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Add MS 8283

Record Id:
032-002029148
Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
032-002029148
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Add MS 8283
Title:

COLLECTION of miscellaneous tracts, historical accounts, relazioni and letters relating mostly to the history of the Church and political and family affairs in 17th-cent. Europe; circa 1557-1710. Italian, Latin, and Spanish. Copies and original drafts. The MS. includes indexes of MSS. in the Vatican Archive (ff. 2-11v) and Leiden University Library (ff. 255-262v). It also includes (ff. 17-92v) original drafts and (ff. 210-215) notarial copies relating respectively to the Castelli and Cantelmo families. Table of contents (ff. 1-1v). 'D.V.3' and 'LXXIV' in pencil, and stamp 'biblioth / h.f. / J770' on f. i: identifiable with Falconieri MS. 74 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. i. Purchased, together with Add. 8282, 8284-8289, 8344, 8358, 8433, 8688, 8788, and possibly 8416, from R. H. Evans, 8 Dec. 1830, lot 290 (part).

Paper; ff. 262+i, plus one unfoliated blank after ff. 1, 16, 106, 109, 141, 146, 191, 196, 199, 218, 223, 238, 245, 248, three after f. 74, and two after f. 217; missing one leaf after f. 11, with old foliation '10'. Old foliation in ink '1-276' (ff. 2, 4-262), including blanks, omitting ff. 31, 50, repeating no. 197. Composite volume. 283 x 210mm. Several Italian hands. Guilford binding of quarter vellum with decorated paper covers over pasteboards.

The MS. includes:

1. ff. 2-11v. 'Index librorum Manuscriptorum Archivi Basilicae Sancti Petri', index of MSS. in the Vatican Archive; n.d. Latin. Copy.

2. ff. 17-92v. 'Stati e domini posseduti in Italia dalla famiglia Castelli', historical account of Italian fiefs and properties belonging to the family Castelli di S. Eustachio, marchesi di [marquesses of] Castelforte; n.d. Italian. Drafts and copies.

3. ff. 98-106. 'Risposta del Re Filippo V al Breve di Papa Clemente XI...', reply of King Philip V of Spain to a brief of Clement XI; 1710. Italian. Copy.

4. ff. 116-136. 'Memoriale dato alla Santità di Nostro Signore Papa Alessandro VII dal Signor Marchese di Sousa Ambasciatore del Re di Portugallo per il suo ricevimento nella Corte di Roma', memorial to Pope Alexander VII from Francisco de Sousa Coutinho, Ambassador of John IV of Portugal; [1656]. Italian. Copy. Inc. 'Prostrato alli Santissimi piedi di Vostra Beatitudine e goduta la consolazione di baciarli'. Other copies in Add. 8346 (art. 2, ff. 107-126), and 8712 (arts. 12 and 17, ff. 154-184v, 199-219).

5. ff. 137-141v. 'Ex Diarii Johannis Pauli Mucantii Presbiteris Romani Sacrarum Cerimoniarum Magistri temporis ... Papae Clementis VIII Anno sui Pontificatus Xo', extract from the diary of Francesco Mucanzio relating to the arrival of Persian ambassadors at the court of Clement VIII; 1601. Latin. Copy. Inc. 'Anno a nativitati Domini 1601. Die vero quinta mensis Aprilis hora v. Venerunt ad Urbem duo oratores'. A copy of the diary of Francesco Mucanzio relating to the years 1589-1592 in Add. 8451: see relevant description for information on Giovanni Paolo Mucanzio.

6. ff. 149-191. 'Relazione della Corte di Roma e suoi officii e giurisdizioni', relatione of the Papal Court written by the nobleman Girolamo Lunadoro of Siena, allegedly for a Cardinal de' Medici, circa 1611; 17th century. Italian. Inc. 'Il Sommo Pontefice da per suoi Collaterali'. Other 17th-cent. copies, with some textual differences, in Add. 8283 (art. 6, ff. 149-191), 8355 (art. 1, ff. 1-41), 8356 (art. 3, ff. 9-49v), 8471, 8472, 18660 (ff. 85-136), Arundel 21 (dated 11 Jan. 1611), Eg. 2210 (ff. 112-163), and Royal 14.A.xx (art. 6, ff. 546-622v); a shorter version in Harley 754 (ff. 2-38v); a short excerpt in Add. 4458 (art. 13, ff. 95-96). For other information on the text and its printed editions see Add. 8471.

