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032-002029151
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Add MS 8286
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COLLECTION of miscellaneous tracts, historical accounts, and letters relating to the history of the Roman Church and political affairs in 16th- and 17th-cent. Europe; circa 1554-1695. Italian, Latin, and French. Table of contents (ff. 1-2v). 'D.V.7' and 'LXXVIII' in pencil, and stamp 'biblioth / h.f. / J770' on f. i: identifiable with Falconieri MS. 78 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. 8282-8285, 8287-8289, 8344, 8358, 8433, 8688, 8788, and possibly 8416, from R. H. Evans, 8 Dec. 1830, lot 290 (part).

Paper; ff. 299+i, plus one unfoliated blank after ff. 10, 38, 43, 54, 57, 59, 63, 72, 91, 140, 147, 150, 153, 162, 194, 200, 219, 244, 252, 277, 289, 290, 291, three after f. 177. Old foliation in ink '1-322' (ff. 3-299), including blanks, omitting f. 216. Composite volume. 285 x 210mm. Several Italian hands. Guilford binding of quarter vellum with decorated paper covers over pasteboards.

The MS. includes:

1. ff. 11-17. Relazione of Pope Pius IV's restoration of the so-called Acqua Vergine, i.e. the Trevi Fountain; circa 1560-1563. Italian. Copy. Inc. 'Pio quarto di casa Medici Sommo Pontefice delettandosi grandemente degli edificii'.

2. ff. 26-31. 'Risolutioni della Lega per l'anno 1572', relazione of the agreement reached by the members of the League against the Turks; 1572. Italian. Copy. Inc. 'Di genaro 1572 per tutto li 5 di febraro / Tre sono state le congregationi della Lega'.

3. ff. 34-37v. 'Ad Sanctissimum Dominum Nostrum Clementem VIII Pontificem Maximum pro tolerandis Romae Protestantibus Germanis Gasperis Scippii libellus', address to Clement VIII by the philologist Caspar Schoppe in favour of German protestants; circa 1592-1605. Latin. Copy. Inc. 'Boni pastoris officum quod sit'. With marginal additions.

4. ff. 44-51. Letters of and relating to Queen Christina of Sweden; 1655. French, Latin, and Italian. Copies.

5. ff. 64-65v. 'S.R.C. Cardinales defuncti ab anno MDCXXII', list of deceased cardinals; 1622-1694. Latin.

6. ff. 96-107v. 'Relazione dell'infermità e morte del Cardinale d'Ascoli', relazione of the death of Cardinal Girolamo Berneri, known as Cardinal d'Ascoli, offered to Abbot Angelo Grillo by Giulio Cesare Bottifango (1559-1630); 1611. Italian. Copy. Inc. 'Al Reverendissimo Padre Abate Don Angelo Grillo General Presidente della Congregazione Cassinense / Io non raguagliai Vostra Paternità Reverendissima della morte del Signor Cardinale d'Ascoli'. Followed (f. 106) by a sonnet 'Rivesta pur la tua superba fonte'.

7. ff. 108-123. 'Chiese, monasteri, oratorii, et hospitali di Roma destinti per Rioni et Parochie in no. 340 / di giugno l'anno 1592', list of churches, monasteries, oratories and hospices at Rome; 1592. Italian. Copy. Inc. 'Chiese patriarcali, collegiate, curate, non curate'.

8. ff. 165-177. 'Architettura Civile', tract on civil architecture; n.d. Italian. Inc. 'Definizione 1a / L'architettura civile è un industrioso artificio'. Text divided into 14 chapters, or proposizioni. With diagrams.

9. ff. 201-211. 'Michaeli Angelo Riccio purpuram renuenti Carolus Joannes a Jesu Caeleste lumen p.', discourse by Carolus Joannes a Jesu address to Michelangelo Ricci (1619-1682), mathematician, persuading him to accept the cardinal's hat; 1681. Latin. Copy. Inc. 'Cupienti mihi, carissime Michael Angele, et meum calculum tuae in amplissimum Purpuratorum Senatum cooptationi adiicere'.

