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Add MS 8307

Record Id:
032-002029172
Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
032-002029172
MDARK:
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ISAD(G)
Reference (shelfmark):
Add MS 8307
Title:

MISCELLANEOUS COLLECTION of relazioni, instructions, and letters relating to Spain, Venice, France, and Rome; circa 1546-1667. Italian. Copies. Pen-flourished initials on ff. 2, 3, 139, 140, 165, 166. Table of contents (f. 1), added later. Old signatures 'Tom. LIII' in pencil in upper right corner of f. i, and '497.' in ink in fourth spine compartment: identifiable with Mattei MS. 497 (vol. 53 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, 8305-8306, 8308-8314, from R. H. Evans, 8 Dec. 1830, lot 103 (part).

Paper; ff. 224+xiii, plus two unfoliated blanks after f. 125, three after ff. 138, 187, four after f. 164, and one after f. 188. Old foliation in ink '1-222' (ff. 2-224), repeating no. 137. Composite volume. 260 x 195mm. Horizontal catchwords on each leaf. Five Italian hands. Late 17th-cent. Italian binding of full vellum.

Contents as follows:

1. ff. 2-125. 'Relatione del Clarissimo Messer Bernardo Nauagero Ambasciatore dell'Illustrissima Signoria di Venetia a Carlo V Imperatore nell'anno 1565' [title repeated on f. 3], relazione of Spain by Bernardo Navagero, Venetian ambassador at Madrid (1543-1546); dated here 1565, but issued in 1546. Italian. Copy. Inc. (f. 3) 'In questa Relatione che è l'ultima parte della legatione mia', expl. 'e con la gratia dell'Eccellentissime Signorie Vostre'. Other copies in Add. 8279 (art. l, ff. 337-436v), 10197, and 48153 (Yelverton MS. 164; art. 6, ff. 101-123v). Published by Albèri, s. i, vol. 1 (Florence, 1839), pp. 289-368.

2. ff. 126-138v. 'Instruttione inviata dal Re Cattolico alli suoi ministri in Francia nella liberatione della Città di Parigi dall'assedio, per trattare dello stato et incaminare gli affari del regno al fine che Sua Maestà pretende', instructions from King Philip II of Spain to his ambassadors at Paris relating to the negotiations for the election of the new king of France at the end of the siege of Paris in 1590; circa 1590. Italian. Copy. Inc. 'La costanza con la quale la Città di Parigi s'è conservata per la nostra Santa Fede'.

3. ff. 139-164v. 'Relatione delle cause per le quali è stato fatto morire Monsignor Mascambruno Sotto Datario' [title repeated on f. 140], relazione of the reasons for the execution of the Auditor of the Contraddette and forger Francesco Canonici (1609-1652), called Mascambruno; circa 1652. Italian. Copy. Inc. (f. 140) 'Iniquamente Monsignor Sotto Datario rovescia sopra gl'altri parte della colpa'.

4. ff. 165-187v. 'Discorso del Padre Fra' Biagio Magno alla Santità di Nostro Signore Alessandro 7o circa lo sgravamento delle Communità dello stato Ecclesiastico', discourse to Pope Alexander VII by Fra' Biagio Magno [?] relating to tax duties imposed in the papal states; circa 1655-1667. Italian. Copy. Inc. (f. 166) 'Della necessità dell'espediente / Il popolo per le gravezze delle impositioni languisce'.

5. ff. 188-204v. 'Diario del viaggio fatto dal Cardinale Chigi dechiarato da Nostro Signore suo legato de latere alla Maestà di Ludovico XIIII Re Christianissimo', travel-journal to Paris of Cardinal Flavio Chigi as papal legate a latere to France (5 May - 30 July 1664); 1664. Italian. Copy. Inc. (f. 189) 'Lunedì 5 maggio 1664 / Giunse il Signor Cardinale Legato in Civitavecchia su le 20 hore'. A different account in Add. 8333, art. 16, ff. 382-395.

6. ff. 205-212v. 'Copia di lettera scritta dal Padre Simenes, Confessore dell'Eminentissimo Signor Cardinal Chigi, Legato a latere alla Corte di Francia, ad un suo amico confidente data sotto li 10 agosto 1664', letter of Father Ximenes, confessor of Cardinal Flavio Chigi, to [Pietro ?] Bargellini [later Bishop of Thebes and papal nuncio to Paris, 1668-1671], relating to the warm reception of cardinal Chigi in Paris; 1664. Italian. Copy. Inc. 'Piano un poco Padre Bargelino mio dilettissimo, non si lamenti di me', expl. 'Parigi li 10 agosto 1664'.

7. ff. 213-224v. 'L'entrata in Parigi del Signor Cardinal Chigi Legato', relazione of the arrival of Cardinal Flavio Chigi to Paris; 1664. Italian. Copy. Inc. 'In fine questo è 'l giorno nel quale la Francia gli ha resi honori'.

Scope & Content:

Bindings ITALIAN: Full vellum: late 17th cent.

includes:

  • ff. 2-125 Bernardo Navagero, Venetian Ambassador at Venice, Rome and Constantinople; afterwards Cardinal: Charles V; Emperor of Germany: Francesco Donà; Doge of Venice: Relazione of Spain by Bernardo Navagero: 1546: Ital: Copy.
  • ff. 126-138v Philip II of Spain: France General: Instructions rel. to France from Philip II to his ambassadors: circa 1590: Ital: Copy.
  • ff. 139-164v Francesco Canonici, called 'Mascambruno'; Auditor of the Contraddette: Relazione of the reasons for his execution: circa 1652: Ital: Copy.
  • ff. 165-187v Taxes: Alexander VII; Pope: Discourse to Alexander VII rel. to taxes: circa 1655-1667: Ital: Copy.
  • ff. 188-224v Voyages and Travels: Flavio Chigi, Cardinal 1657: Travel-journal and letters rel. to his arrival to Paris: 1664: Ital: Copies.

Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Project / Collection:
Additional Manuscripts
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Record Type (Level):
Fonds
Extent:
1 item
Digitised Content:
Languages:
English
Italian
Scripts:
Latin
Start Date:
1541
End Date:
1667
Date Range:
c 1546-1667
Era:
CE
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Custodial History:

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

Mattei Library: Owned (MS. 497), late 18th cent.

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

Material Type:
Archives and Manuscripts
Legal Status:
Not Public Record(s)
Names:
Alexander VII, Pope
Canonici, Francesco, called 'Mascambruno', Auditor of the Contraddette
Charles V, Holy Roman Emperor, 1500-1558,
   see also http://isni.org/isni/0000000120965852
Chigi, Flavio, Cardinal 1657
Evans, Robert Harding, bookseller and auctioneer, 1777-1857
Francesco Donà, Doge of Venice
Mattei Library
Navagero, Bernardo, Venetian Ambassador at Venice Rome and Constantinople, afterwards Cardinal
North, Frederick, 5th Earl of Guilford, politician and colonial administrator, 1766-1827,
   see also http://isni.org/isni/0000000034584770
Philip II, King of Spain; King of Naples and Sicily, 1527-1598