1. Add MS 8630
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Add MS 8630
- Title:
- FLORIO BUSTRON: Historia overo Commentarii de Cipro; 16th cent. Italian. Copy, late 18th cent. A chronicle of the island of Cyprus composed in the 16th cent. by Florio Bustron, a Cypriot counsellor to the Venetian governors of the island, who died in 1570 during the siege of Nicosia by the Turks. The chronicle gives a detailed account of the history of the Kingdom of Cyprus from its origins to 1489, when the island was peacefully consigned to the Republic of Venice by Caterina Corner, the Ve...
- Scope & Content:
- Bindings: Quarter vellum with brown paper covers over pasteboards: early 19th cent. Bookplates and Book-stamps: 5th Earl of Guilford: bef. 1828. Cyprus: Chronicles: Florio Bustron, of Cyprus; chronicler: Chronicle of Cyprus to 1489 by Florio Bustron: 16th cent.: Ital: Copy, late 18th cent.
- Collection Area:
- Western Manuscripts
- Languages:
- English and Italian
- Date Range:
- Late 18th century
- Extent:
- 1 item