10. ff. 212-215. 'Il maggior passatempo del savio nel Carnevale è il cavare moralità dalle cose profane / Discorso / Da dirsi agli Ufficiali della Congregazione dell'Oratorio, adunati per le solite faccende del Giovedì Grasso nella Villa Mattei l'anno 1695', discourse relating to the carnival to be offered to the Congregazione dell'Oratorio di S. Filippo Neri; 1695. Italian. Copy. Inc. 'Saggio pensiero, generosa risoluzione'.

11. ff. 226-237v. 'Discorso della Corte di Roma dell'Illustrissimo Cardinal Comendone' [title repeated at f. 227], discourse on the Court of Rome by Cardinal Giovanni Francesco Commendone for Girolamo Savorgnano; [1554]. Italian. Copy. Imperfect. Inc. (f. 227) 'La dimanda che voi mi fatte', breaking at 'essere esaltati alle dignità, et havuti cari dal Principe', followed by catchword 'Habb[ian]o'. Other copies of the same text in Add. 8265 (art. f, ff. 230-357), 8286 (art. 11, ff. 226-237v: imperfect), 8342 (art. 1, ff. 1-96v), 8401 (art. 1, ff. 2-111v), 8474 (art. a, ff. 1-82v), 10716, 18655, 29444 (ff. 43-89), 48795 (ff. 28-78), and Harley 3562 (ff. 1-9). Partly printed in Spicilegium Romanum, VI (1841), pp. li-lix; BL copy 832.k.12; published as G. F. Commendone, Discorso sopra la corte di Roma e altri scritti, ed. by D. Rota (Bergamo, 1983), and G. F. Commendone, Discorso sopra la Corte di Roma, ed. by C. Mozzarelli (Rome, 1996). For Commendone see DBI, 27 (1982), pp. 606-613.

12. ff. 244-252, 253-258v, 259. 'Ragioni della precedenza per la Spagna', tracts relating to ambassadorial precedence between Spain and France at the papal Court by Agostino de Craveli (unidentified); 1564. Italian. Inc. (f. 245) 'Perchè il volgo fa molti discorsi sopra il negocio della precedenza fra Spagna e Francia'. Other copies in Add. 8281 (art. a, ff. 2-49v: attributed to Giacomo Aloisi), 8354 (art. 11, ff. 240-273v), 48118 (Yelverton MS. 133; art. 3, ff. 65-76), and 48133 (Yelverton MS. 148; art. 16, ff. 439-452).

13. ff. 260-273v. 'Sant'Alessio dramma musicale fatto rappresentare dal Cardinale Barberino al Principe Alessandro Carlo di Polonia, posto in musica da Stefano Landi musico della Cappella Pontificia e chierico beneficiato nella Basilica di San Pietro', Sant'Alessio, drama by Cardinal Giulio Rospigliosi, afterw. Pope Clement IX, commissioned by Cardinal Francesco Barberini, set to music by the Italian composer Stefano Landi (1587-1639), and performed during Carnival 1634 for Prince Alexander Charles Vasa; 1634. Italian. Copy. Other melodramas and poems for music, and a short tract by Rospigliosi in Add. 8813. For Giulio Rospigliosi and his works see also The New Grove Dictionary of Opera, ed. S. Sadie, 4 (London, 1992), p. 50; The New Grove Dictionary of Music and Musicians, ed. S. Sadie, 21 (London, 2001), pp. 711-712; D. Romei, Banca Dati 'Giulio Rospigliosi' on www.nuovorinascimento.org website. For further information on the melodrama and his composer see The New Grove Dictionary of Music and Musicians, ed. S. Sadie, vol. 14 (2001), pp. 209-212.

