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Add MS 8301
- Record Id:
- 032-002029166
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 032-002029166
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100000000050.0x0002b0
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- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Add MS 8301
- Title:
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MISCELLANEOUS COLLECTION of papal instructions, relazioni, and letters relating to Rome, France, Venice, the Netherlands, Switzerland, the German Empire, Persia and Turkey; circa 1507-1619. Italian. Copies, 17th cent. Table of contents (f. 1), added later. Old signatures 'Tom. XLIX' in pencil in upper right corner of f. i, and '493' in ink in fifth spine compartment: identifiable with Mattei MS. 493 (vol. 49 of 'Memorie diverse') in Guilford's catalogue Add. 8220, f. 23v. Owned by Frederick North, 5th Earl of Guilford, but lacking his armorial bookplate. '37 / PM' in pencil in lower edge. '103' in pencil in top left corner of front pastedown. Purchased, together with Add. 8294-8300, 8302-8303, 8305-8314, from R. H. Evans, 8 Dec. 1830, lot 103 (part).
Contents as follows:
1. ff. 2-17v. 'Instruttione di Clemente VIII a Cardinale di Fiorenza spedito legato in Francia l'anno 1596', instructions from Pope Clement VIII to Alessandro de' Medici, Cardinal of Florence, upon his departure as legate to France, following papal recognition of Henry IV as King of France; 10 May 1596. Italian. Copy. Inc. (f. 3) 'Quanto è stato grande e immenso e salutare il dono', expl. 'Datum in Roma nel Palazzo Appostolico di Monte Cavallo questo dì 10 di maggio 1596'. Another copy in Add. 48122 (Yelverton MS. 137), art. 6, ff. 66-90. Other instructions to the Cardinal of Florence in Add. 8312, art. 5, ff. 118-119, 120-123v, 124-126v.
2. ff. 18-21. 'Articoli della Lega e Capitulatione tra la Republica di Venetia et le Provincie unite de Paesi Bassi di Olanda accordati l'anno 1619', heads of agreement for the League between Venice and the Netherlands; 1619. Italian. Copy. Inc. 'Essendo che la Serenissima Republica di Venetia e gli Illustrissimi ... Stati generali delle Provincie unite de' Paesi Bassi da lungo tempo in qua mossi da giusto desiderio', expl. 'Così fatto, concluso e accordato l'ultimo di decembre l'anno 1619 da noi sottoscritti Cristoforo Suriano, Residente Veneto, Giovanni di Boch, Nicolò di Bouchert, Giovanni Magas, AA R Ploos, Marco Togelama, Gasparo Ter Bucchert, P. Schaffer'.
3. ff. 22-24. 'Instruttione di Pio IV al Vescovo di Como spedito nuntio alli Svizzeri l'anno 1560', instructions from Pope Pius IV to Giovanni Antonio Volpi, Bishop of Como, appointed papal legate to Switzerland (1560-1579); 1560. Italian. Copy. Inc. 'Le cause che hanno mosso Nostro Signore', expl. 'Datum in Palatio Appostolico Die prima Aprilis MDLX'.
4. ff. 25-67v. 'Relatione dell'Imperatore Massimiliano Primo, e sue forze, con molti particolari della Germania, de Svizzeri e delle vie per le quali potrebbero assaltare l'Italia o la Francia, scritta dall'ambasciatore Veneto M.', relazione of Germany and Switzerland by the Venetian Ambassador Vincenzo Querini; [1507]. Italian. Copy. Inc. 'Perchè a questi tempi Serenissimo Prencipe', expl. 'mi è parso degno di loro notitia'. Published by Albèri, s. i, vol. 6 (Florence, 1862), pp. 1-58.
