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Name Carlo Contarini, Doge of Venice

1. Add MS 8330

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Add MS 8330
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RELAZIONE of Rome and Petition to the Pope, possibly Innocent X(1644-1655); circa 1644-1656. Italian. Copies. The relazione of Rome (art. 1) relates to the recently elected Pope Alexander VII (1655-1667). Table of contents (f. 1) added later. Old signatures in pencil 'Tom. XCVI' in upper right corner of f. i, and '540' in ink in fifth spine compartment: identifiable with Mattei MS. 540 (vol. 96 of 'Materie diverse') in Guilford's catalogue Add. 8220, f. 24. Owned by Frederick North, 5th Earl...
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Bindings ITALIAN: Full vellum: late 17th cent. includes: ff. 2-96v Alexander VII; Pope: Giovanni Pesaro, Venetian Ambassador: Carlo Contarini; Doge of Venice: Relazione of Rome by Giovanni Pesaro: 1656: Ital: Copy. ff. 97-112v Ceremonials: Innocent X; Pope: Taddeo Barberini, Prince of Palestri...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English and Italian
Date Range:
c 1644-1656
Extent:
1 item

2. Add MS 8341

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Add MS 8341
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MISCELLANEOUS COLLECTION of relazioni, treatises and other historical papers relating to Rome and its territories, Venice, Spain, France, Savoy, Geneva and Colombia; circa 1558-1724. Italian and Latin. Copies and drafts. The volume was possibly compiled around 1722 during the papacy of Innocent XIII (1721-1724). With several contemporary corrections and additions throughout. Old shelfmark in ink 'XLIX' in lower spine: possibly identifiable with Marefoschi MS. 49 in Guilford's catalogue Add. ...
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Bindings ITALIAN: Full vellum: 18th cent. France General: Spain, General: Rome; Court of; and Popes, Bishops of. General: Papers rel. to: circa 1558-1724: Ital. and Lat.: Copies and drafts. includes: ff. 51-71v Bernardo Navagero, Venetian Ambassador at Venice, Rome and Constantinople; afterwa...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, Italian, and Latin
Date Range:
c 1558-1724
Extent:
1 item

3. Add MS 8398

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Add MS 8398
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Relazioni of Rome; vol. i; 1535-1660. Paper; ff. 462, plus one unfoliated blank after f. 272. Composite volume: arts. 1, 2, and 4 marked respectively with initials 'D', 'D', 'H' in black ink in upper right corner of first leaves. Modern foliation '1-451' (followed here), omitting no. 126 and on...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English and Italian
Date Range:
1535-1660
Extent:
1 item

4. Add MS 8404

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Add MS 8404
Title:
GIOVANNI PESARO: Relazione of Rome; [1656]. Italian. Copy. The relazione of Rome written by Giovanni Pesaro together with Bertuccio Valier, Alvise Contarini and Nicolò Sagredo upon their return from the extraordinary embassy to the Papal Court in 1655 to congratulate Alexander VII on his election to the Papacy. Other copies in Add. 8330 (art. 1, ff. 2-96v), 8341 (art. 5, ff. 122-185), and 8398 (art. 7, ff. 324-393v). Text differs at the end from the relazione published by Barozzi - Berchet, ...
Scope & Content:
Bindings ITALIAN: Full vellum: late 17th cent. Alexander VII; Pope: Giovanni Pesaro, Venetian Ambassador: Carlo Contarini; Doge of Venice: Relazione of Rome by Giovanni Pesaro: 1656: Ital: Copy.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English and Italian
Date Range:
[1656]
Extent:
1 item