14. ff. 283-284v. 'Index librorum manoscriptorum Jacobi Grimaldi, et aliorum auctorum, de antiquitatibus aebusque memorabilibus sacrosanctae Basilicae S. Petri Principis Apostolorum in Vaticano', list of MSS. in the Vatican Library; after 1644. Latin. Copy. Inc. 'In Bibliotheca Vaticana in 3 Codices MSS. Latinos no. 6437 et duobus sequentibus'.

Scope & Content:

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

Bindings ENGLISH: Guilford bindings: bef. 1828.

includes:

  • ff. 11-17 Architecture: Ancient and Modern. City of Rome: Pius IV; Pope: Relazione of Pius IV's restoration of the Trevi Fountain: circa 1560-1563: Ital: Copy.
  • ff. 34-37v Protestants: Clement VIII; Pope: Caspar Schoppe: Discourse in favour of German protestants offered to Clement VIII by Caspar Schoppe: circa 1592-1605: Lat: Copy.
  • ff. 44-51 Christina of Sweden: Letters of and rel. to: 1655: Fr., Lat., and Ital: Copies.
  • ff. 64-65v Rome; Court of; and Popes, Bishops of. General: List of deceased cardinals: 1622-1694: Lat.
  • ff. 96-107v Poetry ITALIAN: Giulio Cesare Bottifango: Girolamo Berneri, Cardinal 1586; known as 'Cardinal d'Ascoli': Angelo Grillo, Abbot: Relazione and sonnet rel. to the death of Card. d'Ascoli offered to Abbot A. Grillo by Giulio Cesare Bottifango: 1611: Ital: Copy.
  • ff. 108-123 Ancient and Modern. City of Rome: List of churches, monasteries, oratories and hospices at Rome: 1592: Ital: Copy.
  • ff. 165-177 Architecture: Tract on civil architecture (with diagrams): 17th cent.: Ital.
  • ff. 201-211 Michelangelo Ricci, mathematician; Cardinal 1681: Discourse offered to: 1681: Lat: Copy.
  • ff. 226-237v (imperfect) Girolamo Savorgnan, Bishop of Sibenik: Giovanni Francesco Commendone, Bishop of Zante; Cardinal 1563: Discourse on the Papal Court for Girolamo Savorgnan by Giovanni Francesco Commendone: [1554]: Ital: Copy.
  • ff. 244-259 Ceremonials: Agostino de Craveli: Tract rel. to ambassadorial precedence between Spain and France at the papal Court by Agostino de Craveli: 1564: Ital: Copy.
  • ff. 260-273v Giulio Rospigliosi, Cardinal 1657; Pope Clement IX 1667: Drama ITALIAN: Sant'Alessio, drama for music by Giulio Rospigliosi: 1634: Ital: Copy.

Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
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Additional Manuscripts
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Record Type (Level):
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Digitised Content:
Languages:
English
French
Italian
Latin
Scripts:
Latin
Start Date:
1549
End Date:
1695
Date Range:
c 1554-1695
Era:
CE
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Custodial History:

Falconieri family; of Rome: Owned (MS. 78) 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:
Berneri, Girolamo, Cardinal 1586, known as `Cardinal d'Ascoli'
Bottifango, Giulio Cesare
Christina, Queen of Sweden
Clement VIII, Pope
Commendone, Giovanni Francesco, Bishop of Zante, Cardinal 1563
Craveli, Agostino de
Evans, Robert Harding, bookseller and auctioneer, 1777-1857
Falconieri, Family
General Court of Rome
Grillo, Angelo, abbot and recipient of a poem by Giulio Cesare Bottifango, fl 1611
North, Frederick, 5th Earl of Guilford, politician and colonial administrator, 1766-1827,
   see also http://isni.org/isni/0000000034584770
Pius IV, Pope
Ricci, Michelangelo, mathematician, Cardinal 1681
Rospigliosi, Giulio, Cardinal 1657, Pope Clement IX 1667
Savorgnan, Girolamo, Bishop of Sibenik
Schoppe, Caspar
Places:
Rome, Italy