1. Add MS 8764
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Add MS 8764
- Title:
- MORONE LETTER-BOOK: Dispatches from and to Giovanni Morone and Cardinal Alessandro Farnese; 1539-1540. Italian and Latin. Copies, 17th cent. The dispatches relate to Germany and the diets of Hagenau and Worms (1540), and are dated 30 Nov. 1539 - 7 Oct. 1540. Morone was Bishop of Modena and papal nuncio (1536-1541) to Ferdinand, King of the Romans. Most of his dispatches included in the present MS. are addressed to Cardinal Alessandro Farnese, nephew of Pope Paul III Farnese, and to Guido Asc...
- Scope & Content:
- Bindings ITALIAN: Full vellum: late 17th-early 18th cent. Marcello Cervini degli Spannochi, Bishop of Nicastro; Cardinal 1539; future Pope Marcellus II: Dispatches to and from G. Morone and Card. Farnese: 1539-1540: Ital.: Copies. Guido Ascanio Sforza, Count of Santa Fiora; Cardinal 1535; Papa...
- Collection Area:
- Western Manuscripts
- Languages:
- English, Italian, and Latin
- Date Range:
- 17th century
- Extent:
- 1 item