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Name Borri, Francesco Giuseppe, Alchemist

1. Add MS 8325

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MISCELLANEOUS COLLECTION of historical papers relating to Rome, Sweden, Tunisia, Alsace, Venice, Spain, and Monaco; circa 1641-1671. Italian, French and Latin. Copies. The MS. includes (art. 7) the account of the trial of the Milanese doctor and alchemist Francesco Giuseppe Borri (1627-1695) written by the Italian historian Gregorio Leti (1630-1701), published as Sommario del Processo di Gioseppe Francesco Borri Milanese condannato e sentetiato dal Tribunale del S. Officio per Eretico... pub...
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Bindings ITALIAN: Full vellum: late 17th cent. includes: ff. 2-19v Christina of Sweden: Giovanni Rinaldo Monaldeschi, Esquire of Queen Christina of Sweden: Relazione and treatise rel. to the murder of G. R. Monaldeschi by order of Qu. Christina of Sweden: circa 1657: Ital: Copies. ff. 20-34 Ah...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, French, Italian, and Latin
Date Range:
c 1641-1671
Extent:
1 item

2. Add MS 8357

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LIVES of Italian heretics; early 18th cent. Italian. This anonymous text provides detailed accounts of the lives of Francesco Canonici (1609-1652), Marc Antonio Dominis (1566-1624) and Francesco Giuseppe Borri (1627-1695), together with an account of the deaths of Bernadino and Niccola Missori, all of whom were declared heretics by the Italian Inquisition. The present MS. is listed in Palma di Cesnola, p. 128 and P. O. Kristeller, Iter Italicum, IV (1989), p. 68. Owned by Frederick North, 5t...
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Bindings ITALIAN: Binding of quarter vellum with brown marbled paper covers: early 18th cent. includes: ff. 1-30v Francesco Canonici, called 'Mascambruno'; Auditor of the Contraddette: Life of: early 18th cent: Ital: Copy. ff. 31-66v Marco Antonio de Dominis, Archbishop of Spalato: Life of: ea...
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Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English and Italian
Date Range:
Early 18th century
Extent:
1 item

3. Add MS 8409

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ANONYMOUS COLLECTION OF LIVES of eminent people and Italian heretics condemned by the Inquisition in Rome; late 17th - early 18th cent. Italian. Copy. The texts provide detailed accounts of the lives, trials and executions of : - (a) art. 1, ff. 3-21, Cardinal Carlo Carafa (1517-1561), his brother Giovanni, Duke of Paliano, the Count of Alife, brother-in-law of Giovanni, and Leonardo di Cardine, Alife's uncle; for other accounts of the Carafas' execution see Add. 8391 (arts. 6-9, ff. 208-236...
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Bindings ITALIAN: Full vellum: early 18th cent. Rome; Court of; and Popes, Bishops of. General: Inquisition: Heretics: Lives of eminent people and heretics condemned by the Inquisition in Rome: late 17th - early 18th cent: Ital: Copy. includes: ff. 3-21v Carlo Carafa, Cardinal 1555: Account o...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English and Italian
Date Range:
Late 17th century-Early 18th century
Extent:
1 item