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11. Add MS 8300

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COLLECTION OF MISCELLANEOUS PAPERS relating largely to military and political events in the first half of the 17th century in Italy and elsewhere; 1594-1643. Italian, Latin and Spanish. Partly printed. Contemporary index of contents (ff. 1-2). Owned by Frederick North, 5th Earl of Guilford, but lacking his armorial bookplate. Ownership inscription in ink at top of f. 190 (see art. 21) 'Bonifatii Vanozzij' (Vanozzi is also the author of art. 7). Old signature 'Tom. XLVIII' in upper right corn...
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Bindings: Full vellum: 18th cent. Bindings ITALIAN: Full vellum: late 17th cent. includes: ff. 3-48v Gabriel Paleotti, Cardinal; Archbishop of Bologna: Extract on papal consistory: early 17th cent.: Ital: Copy. ff. 49-52 Arnaud de Ossat, Cardinal 1598: Clement VIII; Pope: Saluzzo, Piedmont, I...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, Italian, Latin, and Spanish
Date Range:
1594-1643
Extent:
1 item

12. 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

13. 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

14. 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

15. Add MS 8305

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MISCELLANEOUS COLLECTION of tracts, relazioni, discourses, and letters relating to Switzerland, Rome, Florence, the Valtelline, Spain, France, the Council of Trent, Venice, Padua, and some moral and religious issues; circa 1562-1621. Italian. Copies. Including (art. 7, ff. 75-85) an anonymous commentary on the first book of the Historiae by Publius Cornelius Tacitus. Table of contents (f. 1), added later. Old signatures 'Tom. LI' in pencil in upper right corner of f. i, and '495.' in ink in ...
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Bindings ITALIAN: Full vellum: late 17th cent. Political Tracts: Political and historical tracts: circa 1563-1621: Ital: Copies. includes: ff. 2-5 Switzerland: Relazione of: circa 1562-1564: Ital: Copy. ff. 6-10 Pius V; Pope: Discourse rel. to papal authority: circa 1569: Ital: Copy. ff. 11-2...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English and Italian
Date Range:
c 1562-1621
Extent:
1 item

16. Add MS 8306

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MISCELLANEOUS COLLECTION of tracts relating to Rome, Florence, Ferrara and Padua; circa 1565-1574. Latin. Copies, 17th cent. Table of contents (f. 1), added later. Old signatures 'Tom. LII' in pencil in upper right corner of f. i, and '496' in ink in fifth spine compartment: identifiable with Mattei MS. 496 (vol. 52 of 'Memorie diverse') in Guilford's catalogue Add. 8220, f. 23v. Owned by Frederick North, 5th Earl of Guilford, but lacking his armorial bookplate. '103' in pencil in top left c...
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Bindings ITALIAN: Full vellum: late 17th cent. includes: ff. 2-187 Ceremonials: Rome; Court of; and Popes, Bishops of. General: Tract rel. to papal elections: 17th cent.: Lat: Copy. ff. 188-284v Tiberio Deciani, of Udine; called Deciano; professor of law at Padua: Legal advice rel. to the prec...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English and Latin
Date Range:
17th century
Extent:
1 item

17. Add MS 8307

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MISCELLANEOUS COLLECTION of relazioni, instructions, and letters relating to Spain, Venice, France, and Rome; circa 1546-1667. Italian. Copies. Pen-flourished initials on ff. 2, 3, 139, 140, 165, 166. Table of contents (f. 1), added later. Old signatures 'Tom. LIII' in pencil in upper right corner of f. i, and '497.' in ink in fourth spine compartment: identifiable with Mattei MS. 497 (vol. 53 of 'Memorie diverse') in Guilford's catalogue Add. 8220, f. 23v. Owned by Frederick North, 5th Earl...
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Bindings ITALIAN: Full vellum: late 17th cent. includes: ff. 2-125 Bernardo Navagero, Venetian Ambassador at Venice, Rome and Constantinople; afterwards Cardinal: Charles V; Emperor of Germany: Francesco Donà; Doge of Venice: Relazione of Spain by Bernardo Navagero: 1546: Ital: Copy. ff. 126-1...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English and Italian
Date Range:
c 1546-1667
Extent:
1 item

18. Add MS 8308

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MISCELLANEOUS COLLECTION of tracts, papers and letters relating to Genoa and the Netherlands; circa 1547-1625. Italian and Latin. Copies, partly imperfect. Table of contents (f. 1), added later. Old signatures 'Tom. LIV' in pencil in upper right corner of f. i, and '498' in ink in fifth spine compartment: identifiable with Mattei MS. 498 (vol. 54 of 'Memorie diverse') in Guilford's catalogue Add. 8220, f. 23v. Owned by Frederick North, 5th Earl of Guilford, but lacking his armorial bookplate...
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Bindings ITALIAN: Full vellum: late 17th cent. includes: ff. 2-51v Republic of Genoa: Tract and other papers rel. to: circa 1575-1598: Ital. and Lat: Copies. ff. 20-23v Republic of Genoa: Giovanni Girolamo Morone, Bishop of Modena; Cardinal 1542: Draft of agreement to end civil war in Genoa by...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, Italian, and Latin
Date Range:
c 1547-1625
Extent:
1 item

19. Add MS 8309

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MISCELLANEOUS COLLECTION of relazioni of Rome, the German Empire, Peru, France, Spain and Naples; circa 1568-1644. Italian and Latin. Copies. Table of contents (f. 1), added later. Old signature in black ink 'Tomo 131' in upper left corner of ff. 2, 152, 158. Old signatures 'Tom. LVI' in pencil in upper right corner of f. i, and '500.' in ink in fifth spine compartment: identifiable with Mattei MS. 500 (vol. 56 of 'Memorie diverse') in Guilford's catalogue Add. 8220, f. 23v. Owned by Frederi...
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Bindings ITALIAN: Full vellum: late 17th cent. includes: ff. 2-106v Urban VIII; Pope: Ferdinand III; Emperor of Germany: Relazione of the Duke of Crumau's visit to Urban VIII: [1638]: Ital: Copy. ff. 2-106v Johann Anthon I von Eggenberg, Prince; Duke of Crumau; Imperial Ambassador to Urban VII...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English and Italian
Date Range:
c 1568-1644
Extent:
1 item

20. Add MS 8310

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Title:
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