1. Add MS 8308
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Add MS 8308
- Title:
- MISCELLANEOUS COLLECTION of tracts, papers and letters relating to Genoa and the Netherlands; circa 1547-1625. Italian and Latin. Copies, partly imperfect. Table of contents (f. 1), added later. Old signatures 'Tom. LIV' in pencil in upper right corner of f. i, and '498' in ink in fifth spine compartment: identifiable with Mattei MS. 498 (vol. 54 of 'Memorie diverse') in Guilford's catalogue Add. 8220, f. 23v. Owned by Frederick North, 5th Earl of Guilford, but lacking his armorial bookplate...
- Scope & Content:
- Bindings ITALIAN: Full vellum: late 17th cent. includes: ff. 2-51v Republic of Genoa: Tract and other papers rel. to: circa 1575-1598: Ital. and Lat: Copies. ff. 20-23v Republic of Genoa: Giovanni Girolamo Morone, Bishop of Modena; Cardinal 1542: Draft of agreement to end civil war in Genoa by...
- Collection Area:
- Western Manuscripts
- Languages:
- English, Italian, and Latin
- Date Range:
- c 1547-1625
- Extent:
- 1 item