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Add MS 8282
- Record Id:
- 032-002029147
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 032-002029147
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100000000050.0x00029d
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- ISAD(G)
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- Add MS 8282
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COLLECTION of miscellaneous tracts, historical accounts, and letters relating mostly to the history of the Church and political affairs in 17th-cent. Europe; circa 1492-1715. Latin, Italian, and Spanish. Copies. Imperfect. Table of contents in Latin (ff. 2-3v), identifying the missing text after f. 80 as a commentary by [Girolamo?] Seripandi on St. Paul's Epistle to the Romans. 'D.V.10' and 'LXXIII' in pencil, and stamp 'biblioth / h.f. / J770' on f. 1: identifiable with Falconieri MS. 73 in Guilford's catalogue Add. 8220, f. 26v. Owned by Frederick North, 5th Earl of Guilford, but lacking his armorial bookplate. '290' in pencil at center of f. 1. Purchased, together with Add. 8283-8289, 8344, 8358, 8433, 8688, 8788, and possibly 8416, from R. H. Evans, 8 Dec. 1830, lot 290 (part).
Paper; ff. 397, plus two unfoliated blanks after ff. 10, 80, 104, 113, 129, 189, 278, 319, one after ff. 14, 87, 88, 103, 116, 117, 121, 130, 131, 132, 133, 134, 139, 144, 156, 200, 205, 216, 231, 244, 259, 262, 301, 324, 365, 372, 377, 385, and four after f. 138; missing 2 leaves after f. 80, and 7 leaves after f. 346 (a note relating to the loss of old foliated leaves '81' and '389-395' on f. 1), and possibly one leaf after f. 309 with old foliation '348'. Old foliation in ink '1-450' (ff. 4-397), including blanks, omitting f. 309; previous pagination in ink '1-67' (ff. 47-80). Composite volume. 282 x 210mm. Several Italian hands. Guilford binding of quarter vellum with decorated paper covers over pasteboards.
The MS. includes:
1. ff. 15-46v. 'Intruttione all'Illustrissimo ... Duca di Terranova Governatore dello Stato di Milano e Capitano Generale per sua Maestà Cattolica in Italia / Scrive degli errori che fece Don Ferrante Gonzaga nel governo di Milano e come un Governatore di quello stato se ne possa guardare', advice from Don Scipio di Castro (circa 1521-1583), political theorist and secretary to Giacomo Boncompagni, son of Pope Gregory XIII, to Don Carlos de Aragón y Tagliavia, Duke of Terranova and Governor of Milan (1583-1592), concerning the government of the duchy of Milan and its relations with its neighbours; circa 1582. Italian. Copy. Inc. 'Illustrissimo ... Vostra Eccellenza è talmente essercitata ne i maneggi degl'affari publici', signed 'D.S.D.C'. Another copy in Add. 8376, art. 3, ff. 84-120. Printed in Tesoro Politico (Milan, 1602), pp. 375-387 (BL Copy 521.c.21). For Scipio di Castro see DBI, 22 (1979), pp. 233-245.
2. ff. 81-87. 'Exemplar epistolae transmissae a Magno Moscoviae Duce ad Sanctissimum Dominum nostrum Clementem Papam X', letter from Alexis Michaelovitch, Emperor of Russia, to Pope Clement X; 1672. Latin. Copy. Inc. 'Dei omnipotentis et in omnibus multifaria operantis'.
3. ff. 88, 89-90. 'Copia de una carta del Señor Presidente de Castilla al Conde de Peñaranda Assistente de Sivi[ll?]a', letter from Ferdinando de Açevedo, Archbishop of Burgos, to the Conde de Peñaranda, together with a memorandum on St. Teresa de Jesus; 1618. Spanish. Copy. Inc. 'El Regno recivio por Patrona ala beata Madre Teresa de Jesus', expl. 'de Madrid 28 de setiembre de 1618 / El Arcobispo de Burgos'.
