1. Add MS 8375
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Add MS 8375
- Title:
- LIVES OF THE CARDINALS of Innocent X; 1650. Italian. The work comprises short lifes of the seventy-three cardinals of the Sacred College in 1650, the year of the Jubilee, beginning (ff. 13-16v) with Camillo Pamphili, Cardinal-Nepote of Innocent X and later Prince, and ending (ff. 481v-483v) with Marcello Lanti. The text is a revised and enlarged version of another MS. work entitled La Stadiera de Prencipi Porporati. The work is dedicated (ff. 6-7) to an Italian prince, who had commissioned t...
- Scope & Content:
- Bindings ITALIAN: Full vellum with decorated paper pastedowns and flyleaves: 18th cent. Bookplates and Book-stamps: 5th Earl of Guilford (L/18/D): bef. 1828. Biography: Innocent X; Pope: Lives of cardinals in the Jubilee year: 1650: Ital: Copy.
- Collection Area:
- Western Manuscripts
- Languages:
- English and Italian
- Date Range:
- 1650
- Extent:
- 1 item