostly relating to the Leagues between Venice, Spain, and the Holy See against the Turks and to the battle of Lepanto in 1571, during the papacy of Pius V; 1529, 1538, 1570-1572. Italian, Latin and Spanish. Copies, 17th cent. The MS. includes the relazione (art. 11, ff. 180v-223) by the Venetian Ambassador Michele Suriani, here dated 1570. The MS. is entitled (f. 2) 'Discorsi'. With pen decorations (ff. 1, 14, 17v); table of contents (f. 1), added later. Old s...
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Bindings ITALIAN: Full vellum: 17th cent. Turkey; General: Philip II of Spain: Pius V; Pope: Venice: Paul III; Pope: Miscellaneous papers, letters and tracts rel. to the League against the Turks: 1529-1572: Ital., Lat., Span: Copies. includes: ff. 180v-223 Philip II of Spain: Pius V; Pope: Ve...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, Italian, Latin, and Spanish
Date Range:
17th century
Extent:
1 item

5. Add MS 8316

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MISCELLANEOUS COLLECTION of relazioni and political tracts relating to the Papacy, Genoa, Venice, Ferrara, Spain, Portugal, Savoy, Naples, and Lombardy; circa 1640-1643. Italian. Copies. Arts. 5 (ff. 79-104v), and 7-10 (ff. 122-191v) relate to Portugal and the election of King John IV. The MS. also includes (art. 6, ff. 105-121v) an anonymous relazione of the devastation of Rome by the Gauls under their leader Brennus in 390 B.C. Pen-decorated frontispieces (ff. 79, 148, 182), and family tre...
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Bindings ITALIAN: Full vellum: late 17th cent. includes: ff. 2-23v Political Tracts: Genoa; Doges of: Ambassadors: Tracts rel. to ambassadorial precedence for the Genoese ambassadors: 1st half 17th cent.: Ital: Copies. ff. 45-63v City of Ferrara: Political Tracts: Venice: Tracts rel. to territ...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English and Italian
Date Range:
c 1640-1643
Extent:
1 item

6. Add MS 8319

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MISCELLANEOUS COLLECTION of relazioni and memorials relating to Genoa, Spain, France, Venice, the war of Castro, Savoy, and Portugal; circa 1628-1643. Italian and Latin. Copies. Table of contents (ff. 1-1v), added later. Old signatures 'Tom. LXXXV' in pencil in upper right corner of f. i, and '529' in very faint ink in fourth spine compartment: identifiable with Mattei MS. 529 (vol. 85 of 'Materie diverse') in Guilford's catalogue Add. 8220, f. 24. Owned by Frederick North, 5th Earl of Guilf...
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Bindings ITALIAN: Full vellum: late 17th cent. includes: ff. 2-14 Political Tracts: Genoa; Doges of: Giulio Cesare Vachero, of Genoa: Tract rel. to the Vachero conspiracy: 1628: Ital: Copy. ff. 15-53 Philip IV of Spain: Relazione of Spain: 1638: Ital: Copy. ff. 54-71 Pierre Séguier, Duc de Vil...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, Italian, and Latin
Date Range:
c 1628-1643
Extent:
1 item

7. Add MS 8322

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COLLECTION OF MISCELLANEOUS PAPERS relating largely to military and political events during the last fourteen years of the Thirty Years War in Italy and France; 1634-1648. Italian and Latin. Partly printed. Contemporary index of contents headed 'Indice del presente tomo 75' (ff. 1-1v). Old signatures in pencil 'Tom. LXXXVII' in upper right corner of f. i: identifiable with Mattei MS. 531 (vol. 87 of 'Materie diverse') in Guilford's catalogue Add. 8220, f. 24. Owned by Frederick North, 5th Ea...
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Bindings ITALIAN: Full vellum: late 17th cent. includes: ff. 2-23v Tommaso Francesco Savoy Carignano, Prince of; 2nd son of Duke Charles Emmanuel I: 'Silvano d'Alpina', Pseudonym: Siege of Orbetello: Letter on siege of Orbetello to Prince Tommaso of Savoy: 1646: Ital: Copy. ff. 24-45 Satires I...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English and Italian
Date Range:
1634-1648
Extent:
1 item

8. Add MS 8324

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MISCELLANEOUS COLLECTION of relazioni, letters and other historical papers relating to the papal court during the papacy of Urban VIII and at the beginning of the papacy of Innocent X; circa 1623-1644. Italian and Latin. Copies. The MS. also includes: - (a) oration (art. 6) on the Sack of Rome by Giovanni Stafileo, Bishop of Sibenik, 1528; - (b) letter (art. 7) from Pierre Seguier, Chancellor of France, to Cardinal Louis de Nogaret d'Epernon de La Valette, Archbishop of Toulouse, relating to...
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Bindings ITALIAN: Full vellum: late 17th cent. Urban VIII; Pope: Miscellany rel. to the Papal Court: circa 1623-1644: Ital. and Lat.: Copies. includes: ff. 113-118 Clement VII; Pope: Johannes Staphyleus, Bishop of Sibenik: Oration on the Sack of Rome by Johannes Staphyleus: 1528: Lat: Copy. f...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, Italian, and Latin
Date Range:
c 1623-1644
Extent:
1 item

9. Add MS 8329

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MISCELLANEOUS COLLECTION of historical papers relating to Portugal, Rome, France, Tuscany, Candia, Venice, Perugia, and Poland; circa 1619-1649. Italian and Latin. Copies. The MS. includes: - (a) manifesto (art. 1) of King John IV of Portugal, 1647; - (b) discourse, letter and terms of agreement (arts. 2, 6-7) relating to the reconciliation of the Barberinis with Pope Innocent X, 1646; - (c) speech (art. 3) on Tuscany's neutrality addressed to Grand Duke Ferdinand II of Tuscany by Traiano Ma...
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Bindings ITALIAN: Full vellum: late 17th cent. includes: ff.2-41 John IV of Portugal: Manifesto: 1647: Ital: Copy. ff. 42-65, 96-114v Innocent X; Pope: Historical papers rel. to his agreement with the Barberinis: 1646: Ital: Copies. ff. 42-65, 96-114v Barberini family; of Rome: Historical pape...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, Italian, and Latin
Date Range:
c 1619-1649
Extent:
1 item

10. 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