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Place Monferrato, Italy

1. 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...
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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

2. Add MS 8299

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MISCELLANEOUS COLLECTION of relazioni, papal instructions, and discourse relating to Rome, Siena, France, the German Empire, Spain, Mantua and Monferrato; circa 1554-1636. Latin and Italian. Copies, 17th cent. The MS. includes (art. 1, ff. 4v-81v) the account of the conclave for the election of Pope Pius IV by Antonio Guidi, in Latin, preceded (ff. 3-4v) by a letter of dedication to Cardinal Carlo Borromeo. Table of contents (f. 1), added later. Old signature '490' in ink in fourth spine com...
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Bindings ITALIAN: Full vellum: late 17th cent. includes: ff. 2-81v Antonio Guidi, Bishop of Traú 1574: Paul IV; Pope: Saint Carlo Borromeo,; Archbishop of Milan; Cardinal 1560: Account of conclave of 1559 , addressed to Carlo Borromeo by Antonio Guidi: [1560]: Lat: Copy. ff. 82-89v Siena, Ital...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, Italian, and Latin
Date Range:
17th century
Extent:
1 item

3. Add MS 8310

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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

4. Add MS 33234

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Collection of Secular and Sacred compositions, by various authors in the late 17th century.
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Passim. Motets, most of them with a figured bass, in score. 1. ‘Alleluja! jubilat ecclesia’ (à 3). ‘Cassati.’ f. 41. 2. ‘Anima mea liquefacta est’ (à 3). 'Maria Marini.’ f. 44. 3. ‘Anima mea in æterna dulcedine‘ (à 2). ‘Charissimi.’ f. 70. 4. ‘Plagæ tuæ, Domine’ (à 3). ‘Felice Sances.’ f. 85. 5....
Collection Area:
Music Collections
Languages:
English, Italian, and Latin
Date Range:
1680-1682
Extent:
1 volume (172 folios)

5. Add MS 48120

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DOCUMENTS RELATING TO THE THIRTY YEARS WAR IN ITALY, etc.; 1544-1631, n.d. Latin and Italian. Copies, 17th cent. 1. ff. 2-68b. 'Discorso di Mons. Claudio Tolomei . . . ', a political discourse by Claudio Tolomei on the ability of Pope Paul III (1534-1549) to give judgement in favour of France ...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Italian and Latin
Date Range:
1543-1699
Extent:
1 item