4. ff. 103-103v. 'Manifesto del Signor Turco contro Christiani', manifesto of Sultan Ibrahim of Turkey (1640-1648) against the Christians; n.d. Italian. Copy. Inc. 'Sultan Brain del Portutissimo Imperator Figlio, Nipote di Dio Invisibile, Re de Turchi ... L'immortal memoria di Sultan Murat Gran Signore de Turchi nostro antecessore'.
5. ff. 105-109. 'Discorso sopra la convenienza dell'habito del Rocchetto scoperto e del titolo d'Eccellenza col quale è stato ricevuto e trattato da questa Serenissima Republica di Venetia l'illustrissimo ... Arcivescovo d'Ambrun ambasciatore straordinario di Sua Maestà Christianissima nonostante le pretensioni messe in campo dall'Illustrissimo ... Monsignor Nuntio Alboviti l'anno 1659', tract relating to the ceremonies put in place at Venice for the arrival of the French ambassador extraordinary Georges d' Aubusson de la Feuillade, Archbishop of Embrun, and disputed by the papal nuncios Jacopo Altoviti (nuncio at Venice in 1658-1666); 1659. Italian. Copy. Inc. 'Vi è una massima vera e costante'. Another copy in Add. 16516, ff. 338-345v.
6. ff. 118-119v. 'Operationi fatte da Monsignor Maffeo Barberini nunzio in Francia a favore dei cattolici d'Inghilterra', brief biography of Maffeo Barberini up to his second year as Pope Urban VIII (1625), focusing on his activity in favour of the English Catholics when papal nuncio to France (1604-1607); circa 1625. Italian. Copy. Inc. 'Monsignor Maffeo Barberini per favorire la causa de Cattolici in Inghilterra'.
7. f. 121. '1692. 'Nota delle Navi Francesi prese dall'Ammiraglio Russel', list of French warships destroyed or captured by Admiral Edward Russell, Earl of Orford, at the Battle of La Hogue; 1692. Italian.
8. ff. 142-144v. French manifesto to the College of Cardinals relating to the dispute between Cardinal Paluzzi Altieri and the ambassadors of France, Spain, Venice, and the Empire; 1674. Italian. Copy. Inc. 'Al Sacro Colleggio ... L'affare che hoggi corre nel Mondo', expl. 'In Casale 1674'. Other copies in Add. 8336 (art. 23, ff. 203-207v), and 8378 (art. 2, ff. 51-56v).
9. ff. 153-154v. 'Dell'ospitalità usata quest'anno santo 1625 dalla Santità di Nostro Signore Papa Urbano VIII di felice memoria a pellegrini, clerici, e vescovi oltremontani e transmarini', memorandum on the hospitality granted to pilgrims and clerics in Rome by Pope Urban VIII during the Anno Santo 1625; n.d. Italian. Inc. 'Essendo cosa antichissima nelli Romani Pontefici albergare a loro spese i pellegrini'.
10. ff. 155-156. 'Titulus Imperatoris dependet a coronatione Pontificis' [title on f. 157v], memorandum on the coronation of Holy Roman Emperors from Otto I to Henry IV; n.d. Italian. Copy. Inc. 'Doppo che il titolo dell'Imperio nell'Occidente'.
11. ff. 166-189v. 'Questio precedentie inter Ducem Ferrarie et Ducem Florentie', two statements relating to the controversy on precedence between the Dukes of Ferrara and Florence; n.d. Latin. Copies. Inc. 'Primus non est dubitandum Rempublicam Florentinam'.
12. ff. 234-235. 'Cronologia de Gran Turchi dall'anno 1300 da Otthomano sino all'Imperio di Mahomet IV vigesimo terzo imperatore de' Turchi', genealogy of the Turkish Sultans from Osman I to Mohammad IV taken from the work of Antoine du Verdier [or Gilbert Saulnier, Sieur du Verdier]; after 1648. Latin. Copy. Inc. 'Otthomano I '.
13. ff. 232-233, 240-259v. Accounts relating to cardinal concistories; 1679. Latin. Copy.
