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Record Id:
032-002029159
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032-002029159
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Add MS 8294
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MISCELLANEOUS COLLECTION of letters, papal instructions, and political treatises relating to Spain, Sweden, Savoy, France, Ethiopia, Genoa, and Venice, mainly during the papacies of Gregory XIV (Niccolò Sfondrati, 1590-1591), Clement VIII (Ippolito Aldobrandini, 1592-1605), and Paul V (Camillo Borghese, 1605-1621); circa 1330, 1550-1606. Italian, Latin, and Spanish. Copies, 17th cent. Imperfect (art. 6). The MS. includes: - (a) letters (f. 72) of King Philip II of Spain to Abbot and Count Sfondrati on the death of their father, the Spanish ambassador to Savoy, 1587, in Spanish; - (b) letters (ff. 73-74v, 80-81v) of Ferdinando I de' Medici, Grand Duke of Tuscany, 1591 and 1601; - (c) letter (f. 76) of the Emperor Louis IV to the College of Cardinals, 1330, in Latin; - (d) letters (ff. 77-79) from the historian Paolo Giovio (1483-1552) to Benedetto Conversini, Bishop of Jesi, 1550-1552, marked by the note 'stampata' in upper left corner of f. 77; - (e) letter (ff. 86-88) of Cardinal Niccolò Sfondrati, Bishop of Cremona, afterwards Pope Gregory XIV, 1586; - (f) brief (ff. 91-92) of Pope Clement VIII to Offredo Offredi, Bishop of Molfetta and papal nuncio at Venice, 1603; - (g) letter (f. 100v) of King Philip III of Spain to Pope Paul V, 1606, in Spanish; - (h) letter (ff. 102-102v) of Pope Sixtus V to King Philip II of Spain, 1587. Table of contents (ff. 1-2v), added later. Old signatures: 'tomo XXXVIII' in brown ink on f. 3; 'Tomo XLI' in pencil in upper left corner of f. i, and '485' in very faint ink in fifth spine compartment: identifiable with Mattei MS. 485 (vol. 41 of 'Memorie diverse') in Guilford's catalogue Add. 8220, f. 23v. Owned by Frederick North, 5th Earl of Guilford, but lacking his armorial bookplate. '103' in pencil in top left corner of front pastedown. Purchased, together with Add. 8295-8303, 8305-8314, from R. H. Evans, 8 Dec. 1830, lot 103 (part).

Contents also include:

1. ff. 21-30v. 'Instruttione a Monsignor Vescovo di Lodi destinato Nuntio in Spagna', instructions to Luigi Taverna, Bishop of Lodi, appointed papal nuncio to Spain; 1581. Italian. Copy. Inc. 'Tra gli affari ordinarii delli Nuntii pro tempore in Spagna', expl. 'Datum in Palatio Apostolico ultima Aprilis 1581 / Pts Cardinalis Comensis'.

2. ff. 31-33. 'Instruttione a Monsignor di Lodi destinato Nuntio in Spagna per le cose di Svetia S. Canobi', instructions to Luigi Taverna, Bishop of Lodi, appointed papal nuncio to Spain, relating to Sweden; n.d. Italian. Copy. Inc. 'Havendo il Re di Svetia circa tre anni sono'.

3. ff. 33-36. 'Instruttione a Monsignor Vescovo del Mondevì destinato Nuntio di Nostro Signore in Savoia', instructions to Vincenzo Lauri, Bishop of Mondovì, appointed papal nuncio to Savoy; 1580. Italian. Copy. Inc. 'Poichè la gran perdita che s'è fatta con la morte del Duca di Savoia', expl. 'Datum Tusculi xxiiii Septembris 1580'.

4. ff. 36-37. 'Instruttione per Giovanni Battista Vecchietti per andare al Patriarca d'Alessandria', instructions to Giovanni Battista Vecchietti for his meeting with Cardinal Alessandro Riario, Patriarch of Alexandria; 1581. Italian. Copy. Inc. 'Al Patriarca d'Alessandria', expl. 'Datum Romae die xx Februarii 1584'.

5. ff. 37v-38. 'Instruttione per Monsignor Giovanni Battista Britti per andare al Re di Etiopia', instructions to Giovanni Battista Britti appointed ambassador to the King of Ethiopia; 1584. Italian. Copy. Inc. 'Son certo che havendo Nostro Signore voluto servirsi dell'opera vostra', expl. 'Datum Romae die xx Februarii 1584'.

6. ff. 38-42, 60-61v. 'Ricordi per Ministri che negociano per lor Prencipi presso ad altri Prencipi', extracts from an anonymous treatise on diplomacy; n.d. Italian. Copy. Inc. (f. 38) 'Primamenti mostrarsi verso li Principi', inc. (60) 'Alcuni notabili per la Secreteria'. A complete copy of the treatise in Add. 48154 (Yelverton MS. 165, art. 1, ff. 5-24v), and Vat. MS. Ferrajoli 539, ff. 131-138.

7. ff. 48-50, 67-70. Instructions to Ercole Sfondrati (1559-1637), Count of Riviera, Baron of Vallassina and Duke of Monte Marciano, sent to France as general of the papal army by his uncle Pope Gregory XIV; 1591. Italian. Copy. Inc. (f. 48) 'Ricordi per il Duca di Monte Marciano / In Francia quello che principalmenti procuraranno'; inc. (f. 67) 'Istruttione al Signor Duca di Monte Marciano quando andò Generale in Francia dell'esercito di Nostro Signore che fu del mese di giugno 1591 / Illustrissimo ... fratello amatissimo / Se bene l'istruttione data alli Monsignori Landriano e Boccasino', expl. 'Di Roma alli xxx di giugno 1591'.

