1. Add MS 8730
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Add MS 8730
- Title:
- COLLECTION OF 87 AVVISI TO THE PAPAL SECRETARY OF STATE FROM FRANCE; 1624-1627. Italian, Latin, and French. Partly copies, partly in cipher. Imperfect. The avvisi list miscellaneous news (wars and politics, trade, gossip and natural events) and were sent as enclosures to the nuncio's weekly reports to Rome. The present MS. contains a collection of avvisi sent together with his dispatches by Bernardino Spada, papal nuncio to France between 30 Dec. 1623 – 27 Feb. 1627. The dispatches cover the...
- Scope & Content:
- Louis XIII of France: Newsletters From France: Bernardino Spada, Archbishop of Damietta; nuncio to France; Cardinal 1626: Avvisi di Francia, etc.,: 1624-1627: Ital., Lat. and Fr: Partly copies and in cipher. Imperfect. includes: f. 30-31v Girolamo Gori: Letter to Card. B. Spada: 1624: Ital: Au...
- Collection Area:
- Western Manuscripts
- Languages:
- English, French, Italian, and Latin
- Date Range:
- 1624-1627
- Extent:
- 1 item