14. ff. 263-274. 'Instruttione a Vostra Signoria Monsignor de Massimi Vescovo di Bertinoro Nuntio di Nostro Signore ne Regni di Spagna, per trattare con la Maestà del Re Cattolico sopra la dispensa del Matrimonio di sua sorella col Prencipe d'Inghilterra', instructions to Innocenzo Massimo, Bishop of Bertinoro, relating to the marriage of the Infanta Maria Anna, sister of King Philip IV of Spain, to Charles, Prince of Wales; 1623. Copy. Italian. Inc. 'Egli è così grave e importante affare quello della dispensa', expl. 'particolari promotori della sua pietà e della sua gloria'.
15. ff. 347-365v. 'Relatione del Successo tra il Vescovo di Lamego e l'Ambasciadore di Spagna nel Pontificato di Urbano VIII', relazione [from Cardinal Francesco Barberini to Girolamo Battaglia] of the dispute between Dom Miguel de Portugal, Bishop of Lamego, Portuguese Ambassador to Rome between Nov. 1641-Dec. 1642, and Don Pedro Fajardo Zúñiga y Requesens, Marqués de Los Vélez, Ambassador to Rome of Philip IV of Spain in 1642-1643; [1642]. Inc. 'Non fu di molto venuto in Roma il Marchese de los Vales, quando all'improvviso una mattina Monsignor Vescovo di Lamego', expl. 'stipulatione del suo dire'. Another copy in 8699 (art. 5, ff. 189-273)
- Scope & Content:
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Europe: Rome; Court of; and Popes, Bishops of. General: Italy General: Miscellany rel. to: 17th-18th cent.: Ital. and Lat: Copies.
Bookplates and Book-stamps: `BIBLIOTH / H.F. / J770': 1770: Lat.
Bindings ENGLISH: Guilford bindings: bef. 1828.
includes:
- ff. 15-46v Scipio di Castro, political theorist: Carlos de Aragón y Tagliavia, Governor of Milan: Instructions to Carlos de Aragón y Tagliavia from S. di Castro: circa 1582: Ital: Copy.
- ff. 103-103v Ibrahim; Sultan of Turkey: Manifesto against Christians: circa 1640-1648: Ital: Copy.
- ff. 118-119v Urban VIII; Pope: Roman Catholics: Brief biography of Urban VIII, rel. to English Catholics: circa 1625: Ital: Copy.
- f. 121 General Chronicles and History, etc. Navy of France: Edward Russell, Earl of Orford: List of French warships destroyed or captured by the Earl of Orford: 1692: Ital: Copy.
- ff. 142-144v Pietro Mocenigo, Venetian Ambassador at Rome 1672: François Annibal II d' Estrées, Duc; Maréchal; Ambassador at Rome: Johann Eberhard von Neidhart, Jesuit; General of the Spanish Inquisition; Cardinal 1672: Hessen-Darmstadt, Landgraves of. Friedrich: Papers rel. to his dispute with Card. P. Altieri: 1674-1675: Ital: Copies.
- ff. 142-144v Clement X; Pope: Papers rel. to the dispute over import duties: 1674-1675: Ital: Copies.
- ff. 142-144v Paluzzo Paluzzi Altieri degli Albertoni, Cardinal 1664; Cardinal Nephew of Clement X: Papers rel. to his dispute over import duties: 1674-1675: Ital: Copies.
- ff. 166-189v Ceremonials: Alfonso II; Duke of Modena and Ferrara: Cosimo I; Grand Duke of Tuscany: Tracts rel. to the precedence between the Dukes of Ferrara and Tuscany: bef. 1574: Lat: Copies, 17th cent.
- ff. 263-274 Gregory XV; Pope: Philip IV of Spain: Charles I of England: Innocenzo Massimo, Bishop of Bertinoro: Maria Anna, Infanta; daughter of Philip III of Spain: Instructions to Innocenzo Massimo from Gregory XV rel. to the proposed marriage of Charles, Prince of Wales, with Infanta Maria Anna: 1623: Ital: Copy.
