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Add MS 8316
- Record Id:
- 032-002029181
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- 032-002029181
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- ark:/81055/vdc_100000000050.0x0002df
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- Add MS 8316
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MISCELLANEOUS COLLECTION of relazioni and political tracts relating to the Papacy, Genoa, Venice, Ferrara, Spain, Portugal, Savoy, Naples, and Lombardy; circa 1640-1643. Italian. Copies. Arts. 5 (ff. 79-104v), and 7-10 (ff. 122-191v) relate to Portugal and the election of King John IV. The MS. also includes (art. 6, ff. 105-121v) an anonymous relazione of the devastation of Rome by the Gauls under their leader Brennus in 390 B.C. Pen-decorated frontispieces (ff. 79, 148, 182), and family tree of King John IV of Portugal in ink (f. 181). Table of contents (ff. 1-1v), added later. Old signatures 'Tom. LXXXII' in pencil in upper right corner of f. i, and '526.' in ink in fourth spine compartment: identifiable with Mattei MS. 526 (vol. 82 of 'Materie diverse') in Guilford's catalogue Add. 8220, f. 24. Owned by Frederick North, 5th Earl of Guilford, but lacking his armorial bookplate. '106' in pencil in upper left corner of front pastedown. Purchased, together with Add. 8315, 8317-8332, 8346, and 8347, from R. H. Evans, 8 Dec. 1830, lot 106 (part).
Contents as follows:
1. ff. 2-21, 22-23v. Tracts relating to the claims presented by the representatives of the Republic of Genoa to receive the same ambassadorial privileges as the Venetian ambassadors; n.d. Italian. Copies. Title (f. 3) 'Ragioni per le quali la Republica di Genova pretende d'essere trattata come quella di Venetia', inc. 'Stima la Serenissima Republica di Genova di poter ragionevolmente sperare'; title (f. 22) 'Annotattioni delli numeri per comprobare con historie vere quanto si è detto nella passata scrittura', inc. (f. 22v) 'Li giuramenti di fedeltà presentati alla Republica Genovese'.
2. ff. 33-44v. 'Risposta al manifesto o parte de' Venetiani letta in Collegio al Signor Ambasciatore dell'Imperatore li 6 giugno 1643', discourse relating to the so-called War of Castro read in the Sacred College in reply to a manifesto of the Venetian Republic; 1643. Italian. Copy. Inc. (f. 34) 'Non contenti li Signori Venetiani di chiudere gl'occhi'.
3. ff. 45-55v, 56-63v. Tracts relating to territorial disputes between Venice and Ferrara; n.d. Italian. Copies. Title (f. 45) 'Raggioni de Signori Venetiani sopra i confini con lo stato di Ferrara / alle quali brevemente si risponde', inc. (f. 46) 'Prima apportano un transunto d'instrumento d'Investitura fatta a Poreo dell'anno 1094'; title (f. 56) 'Replica contro le ragioni de Venetiani sopra li confini con lo stato di Ferrara', inc. (f. 57) 'Non erano per l'addietro passate differenze rillevanti'.
4. ff. 64-78v. 'Scrittura presentata nel senato veneto dalli signori eccellentissimi Conte della Rocca e Marchese della Fuente, ambasciatori della Maestà Cattolica sopra li presenti rumori dell'anno 1643 a di 18 del mese di luglio', discourse by the Spanish ambassadors Juan Antonio de Vera y Figueroa, Conde de la Roca, and Don Gaspar de Teves Tello de Guzman, Marqués de la Fuente, to the Venetian Senate; 1643. Italian. Copy. Inc. (f. 65) 'Serenissimo Prencipe / Non può riuscire nuovo a Vostra Serenità'.
5. ff. 79-104v. 'Relatione della sollevatione del Regno di Portugallo et elettione del nuovo Re Duca di Braganza detto Don Giovanni Quarto dell'anno 1640', relazione by Adriano Veloso relating to the election of King John IV of Portugal; 1641. Italian. Copy. Inc. (f. 80) 'Molto Illustre Signore / Vengo con questa mia da Vostra Signoria a riverirla come devo', expl. 'Di Lisbona e di gennaio li 12 del 1641 / Di Vostra Signoria ... Servitore / Adriano Veloso Corte Reale'. Numbered '105' in left lower corner of blank before f. 79.
