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Record Id:
032-002029150
Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
032-002029150
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Add MS 8285
Title:

COLLECTION of tracts, relazioni and original letters relating to Queen Christina of Sweden and her life in Rome; circa 1654-1698. Italian, Latin, and French. Partly autograph. The MS. contains autograph letters of Queen Christina (ff. 32, 64, 180-182), and of Cardinal Decio Azzolini the Younger, papal escort to the Queen (passim). It also includes (ff. 205-277v) a relazione of the journey to Rome of Queen Maria Casimira Sobiesky (1641-1716), daughter of Henri de la Grange, Marquis d'Arquien and Cardinal, and widow of King John III Sobieski of Poland. Table of contents (ff. 1-1v). 'D.V.6' and 'LXXVII' in pencil, and stamp 'biblioth / h.f. / J770' on f. i: identifiable with Falconieri MS. 77 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, 8286-8289, 8344, 8358, 8433, 8688, 8788, and possibly 8416, from R. H. Evans, 8 Dec. 1830, lot 290 (part).

Paper; ff. 277+i, plus one unfoliated blank after ff. 1, 4, 30, 59, 64, 71, 76, 94, 103, 110, 111, 116, 121, 130, 133, 138, 145, 199, 203, four after f. 28, two after ff. 32, 176, 204. Old foliation in ink '1-302' (ff. 2-277), including blanks (with the exception of blank after f. 145), omitting ff. 44-45; two sets of older paginations in ink '1-11' (ff. 9-14), and '1-118' (ff. 205-263v). Composite volume. 282 x 208mm. Several Italian hands. Guilford binding of quarter vellum with decorated paper covers over pasteboards.

The MS. includes:

1. ff. 15-21v. 'Alla Santità di Nostro Signore Alessandro Settimo', tract relating to Queen Christina offered to Alexander VII by the Jesuit father Paolo Casati (1617-1707); 1655. Italian. Copy. Inc. 'Beatissimo Padre / Per obedir a i cenni di Vostra Santità, che ha desiderato una breve memoria', expl. 'beneditione / Dal Collegio Romano li 5 dicembre 1655 ... Paolo Casati della Compagnia di Gesù'.

2. ff. 24-28v, 117-121. Accounts of the expenses for the arrival of Queen Christina in Rome and note on a donation to her; 1655-1656. Italian.

3. ff. 31-97v passim, 95-105v, 111, 128-132, 143-145, 149-150, 165-168, 173-174. Letters of Cardinal Decio Azzolini the Younger, together with a few letters of Ludovico Baldeschi, Cardinal Pietro Sforza Pallavicini, and Cardinal Giovanni de Lugo; 1655-1661. Italian. Mostly autographs.

4. ff. 32, 64, 180-182 (with seal). Original letters of Queen Christina of Sweden; 1656-1658. Italian. Autograph.

5. ff. 88-89. Valuation and inventory of Queen Christina's jewels by a pawn-shop; n.d. Italian.

6. ff. 112-112v, 122-125, 134-136, 139-141. Correspondence between Queen Christina of Sweden and the French ambassador Pierre de Chanut; 1654-1655. Italian and French. Copies.

7. ff. 126, 138. Poems dedicated to Queen Christina of Sweden; n.d. Latin. Inc. (f. 126) 'Siste Viator / Seu spectator / Intuere / Inter thesauros ingens thesaurus'; inc. (f. 138) 'Christinae Reginae effigiem / Linquit odoriferos Austri regina Saboeos'.

8. ff. 185-186. 'Relazione della morte del Marchese Giovanni Rinaldo Monaldeschi seguita in Fontanableau alli X novembre 1657', relazione of the murder of Marquis Giovanni Rinaldo Monaldeschi by order of Queen Christina of Sweden; 1657. Italian. Copy. Inc. 'Sono già due mesi che la Regina di Svetia'.

9. ff. 187-196v, 197-198. Instructions on how to honour the arrival of Queen Christina of Sweden; n.d. Italian. Copies. Inc. (f. 187) 'Giunto l'avviso dell'arrivo della Regina in Bracciano'; inc. (f. 197) 'Instruzione per gli eminestissimi Signori Cardinali legati dello Stato Eccelsiastico sopra l'incontro, accompagnamento, ricevimento, partenza della Regina di Svetia'.

10. ff. 200-203. Note signed (f. 200) by Lucas Holste (Holstein, Holstenius), canon of St. Peter's and librarian of the Vatican Library, relating to the arrival of Queen Christina's MSS. at Rome; 1660. Latin and Italian.

11. ff. 205-277v. Relazione of the journey to Rome of Queen Maria Casimira of Poland; circa 1698. Italian. Original draft. Inc. 'Havendo la Maestà Sua stabilito di trasferirsi a Roma'.

Scope & Content:

Decio Azzolini, the Younger; Cardinal 1654: Letters: 1655-1661: Ital: Autogr.

Christina of Sweden: Collection rel. to: 1654-1698: Ital., Fr., and Lat.

Bookplates and Book-stamps: `BIBLIOTH / H.F. / J770': 1770: Lat.

Bindings ENGLISH: Guilford bindings: bef. 1828.

includes:

  • ff. 15-21v Alexander VII; Pope: Christina of Sweden: Paolo Casati, Jesuit and professor of mathematics: Tract offered to Alexander VII by Paolo Casati rel. to Qu. Christina of Sweden: 1655: Ital: Copy.
  • ff. 32, 64, 180-182 Christina of Sweden: Letters: 1656-1658: Ital: Autogr.
  • f. 181v Seals: Seal of Queen Christina of Sweden: circa 1656: Lat.
  • ff. 205-277v Voyages and Travels: Maria Casimira, wife of John III Sobieski of Poland;: Relazione of the journey to Rome of Qu. Maria Casimira of Poland: circa 1698: Ital: Draft.

Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Project / Collection:
Additional Manuscripts
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032-002029150
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Record Type (Level):
Fonds
Extent:
1 item
Digitised Content:
Languages:
English
French
Italian
Latin
Scripts:
Latin
Start Date:
1649
End Date:
1698
Date Range:
c 1654-1698
Era:
CE
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Custodial History:

Falconieri family; of Rome: Owned (MS. 77) 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
Azzolini, Decio, the Younger, Cardinal 1654
Casati, Paolo, Jesuit and professor of mathematics
Christina, Queen of Sweden
Evans, Robert Harding, bookseller and auctioneer, 1777-1857
Falconieri, Family
Maria Casimira, Queen of Poland
North, Frederick, 5th Earl of Guilford, politician and colonial administrator, 1766-1827,
   see also http://isni.org/isni/0000000034584770