1. Add MS 8427
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Add MS 8427
- Title:
- ACCOUNTS OF THE CONCLAVES for the elections of Leo XI, on 1 April 1605, and Paul V, on 16 May 1605; circa 1605. Italian. Copies. For a contemporary MS. with the same contents see Add. 48016 (Yelverton MS. 118). Owned by Frederick North, 5th Earl of Guilford, but lacking his armorial bookplate. '88' in pencil in upper left corner of f. 1. Purchased, together with Add. 8367, 8410, 8411, 8414, 8415, 8426, and 8428, from R. H. Evans, 8 Dec. 1830, lot 88 (part). Contents as follows: 1. ff. 1-3...
- Scope & Content:
- Bindings ENGLISH: Guilford binding: bef. 1828. includes: ff. 1-38 Leo XI; Pope: Account of conclave: [1605]: Ital: Copy. ff. 39-56v Paul V; Pope: Account of conclave: 1605: Ital: Copy.
- Collection Area:
- Western Manuscripts
- Languages:
- English and Italian
- Date Range:
- 1605
- Extent:
- 1 item