6. ff. 105-121v. 'Prima rovina di Roma che fu nel principio della Republica e anno CCCLIIII della sua edificatione da Galli Senoni sotto Brenno loro capitano, che la distrussero e ridussero in pessimo stato come si vedrà dall'infrascritta relatione', account of the devastation of Rome by the Gauls under their leader Brennus in 390 B.C.; n.d. Italian. Copy. Inc. (f. 106) 'Relatione della venuta de Galli in Roma'.
7. ff. 122-127v. 'Lettera scritta da Sua Maestà Cattolica al Re di Portugallo Don Giovanni IIIIo, con la risposta del detto Re Don Giovanni, et un manifesto e disfida del Duca di Medina Sidonia contro il medemo Re di Portugallo', letter from King Philip IV of Spain to King John IV of Portugal, followed by (f. 123v) John IV's reply and a manifesto (ff. 124-127v) by Alonso Perez de Guzman, Duke of Medina Sidonia; 1641. Italian. Copies. Inc. (f. 123) 'Mio Cugino Duca. Intendo che le Ribellione del Regno ... Vostro Cugino El Rey'; inc. (f. 123v) 'Risposta / Mio Cugino. La Tirannide de Vostri ministri ... Vostro Cugino Giovanni 4o Re di Portugallo'; title (f. 124) 'Manifesto e Disfida', inc. 'Don Gasparo Alonzo Perez de Gusman il Buono Duca di Medina', expl. 'Data in Toledo li 29 settembre 1641'.
8. ff. 128-146v. 'Relatione succinta della ribellione del Regno di Portugallo, elettione e coronatione del Duca di Braganza et della venuta in Roma di Monsignor Vescovo di Lamego con li negotiati, et insulto fatto e passato tra il detto Lamego et il Signor Marchese de Los Veles ambasciatore cattolico', relazione of the election of King John IV of Portugal and of the dispute which arose in Rome between the new Portuguese ambassador, Dom Miguel de Portugal, Bishop of Lamego, and the Spanish ambassador, Don Pedro Fajardo Zuñiga y Requesens, Marqués de Los Vélez; [1642]. Italian. Copy. Inc. (f. 129) 'Questo secolo nostro è così fecondo di turbolenze'. Another copy in Add. 8711 (art. 4, ff. 34-38v). For other accounts of the same event in Italian see Add. 8699 (arts. 3-5, ff. 107-273), and 8712 (art. 4, ff. 42-58); Eg. 1672 (ff. 357-362v; by the Marquis de Fontenay, French Ambassador to Rome).
9. ff. 147-180v. 'Stabilimento fatto nelle corti dalli tre stati delli Regni di Portugal sopra l'acclamatione, restitutione e giuramento delli medesmi regni al potentissimo Re Don Giovanni il Quarto di questo nome', relazione of the coronation of King John IV of Portugal and oath of allegiance to him by the three estates (i.e. the nobility, the clergy, and the commoners) of Portugal; n.d. Italian. Copy. Inc. (f. 148) 'Li tre stati, ciò è gli Ecclesiastici, la Nobiltà, e Popoli delli Regni di Portogallo radunati nelle Corti'.
10. ff. 182-191v. 'Relatione de preparamenti che si fanno per difesa di Don Giovanni Quarto nuovo Re di Portugallo', relazione of Portugal relating to the military defence of the territory put in place by King John IV; n.d. Italian. Copy. Inc. (f. 183) 'Il Regno di Portogallo sotto gl'auspici del suo nuovo Re'.