5. ff. 68-117v. 'Relatione di Persia, del Soffi, et Redessa del Regno, et della guerra che principiò col Turco l'anno 1553', anonymous relazione of Persia and Turkey written during the reign of Sultan Suleiman I (1520-1566); circa 1553. Italian. Copy. Inc. 'Scrivo le cose che avvenute sono nella guerra che dell'anno della salute nostra 1553', expl. 'di fare qualche bel colpo in se medesima'. Published (from a MS. in the collection of Marquis Gino Capponi of Florence, MS. VI, pp. 255-358), by Albèri, s. iii, vol. 1 (Florence, 1840), pp. 193-269.
Paper; ff. 117+xx, plus one unfoliated blank after ff. 1, 17, 21, 24, 67. Old foliation in ink '1-114' (ff. 3-117). 308 x 212mm. Horizontal catchwords on each leaf. One Italian hand. Late 17th-cent. Italian binding of full vellum.
- Scope & Content:
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Bindings ITALIAN: Full vellum: late 17th cent.
includes:
- ff. 2-17v Alexander de' Medici, Cardinal of Florence: Clement VIII; Pope: Henry IV of France: Instructions to Alexander de' Medici from Clement VIII , rel. to France: 1596: Ital: Copy.
- ff. 18-21 Netherlands, General: Venice: Heads of agreement for the League between Venice and the Netherlands: 1619: Ital: Copy.
- ff. 22-24 Switzerland: Pius IV; Pope: Giovanni Antonio Volpi, Bishop of Como; papal nuncio to Switzerland: Instructions rel. to Switzerland to Giovanni Antonio Volpi from Pius IV: 1560: Ital: Copy.
- ff. 25-67v Switzerland: Maximilian I; Emperor of Germany: Vincenzo Querini, Venetian Ambassador: Relazione of Germany and Switzerland by Vincenzo Querini: [1507]: Ital: Copy.
- ff. 68-117v Persia: Suleiman I; Sultan of Turkey: Relazione of Persia and Turkey: circa 1553: Ital: Copy.
- Collection Area:
- Western Manuscripts
- Project / Collection:
- Additional Manuscripts
- Hierarchy Tree:
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- Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-002029166
- Is part of:
- not applicable
- Hierarchy:
- 032-002029166
- Container:
- not applicable
- Record Type (Level):
- Fonds
- Extent:
- 1 item
- Digitised Content:
- Languages:
- English
Italian - Scripts:
- Latin
- Start Date:
- 1600
- End Date:
- 1699
- Date Range:
- 17th century
- Era:
- CE
- Access:
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- Custodial History:
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Robert Harding Evans, bookseller: Purchased from (lot 103, part), 8 Dec. 1830.
Mattei Library: Owned (MS. 493), late 18th cent.
Frederick North, 5th Earl of Guilford: Owned, bef. 1828.
- Material Type:
- Archives and Manuscripts
- Legal Status:
- Not Public Record(s)
- Names:
- Charles V, Emperor
Clement VIII, Pope
Evans, Robert Harding, bookseller and auctioneer, 1777-1857
Henry IV, of France
Mattei Library
Maximilian I, Holy Roman Emperor, 1459-1519
North, Frederick, 5th Earl of Guilford, politician and colonial administrator, 1766-1827,
see also http://isni.org/isni/0000000034584770
Philip I, King of Spain, Duke of Burgundy
Philip II, King of Spain; King of Naples and Sicily, 1527-1598
Pius IV, Pope
Querini, Vincenzo, Venetian Ambassador
Suleiman I, Sultan of Turkey
Volpi, Giovanni Antonio, Bishop of Como, papal nuncio to Switzerland
de'Medici, Alexander, Duke of Penne, Cardinal of Florence, 1510-1537 - Places:
- Al Jufayr, Manama, Bahrain
Az Zallāq, Bahrain
Hodeidah, Arabian Peninsula, Asia
Iraq, Middle East, Asia
Kuk-I-Mund, Bushire
Kūh-e Mand, Būshehr, Iran
Libya, Africa
Najd, Arabian Peninsula, Asia
Persia, Asia
Ras Tannura, Saudi Arabia
Ra’s Tannūrah, Saudi Arabia
Switzerland
Venice, Italy
Zellaq, Bahrain