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Add MS 8306

Record Id:
032-002029171
Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
032-002029171
MDARK:
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ISAD(G)
Reference (shelfmark):
Add MS 8306
Title:

MISCELLANEOUS COLLECTION of tracts relating to Rome, Florence, Ferrara and Padua; circa 1565-1574. Latin. Copies, 17th cent. Table of contents (f. 1), added later. Old signatures 'Tom. LII' in pencil in upper right corner of f. i, and '496' in ink in fifth spine compartment: identifiable with Mattei MS. 496 (vol. 52 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. 8294-8303, 8305, 8307-8314, from R. H. Evans, 8 Dec. 1830, lot 103 (part).

Contents as follows:

1. ff. 2-187. 'Cerimoniale sive modus eligendi Summos Pontifices' [title in table of contents], tract on the election of the Roman popes; n.d. Latin. Copy. Inc. 'Cerimoniale / In nomine Domini Amen. Anno, menes, dies. Nos Episcopi, Presbiteri, et Diaconi S.R.E. Cardinales'.

2. ff. 188-284v. 'Consiglio del Deciano per il Duca di Ferrara nella causa di Precedenza', legal advice relating to precedence between the Duke of Ferrara [probably Alfonso II d'Este] and Cosimo I de' Medici, Duke of Florence by Tiberio Deciani of Udine (1509-1582), professor of law at Padua University, also known as Deciano; circa 1569-1574 (mentioning Cosimo I on f. 189). Latin. Copy. Inc. 'Domino illuminatio mea / Quanquam adeo erudite, eleganter, ac copiose fuerit'.

3. ff. 285-308v. 'Conseglio del Salerno per il Duca di Fiorenza nella medesima causa di precedenza / D.O.M.A.' with 'cons. 136' added to the right, further legal advice relating to precedence between the Dukes of Florence and Ferrara; n.d. Latin. Copy. Inc. 'Neque nova neque levis controversia est de dignitate quam inter se Excellentissimi Florentinorum Ferrariensiumque Duces habent', expl. 'Julius Salernus'.

4. ff. 309-324. 'Praefatio Excellentissimi Domini Francisci Piccolominei in Patavino Studio recitata, cum ad locum philosophiae ordinariae pervenit in paritate loci cum Excellentissimo Federico Pendasio Mantuano / Anno 1565 die 3 novembris', inaugural lecture of Francesco Piccolomini, appointed professor of philosophy at Padua; 1565. Latin. Copy. Inc. 'Quanto semper desiderio flagraverim ornatis'.

Paper; ff. 324+xviii, plus one unfoliated blank after ff. 1, 284, 308, and two after f. 165. Old foliation in ink '1-323' (ff. 2-324). 295 x 216mm. Horizontal catchwords on each leaf. Two Italian hands. Late 17th-cent. Italian binding of full vellum

Scope & Content:

Bindings ITALIAN: Full vellum: late 17th cent.

includes:

  • ff. 2-187 Ceremonials: Rome; Court of; and Popes, Bishops of. General: Tract rel. to papal elections: 17th cent.: Lat: Copy.
  • ff. 188-284v Tiberio Deciani, of Udine; called Deciano; professor of law at Padua: Legal advice rel. to the precedence between the Dukes of Ferrara and Tuscany: bef. 1574: Lat: Copy, 17th cent.
  • ff. 188-308v Ceremonials: Alfonso II; Duke of Modena and Ferrara: Cosimo I; Grand Duke of Tuscany: Tracts rel. to the precedence between the Dukes of Ferrara and Tuscany: bef. 1574: Lat: Copies, 17th cent.
  • ff. 309-324 Francesco Piccolomini, Professor of philosophy at Padua: Inaugural lecture: 1565: Lat: Copy, 17th cent.

Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Project / Collection:
Additional Manuscripts
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Hierarchy Record Ids:
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032-002029171
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Record Type (Level):
Fonds
Extent:
1 item
Digitised Content:
Languages:
English
Latin
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. 496), late 18th cent.

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

Material Type:
Archives and Manuscripts
Legal Status:
Not Public Record(s)
Names:
Alfonso II, Duke of Modena and Ferrara
Cosimo I, Grand Duke of Tuscany
Deciani, Tiberio, called Deciano, jurist and scholar, 1509-1582
Evans, Robert Harding, bookseller and auctioneer, 1777-1857
General Court of Rome
Mattei Library
North, Frederick, 5th Earl of Guilford, politician and colonial administrator, 1766-1827,
   see also http://isni.org/isni/0000000034584770
Piccolomini, Francesco, Professor of philosophy at Padua