11. ff. 192-245. 'Relatione delli trattamenti fatti dalli ministri del Re Cattolico alla Principessa di Carignano moglie del Signor Principe Tomaso di Savoia per impedirgli la partenza di Spagna e tenerla separata dal Principe suo marito', relazione of Spain relating to Princess Marie de Bourbon, wife of Prince Tommaso Francesco di Savoia Carignano, who was prevented from leaving Spain against her will; 1641. Italian. Copy. Inc. (f. 193) 'Alli dieci di gennaio 1641 giunse alla Corte di Spagna il conte Nicolis'.
12. ff. 246-266v. 'Memoriale dato al Re Cattolico contro il Conte Duca d'Olivares dopo la sua caduta', memorandum given to King Philip IV of Spain relating to the fall of Gaspar de Guzmán, Count-Duke of Olivares; circa 1643. Italian. Copy. Inc. (f. 247) 'Signore / Havendo riconosciuto Vostra Maestà (che Dio conservi) l'amor de suoi vassalli'. A long relazione of the life and fall of Olivares by the Modenese envoy Father Ippolito Camillo Guidi in Add. 8700; a shorter relazione also by Guidi in Add. 8319 (art. 10, ff. 152-212v; anonymous), 8701 (art. 2, ff. 157-190), and 16479 (ff. 271-316v; anonymous); translations of Guidi's text in Spanish in Add. 10254 (ff. 1-147, with different ending and attributed to Francisco de Quevedo y Villegas; ff. 229-259v, dated 15 Feb. 1643), and 25688 (ff. 72-132v, dated 18 Feb. 1643); Eg. 315 (ff. 65-91, attributed to Eugenio Carretto, Marqués of Grana, and dated 15 Feb. 1643), and 2053 (ff. 117-147v, attributed to Carretto and dated 13 Feb. 1643).
13. ff. 267-287v. 'Relatione del governo di Napoli', relazione of Naples; n.d. Italian. Copy. Inc. (f. 268) 'Nel governo di Napoli vi tiene Sua Maestà uno con titolo di Vicere'. Another copy in Lansdowne 795 (art. 3, ff. 86-105).
14. ff. 288-304. 'Genealogia del Ducato et Duchi di Milano', genealogy of the Dukes of Milan from 1277; n.d. Italian. Copy. Inc. (f. 289) 'Il Ducato di Milano mentre, che il seggio dell'Imperio era in Italia'.
15. ff. 305-334. 'Geneologia de i Signori della Casa di Coreggio', genealogy of the Correggio family from 804 to 1585; after 1585. Italian. Copy, 17th cent. Inc. (f. 306) 'Coreggio in Lombardia chiamata da alcuni scrittori Paradiso d'Italia'.
Paper; ff. 334+iii, plus one unfoliated blank after ff. 32, 55, 104, 121, 181, 191, 266, 304, two after ff. 78, 127, 146, 245, and three after 287. Old foliation in ink '1-333' (ff. 2-334), repeating no. 69, and omitting no. 235. 260 x 195mm. Horizontal catchwords on each leaf. At least three Italian hands: same hand for arts. 5, 9 and 10 (with decorated frontispiece). Late 17th-cent. Italian binding of full vellum.
- Scope & Content:
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Bindings ITALIAN: Full vellum: late 17th cent.
includes:
- ff. 2-23v Political Tracts: Genoa; Doges of: Ambassadors: Tracts rel. to ambassadorial precedence for the Genoese ambassadors: 1st half 17th cent.: Ital: Copies.
- ff. 45-63v City of Ferrara: Political Tracts: Venice: Tracts rel. to territorial disputes between Venice and Ferrara: 1st half 17th cent.: Ital: Copies.
- ff. 64-78v Venice: Don Juan Antonio de Vera y Figueroa y Zúñiga, Conde de la Roca Spanish Ambassador at Venice: Don Gaspar de Teves Tello de Guzman, Marqués de la Fuente Spanish Ambassador at Venice: Discourse to the Venetian Senate by the Spanish ambassadors: 1643: Ital: Copy.
- ff. 79-104v, 128-191v John IV of Portugal: Relazioni of: circa 1640-1642: Ital: Copies.
