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Project / Collection Additional Manuscripts Name Barberini, Francesco, the elder; Cardinal; Legate in Spain, 1597-1679 Place Venice, Italy

1. 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

2. 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