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1. Add MS 4157

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Title:
State papers of John Thurloe, Secretary of State, 1655-1657
Scope & Content:
The documents here formed part of the original collection of John Thurloe (d. 1668), Secretary to the Council of State and subsequently to the two Cromwells, Lord Protectors. They illuminate both the domestic and international politics of the period, as also the scope of Thurloe's intelligence s...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Cipher, English, French, and Latin
Date Range:
1655-1657
Extent:
1 volume

2. Add MS 4279

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Scope & Content:
Vol. II (ff. 324). D-Z; circ. 1624-1683. Included are letters of Samuel Hartlib, Marin Mersenne, Sir Samuel Morland, Johann Jacob Stockar, etc. includes: ff. 1, 3, 6, 7 John Davis, of Horndon-on-the-Hill: Correspondence with J. Pell: 1662.f. 5 Elizabeth Pell, daughter of J Pell, DD: Letter...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Dutch, English, French, German, Italian, and Latin
Date Range:
c 1624-1683
Extent:
1 item

3. Add MS 4365

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Scope & Content:
Vol. II (ff. 399). (1) Johann Heinrich Rahn to J. Pell; Kyburg, near Zurich, 3 March 1658. Latin. ff. 5-6b. (2) John Pell to Theodore Hank, on scientific subjects; 1663, 1664. ff. 13-17b. (3) Ezerel Tonge, D.D., to J. Pell; 8 Oct. 1662. ff. 23-24. (4) John Aubrey, F.R.S., to J. Pell; cir...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, French, German, Italian, and Latin
Date Range:
1654-1714
Extent:
1 item

4. Add MS 4716-4718

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Title:
LETTER-BOOKS OF JOHN DODINGTON, Resident at Venice, with copies of various letters and papers concerning his post
Scope & Content:
Three volumes, of which Vol. I contains chiefly correspondence between the Doge and his ministers and the British Ambassador, Lord Fauconberg, and Dodington. English and Italian (some with English translations), Latin and cipher. Paper. Small folio. 1670-1672. Presented by Dr. Edward Young, 18 M...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, Italian, and Latin
Date Range:
1670-1672
Extent:
3 items

5. Add MS 8253

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Title:
UNIVERSAL HISTORY; 1st half of 15th cent. Italian and Latin. Universal history from the Creation to Octavian, principally biblical and classical history, inc. (f. 3) 'Siendo deo prima cosa perfettissima', expl. (f. 184) 'dalla veritade chatolicha Amen allo onore de Christo'. Followed by: (a) ff. 184v-185, a concordance of the prophets and apostles concerning the articles of the faith; - (b) f. 186, a copy of a bull of Emperor Frederick Barbarossa to the Benedictine abbey of San Mercuriale in...
Scope & Content:
Bindings ITALIAN: Half brown leather with marbled covers and end-papers: 18th cent. Watermarks: Greek cross: 1st half of 15th cent. includes: ff. 1-184 History: Universal history from Creation to Octavian: 1st half of 15th cent: Ital. f. 186 Forlì, Italy: Bull, 1159, from Frederick Barbarossa...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, Italian, and Latin
Date Range:
1st half of the 15th century
Extent:
1 item

6. Add MS 8261

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RELAZIONE OF ITALY; 17th cent. Italian. Copy. Historical description of the Italian principalities and republics. Inc. (f. 1) 'L'Italia dominatrice una volta del mondo e poi preda del mondo istesso', expl. (f. 147) 'Isola del Gozzo con la piccola Comino hanno anch' esse i suoi forti'. The relazione is divided into eleven chapters: (i) Italia Proemio (ff. 1-8); (ii) Stati del Duca di Savoia (ff. 8-26v); (iii) Duca di Monferrato (ff. 26v-29v); (iv) La Republica di Genova (ff. 29v-33v); (v) Duc...
Scope & Content:
Bookplates and Book-stamps: 5th earl of Guilford (L/20/D): bef. 1828. Italy General: Historical description of the Italian principalities and republics: circa 1650: Ital: Copy. Bindings ITALIAN: Full vellum on pasteboards: late 17th cent. includes: ff. 8-26v Duchy of Savoy: History of: circa...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English and Italian
Date Range:
17th century
Extent:
1 item