8. ff. 57-58v. Letter from Pope Gregory XIV to his nephew Cardinal Paolo Camillo Sfondrati, followed (ff. 57v-58v) by minutes of papal mandates; 1591. Italian. Copies. Inc. (f. 57) 'Papa Gregorio XIIII / Reverendissimo Cardinal Sfondrato nostro nipote. Havendoci Voi riferito', expl. 'Data in Roma nel Palazzo di S. Marco alli x d'ottobre 1591'; inc. (f. 57v) 'Minuta di mandato del Papa / Bernardino Roccia nostro Depositario Secreto. Li trentamila scudi di moneta'.

9. ff. 96-100. 'Discorso sopra le cose di Genova per la Maestà del Re Cristianissimo', relazione of Genoa offered to the King of France; n.d. Italian. Copy. Inc. 'Si come l'acquisto che Sua Maestà ha fatto in Roma', expl. 'quando sia dato principio all'opera'.

10. ff. 103-108v. 'Ad Clerum Patavinum 1606 / Queritur utrum personae Ecclesiastichae in Dominio Veneto existentes teneantur observare interdictum promulgatum a Sanctissimo Paulo Papa Vo die 17 Aprilis 1606', treatise addressed to the clerics of Padua and relating to the papal interdict declared against Venice by Pope Paul V in 1606; 1606. Latin. Copy. Inc. 'Ratio dubitandi affertur duplex'.

11. ff. 109-120v, 120v-132v. 'D'un prete toscano a un prete venetiano: scrittura fatta dal Vannozzi, ne romori di Venetia', tract by Bonifacio Vannozzi of Pistoia (circa 1553-1621), writer and papal protonotary, relating to the papal interdict declared against Venice by Pope Paul V in 1606, preceded (f. 109) by a letter of presentation, and followed (ff. 120v-132v) by letters of advice from Vannozzi to Venetian people and clerics; 1606. Italian. Copy. Letter of presentation, inc. (f. 109) 'Sentirsi scongiurare per l'amicitia contratta tra di noi', expl. 'Di Roma, di maggio 1606 / B.V.'; inc. (f. 109v) 'Io ho sempre stimata la Serenissima Republica di Venetia e riveritola', expl. 'mi rimetto a chi sa più'.

12. ff. 133-145v. 'Trattato del modo di formar l'alfabeto per scriver in cifra / e di quante lettere si debba formar l'alfabeto', treatise on the creation of an alphabet in cipher; n.d. Italian. Copy. Inc. 'L'alfabetto che si ha da usare nello scrivere ciffera', expl. 'equivocazione d'essi'. Another copy in Add. 8280, item p, ff. 265-290v.

Paper; ff. 145+xx, plus one unfoliated blank after ff. 11, 55, 82, two after f. 76, five after f. 100, and ten after f. 132. Old foliation in ink '1-153', '226-247' (ff. 4-145), including blanks and first back flyleaf, lacking leaves numbered '108-115', '154-225', '230-233'; '234-246' crossed out and substituted by a second old foliation '148-160'. 304 x 215mm. Occasional horizontal catchword. Several Italian hands. Late 17th-cent. Italian binding of full vellum.

Scope & Content:

Bindings ITALIAN: Full vellum: late 17th cent.

Clement VIII; Pope: Paul V; Pope: Gregory XIV; Pope: Miscellaneous collection partly rel. to his papacy: circa 1555-1606: Ital., Lat. and Span: Copies.

includes:

  • ff. 38-42, 60-61v Political Tracts: On diplomacy, extracts: early 17th cent.: Ital: Copy.
  • ff. 76 Louis IV; Emperor of Germany: Letter to the College of Cardinals: 1330: Lat: Copy.
  • ff. 77-79 Paolo Giovio, Italian historian; Bishop of Nocera: Benedetto Conversini, Bishop of Jesi: Letters to Benedetto Conversini from Paolo Giovio: 1550-1552: Ital: Copies.
  • ff. 96-100 Republic of Genoa: Relazione of: early 17th cent.: Ital: Copy.
  • ff. 109-132v Political Tracts: Paul V; Pope: Bonifatio Vannozzi, papal protonotary, of Pistoia: Leonardo Donà; Doge of Venice: Political tract rel. to the interdict of Venice by Bonifatio Vannozzi: 1606: Ital: Copy.
  • ff. 133-145v Ciphers: Treatise on ciphers: late 16th cent.: Ital: Copy.

Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
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Additional Manuscripts
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Record Type (Level):
Fonds
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Digitised Content:
Languages:
English
Italian
Latin
Spanish
Scripts:
Latin
Start Date:
1600
End Date:
1699
Date Range:
17th century
Era:
CE
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Custodial History:

Robert Harding Evans, bookseller: Purchased from (lot 103, part), 8 Dec. 1830.

Mattei Library: Owned (MS. 485), late 18th cent.

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

Material Type:
Archives and Manuscripts
Legal Status:
Not Public Record(s)
Names:
Clement VIII, Pope
Conversini, Benedetto, Bishop of Jesi
Evans, Robert Harding, bookseller and auctioneer, 1777-1857
Giovio, Paolo, historian and Bishop of Nocera, 1483-1552
Gregory XIV, Pope, 1535-1591
Leonardo Donà, Doge of Venice
Louis IV, Holy Roman Emperor
Mattei Library
North, Frederick, 5th Earl of Guilford, politician and colonial administrator, 1766-1827,
   see also http://isni.org/isni/0000000034584770
Paul V, Pope
Vannozzi, Bonifatio, papal protonotary of Pistoia
Places:
Genoa, Italy