7. ff. 210-215. Grants of nobility to the Cantelmo family; 1557, 1647. Latin and Spanish. Notarial copies, 1697.

8. ff. 241-242. Relazione of the flight of King James II to France; 1689. Italian. Inc. 'Londra 20 dicembre – Parigi 8 gennaro 1689 / Il Re d'Inghilterra havendo conosciuto lo stato deplorabile', expl. 'Il Re alli 30 dicembre fosse gionto in quella città'.

9. ff. 255-262v. 'Catalogus librorum rarorum, quos ex Oriente nuper advexit et in publica Bibliotheca Leydensis Academiae disposuit Jacobus Golius in eadem Academia Linguarum Orientalium et Mathematicos Profess.', list of MSS. and rare books in oriental languages given to Leiden University Library by the Dutch orientalist and mathematician Jacobus Golius (1596-1667); n.d. Latin. Copy.

Scope & Content:

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. 2-11v Catalogues of Libraries, etc: Rome; Vatican Archive: Catalogue of MSS.: 17th cent.: Lat: Copy.
  • ff. 17-92v Castelli di S. Eustachio family; of Terni; marquesses of Castelforte: Historical accounts of fiefs and properties: 17th cent.: Ital: Drafts and copies.
  • ff. 116-136 Alexander VII; Pope: Francisco de Sousa Coutinho, Portuguese Ambassador to Rome 1655: Memorial to Alexander VII from Francisco de Sousa Coutinho: 1656: Ital: Copy.
  • ff. 137-141v Clement VIII; Pope: Giovanni Paolo Mucanzio, Papal Master of Ceremonies: Diaries and Memoranda: Excerpt from diary of Giovanni Paolo Mucanzio: 1601: Lat: Copy.
  • ff. 149-191 Carlo de' Medici, Cardinal 1615: Relazione of Rome by G. Lunadoro, offered to (?): circa 1611: Ital: Copy.
  • ff. 149-191 Rome; Court of; and Popes, Bishops of. General: Girolamo Lunadoro, of Siena; Cavaliere: Relazione of Rome by Girolamo Lunadoro: circa 1611: Ital: Copy.
  • ff. 210-215 Cantelmo family of Naples; Dukes of Popoli: Grants of nobility: 1557-1647: Lat. and Ital: Notarial copies.
  • ff. 241-242 James II of England: Relazione of his flight to France: 1689: Ital: Copy.
  • ff. 255-262v Catalogues of Libraries, etc: Leiden, the Netherlands: Jacobus Golius, Dutch orientalist and mathematician: List of MSS. and rare books given to Leiden University by Jacobus Golius: late 17th cent.: Lat: Copy.

Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Project / Collection:
Additional Manuscripts
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Record Type (Level):
Fonds
Extent:
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Digitised Content:
Languages:
English
Italian
Latin
Scripts:
Latin
Start Date:
1552
End Date:
1710
Date Range:
c 1557-1710
Era:
CE
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Custodial History:

Falconieri family; of Rome: Owned (MS. 74) in 1770.

Robert Harding Evans, bookseller: Purchased from (lot 290, part), 8 Dec. 1830.

Frederick North, 5th Earl of Guilford: Owned, bef. 1828.

Material Type:
Archives and Manuscripts
Legal Status:
Not Public Record(s)
Names:
Alexander VII, Pope
Cantelmo, Family
Castelli di S. Eustachio, Family
Clement VIII, Pope
Evans, Robert Harding, bookseller and auctioneer, 1777-1857
Falconieri, Family
General Court of Rome
Golius, Jacobus, orientalist and mathematician, 1596-1667
James II, Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg
Lunadoro, Girolamo, of Siena, Cavaliere
Medici, Carlo de', Cardinal 1615
Mucanzio, Giovanni Paolo, Papal Master of Ceremonies
North, Frederick, 5th Earl of Guilford, politician and colonial administrator, 1766-1827,
   see also http://isni.org/isni/0000000034584770
Sousa Coutinho, Francisco de, Portuguese Ambassador to Rome 1655
Vatican Archive, Rome
Places:
Europe, Europe
Leiden, The Netherlands