- ff. 347-365v Urban VIII; Pope: Philip IV of Spain: Francesco Barberini, Cardinal 1623: John IV of Portugal: Girolamo Battaglia, papal nuncio to Portugal 1640: Accounts of the dispute between the Portuguese and Spanish Ambassadors in Rome, to Girolamo Battaglia by Francesco Barberini: [1642]: Ital. and Lat: Copies.
- ff. 347-365v Miguel de Portugal, Bishop of Lamego; Portuguese Ambassador to Rome: Accounts of his dispute with the Marqués de Los Vélez: [1642]: Ital. and Lat: Copies.
- ff. 347-365v Pedro Fajardo Zúñiga y Requesens, 5th Marqués de Los Vélez; Spanish Ambassador: Accounts of his dispute with the Bishop of Lamego: [1642]: Ital. and Lat: Copies.
- Collection Area:
- Western Manuscripts
- Project / Collection:
- Additional Manuscripts
- Hierarchy Tree:
- [{ "id" : "032-002029147", "parent" : "#", "text" : "Add MS 8282: COLLECTION of miscellaneous tracts, historical accounts, and letters relating mostly to the history of the Church and political affairs…" , "li_attr" : {"class": "orderable"} }]
- Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-002029147
- Is part of:
- not applicable
- Hierarchy:
- 032-002029147
- Container:
- not applicable
- Record Type (Level):
- Fonds
- Extent:
- 1 item
- Digitised Content:
- Languages:
- English
Italian
Latin - Scripts:
- Latin
- Start Date:
- 1487
- End Date:
- 1715
- Date Range:
- c 1492-1715
- Era:
- CE
- Access:
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- Custodial History:
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Falconieri family; of Rome: Owned (MS. 73) in 1770.
Frederick North, 5th Earl of Guilford: Owned, bef. 1828.
Robert Harding Evans, bookseller: Purchased from (lot 290, part), 8 Dec. 1830.
- Material Type:
- Archives and Manuscripts
- Legal Status:
- Not Public Record(s)
- Names:
- Alfonso II, Duke of Modena and Ferrara
Barberini, Francesco, the elder; Cardinal; Legate in Spain, 1597-1679
Battaglia, Girolamo, papal nuncio to Portugal, fl 1640
Castro, Scipio di, political theorist
Charles I, King of England, Scotland and Ireland, 1600-1649
Clement X, Pope
Cosimo I, Grand Duke of Tuscany
Estrées, François Annibal II d', Duc, Maréchal, Ambassador at Rome
Evans, Robert Harding, bookseller and auctioneer, 1777-1857
Fajardo Zúñiga y Requesens, Pedro, 5th Marqués de Los Vélez, Spanish Ambassador, 1602-1647
Falconieri, Family
General Court of Rome
Gregory XV, Pope, 1554-1623
Hessen-Darmstadt, Landgraves of. Friedrich
Ibrahim, of Turkey
John IV, of Portugal
Maria Anna, Infanta
Massimo, Innocenzo, Bishop of Bertinoro
Mocenigo, Pietro, Venetian Ambassador at Rome 1672
Navy of France
Neidhart, Johann Eberhard von, Jesuit, General of the Spanish Inquisition, Cardinal 1672
North, Frederick, 5th Earl of Guilford, politician and colonial administrator, 1766-1827,
see also http://isni.org/isni/0000000034584770
Paluzzi Altieri degli Albertoni, Paluzzo, Cardinal 1664, Cardinal Nephew of Clement X
Philip IV, of Spain, 1605-1665
Portugal, Miguel de, Bishop of Lamego, Portuguese Ambassador to Rome
Russell, Edward, Earl of Orford
Tagliavia, Carlos, 1st Duke of Terranova, landowner and viceroy, 1530-1599
Urban VIII, Pope - Places:
- Europe, Europe