- ff. 105-121v Ancient and Modern. City of Rome: Account of the devastation of Rome by Brennus and his Gauls in 390 B.C.: 1st half of 17th cent.: Ital: Copy.
- ff. 123-123v Philip IV of Spain: John IV of Portugal: Correspondence between Philip IV of Spain and John IV of Portugal: 1641: Ital: Copies.
- ff. 124-127v John IV of Portugal: Don Alonso Perez de Guzman, Duque de Medina Sidonia: Manifesto against John IV of Portugal by the Duque de Medina Sidonia: 1641: Ital: Copy.
- ff. 128-146v Miguel de Portugal, Bishop of Lamego; Portuguese Ambassador to Rome: Pedro Fajardo Zúñiga y Requesens, 5th Marqués de Los Vélez; Spanish Ambassador: Relazione of the dispute between the Portuguese and Spanish ambassadors: [1642]: Ital: Copy.
- f. 182 Genealogies: Family-tree of King John IV of Portugal: circa 1640: Ital: Copy.
- ff. 192-245 Philip IV of Spain: Marie de Bourbon, Comtesse de Soissons; wife of Prince Tommaso of Savoy Carignano: Relazione of Spain rel. to the Princess of Savoy Carignano: 1641: Ital: Copy.
- ff. 246-266v Philip IV of Spain: Gaspar de Guzman, Conde de Olivares: Memorandum to Philip IV of Spain rel. to the fall of Count-Duke of Olivares: circa 1643: Ital: Copy.
- ff. 267-287v Naples and Sicily General: Relazione of: 1st half of 17th cent.: Ital: Copy.
- ff. 288-304 Genealogies: Dukes of Milan: Genealogy of the Dukes of Milan: 1st half of 17th cent.: Ital: Copy.
- ff. 305-334 Genealogies: Princes of Correggio; family: Genealogy of the Correggio family: after 1585: Ital: Copy, 17th cent.
- Collection Area:
- Western Manuscripts
- Project / Collection:
- Additional Manuscripts
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- 032-002029181
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- not applicable
- Hierarchy:
- 032-002029181
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- not applicable
- Record Type (Level):
- Fonds
- Extent:
- 1 item
- Digitised Content:
- Languages:
- English
Italian - Scripts:
- Latin
- Start Date:
- 1635
- End Date:
- 1643
- Date Range:
- c 1640-1643
- Era:
- CE
- Access:
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Robert Harding Evans, bookseller: Purchased from (lot 106, part), 8 Dec. 1830.
Mattei Library: Owned (MS. 526), late 18th cent.
Frederick North, 5th Earl of Guilford: Owned, bef. 1828.
- Material Type:
- Archives and Manuscripts
- Legal Status:
- Not Public Record(s)
- Names:
- Bourbon, Marie de, Comtesse de Soissons, wife of Prince Tommaso of Savoy Carignano
Correggio, Family
Doges of Genoa
Evans, Robert Harding, bookseller and auctioneer, 1777-1857
Fajardo Zúñiga y Requesens, Pedro, 5th Marqués de Los Vélez, Spanish Ambassador, 1602-1647
John IV, of Portugal
Mattei Library
Milan, Family
North, Frederick, 5th Earl of Guilford, politician and colonial administrator, 1766-1827,
see also http://isni.org/isni/0000000034584770
Perez de Guzman, Alonso, Don Duque de Medina Sidonia
Philip IV, of Spain, 1605-1665
Pimentel, Gaspar, 1st Duke of Sanlúcar, called the Count-Duke of Olivares, statesman and royal favourite, 1587-1645
Portugal, Miguel de, Bishop of Lamego, Portuguese Ambassador to Rome
Teves Tello de Guzman, Gaspar de, Don Marqués de la Fuente, Spanish Ambassador at Venice
Vera y Figueroa y Zúñiga, Juan Antonio de, Don Conde de la Roca, Spanish Ambassador at Venice - Places:
- Ferrara, Italy
Rome, Italy
Venice, Italy