7. Add MS 8262

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MISCELLANEOUS COLLECTION of relazioni, letters, tracts and orations relating to the Papacy, Spain, France, Venice, the German Empire, Austria, Dalmatia, Turkey, Savoy, Florence, Naples, Genoa, and Ethiopia; circa 1494-1585. Italian, Latin, and Spanish. Copies, 17th cent. The MS. includes relazioni of: - (a) Spain by Federico Badoer, 1557 (ff. 1-81v): other copies in Add. 29444 (ff. 440-507: dated 1558), Lansdowne 840 A (ff. 31-91: dated 1558), Royal 14.A.XIII (art. 6, ff. 225-384: dated 1558...
Scope & Content:
Bookplates and Book-stamps: Colonna Library: 18th cent. includes: ff. 1-81v Philip II of Spain: Charles V; Emperor of Germany: Lorenzo Priuli; Doge of Venice: Federico Badoer, Venetian Ambassador: Relazione of Spain by Federico Badoer: 1557: Ital: Copy. ff. 82-102v Francis I of France: Andrea ...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Italian and Latin
Date Range:
17th century
Extent:
1 item

8. Add MS 8263

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MISCELLANEOUS TRACTS on European and Italian history; circa 1577-1677. Italian, Latin and Spanish. Partly printed. Relates mostly to the rights of the Church to Italian states such as Ferrara, Modena, Comacchio, the investiture and the rights of the Boschetti family to the lands of S. Cesario on Panaro (Modena), their dispute with the Monastery of S. Pietro in Modena, and claims of France to the Kingdom of the Two Sicilies. Including 17th-cent. transcripts (arts. 7-13) of charters and papal ...
Scope & Content:
Rome; Court of; and Popes, Bishops of. General: Miscellany, mostly rel. to the rights of the Holy See to Italian territories: circa 1577-1677: Ital., Lat., and Span: Partly printed. Bookplates and Book-stamps: Colonna Library: 18th cent. includes: ff. 1, 31, 277v, 475v, 560v Bookplates and Bo...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, French, Italian, Latin, and Spanish
Date Range:
c 1577-1677
Extent:
1 item

9. Add MS 8267

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MISCELLANEOUS COLLECTION of relazioni, tracts, and financial accounts relating to the Papacy, Venice, France, Spain, Tunisia, Ethiopia, and England; circa 1532-1573. Italian and Latin. Copies. The MS. includes (ff. 231-232v) the final sentence pronounced by Pope Clement VII refusing divorce to Henry VIII from Catherine of Aragon, annulling his marriage to Anne Boleyn, restoring Catherine to her royal state, and excommunicating the king, 11 July 1533, in Latin, inc. 'La sentenza d'Inghilterra...
Scope & Content:
Bookplates and Book-stamps: Colonna Library: 18th cent. includes: ff. 2-53v Marc Antonio Cornaro, Venetian envoy at Nice: Niccolò Tiepolo, Venetian envoy at Nice: Paul III; Pope: Francis I of France: Charles V; Emperor of Germany: Andrea Gritti; Doge of Venice: Relazione of the Congress of Nic...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Italian and Latin
Date Range:
c 1532-1573
Extent:
1 item

10. Add MS 8268

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MISCELLANEOUS COLLECTION of relazioni, tracts, letters and historical accounts relating to the Papacy, France, Poland, Russia, Spain, Genoa, Malta, Turkey, Portugal, England, Scotland, the German Empire, Flanders, Naples, and Milan; circa 1538-1585. Italian, Latin, and Spanish. Copies, 17th cent. The MS. includes: - (a) papal instructions to Latino Giovenale Manetti relating to France, circa 1538, in Italian (ff. 1-2); - (b) correspondence between the Czar Ivan IV of Russia and King Sigismun...
Scope & Content:
Bookplates and Book-stamps: Colonna Library: 18th cent. includes: ff. 1-2 Paul III; Pope: Francis I of France: Latino Giovenale Manetti, of Rome; poet and apostolic secretary: Henry II of Navarre: Instructions rel. to France to Latino Giovenale Manetti from Paul III: circa 1538: Ital: Copy. ff...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Italian, Latin, and Spanish
Date Range:
17th century
Extent:
1 item