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Record Id:
032-002029198
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Add MS 8333
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MISCELLANEOUS COLLECTION of relazioni and other political papers relating to Spain, Naples, Liguria, Rome, France and the Empire; circa 1646-1667. Italian and Latin. Copies. Among other things the collection contains (arts. 8-15) relazioni and a satirical tract relating to the death of Pope Alexander VII, on 22 May 1667, and the conclave for the election of Clement IX, elected on 20 June 1667. Table of contents (ff. 1-1v), added later. Ink drawing in the lower margin of f. 2. Old signature 'Tom. CIII' in pencil in upper right corner of f. i and possibly '547' completely erased from fifth spine compartment: identifiable with Mattei MS. 547 (vol. 103 of 'Materie diverse') in Guilford's catalogue Add. 8220, f. 24v. Owned by Frederick North, 5th Earl of Guilford, but lacking his armorial bookplate. '107' in pencil in upper left corner of front pastedown. Purchased, together with Add. 8334, 8335, 8336, 8337, 8342, 8345, 8348, 8349, 8350, 8351, 8352, 8360, and 8812, from R. H. Evans, 8 Dec. 1830, lot 107 (part).

Contents as follows:

1. ff. 2-23v. 'Oratio Caroli Quinti', three addresses to the Emperor Charles V from his generals Alfonso d'Avalos d'Aquino, Marquis of Vasto, Hernando Alarcon and Antonio de Leva, urging the Emperor to initiate war against Suleiman I; circa 1529. Latin. Copy, 17th cent. Inc. (f. 3) 'Post debellatos potentissimos reges'. Preceded by (f. 2) 'Proemium / Exacto proxime seculo Solimanus'. With note 'originale' in upper left corner.

2. ff. 24-52. 'Brevissima relazione delle curiosità più degne e memorande della Città di Napoli ... fatta l'anno 1667', relazione of Naples; 1667. Italian. Copy. Inc. (f. 25) 'E' situata l'amenissima e deliziosa città di Napoli'.

3. ff. 53-66. 'Compendioso discorso sopra diverse Case più nobili della Liguria, suoi avenimenti e altri motivi sopra il Finale', relazione of Liguria and its noble families; n.d. Italian. Copy. Inc. (f. 54) 'Tutti li scrittori e classici historici conchiudono'.

4. ff. 67-99v. 'Raguaglio al Cardinale Barberino detto il Cardinal Cappuccino fratello di Papa Urbano Ottavo fattogli da un frate appassionato per esserle stato levato il Confessionario di Monache cerca di biasimare la Pretaria', protest addressed to Cardinal Antonio Barberini; before 1646 (death of Cardinal Barberini). Italian. Copy. Inc. (f. 68) 'Ben si vede la Providenza'.

5. ff. 100-109. 'Lettera della Guglia di S. Mautto a quella della Minerva', satirical letter relating to Roman churches; n.d. Italian. Copy. Inc. (f. 101) 'Carissima sorella / La malvagità del destino'.

6. ff. 110-167v. 'Stato della Monarchia di Spagna sotto il governo del Confessore della Regina', relazione of Spain relating to the regency of Queen Mariana and the influence of her confessor Father Juan Everardo Nitardo, Grand Inquisitor of Spain; [1666]. Italian. Copy. Inc. (f. 111) 'Stato della Monarchia di Spagna / Interlocutori / D. Gioseppe Villaprando. D. Alfonso di Salamanca / Don Giuseppe. Che noia habbiamo di Spagna.' Another copy in Add. 8703, art. 3, ff. 28-42.

7. ff. 168-224. 'Disordini che occorrono nel supremo Tribunale della Rota nella Corte Romana e degl'ordini con i quali si potrebbe riformare / Scrittura fatta dall'Avocato N. N. da presentarsi alla Santità di Nostro Signore', relazione to Pope Alexander VII (1655-1667) relating to the Tribunal of the Rota; n.d. Italian. Copy. Inc. (f. 169) 'Alla Santità di Nostro Signore Alessandro VII / Beatissimo Padre / Due cose fra l'altre sono di mestiere'.

8. ff. 225-228v. 'Oratio habita a Pontifice coram cardinalibus Ursino, Imperiali, Pallavicino, Palutio, Rondanino, et Azzolino, qui non interfuerant di Veneris propter Azzolinum qui rediit', discourse delivered to Cardinals Orsini, Imperiali, Pallavicini, Paluzzi Altieri, Rondanini and Azzolini by Pope Alexander VII before his death; 1667. Latin. Copy. Inc. 'Ex imparato audivimus consilio'.

9. ff. 229-232v. Relazione of the death of Pope Alexander VII and election of Pope Clement IX; 1667. Italian. Copy. Inc. 'Domenica 22 di maggio 1667 doppo lunga indispositione'.

10. ff. 233-240v. 'Relatione delli meriti e dell'eccettioni de 25 Cardinali da quali probabilmente nel futuro Conclave ne uscirà il Papa', relazione discussing the qualities of twenty-five cardinals papabili (i.e. eligible as Pope); [1667]. Italian. Copy. Inc. 'Col humilissima di Vostra Altezza ricevo doppii comandamenti'.

11. ff. 241-264. 'Pronostico sopra il Conclave futuro in occasione della Sede Vacante di Alessandro VII' [repeated on f. 242], forecast relating to the successor of Alexander VII; circa 1667. Italian. Copy. Inc. (f. 242) 'E' materia si dubbiosa'.

12. ff. 265-290. 'Scrutinio delle qualità e meriti di venti Cardinali papabili', relazione discussing the qualities of twenty cardinals papabili; [1667]. Italian. Copy. Inc. (f. 266) 'Dovendo discorrer a parte delle qualità'.

13. ff. 291-332v. 'Aforismi politici per i Cardinali del Conclave fatti dal Signor Cardinale Azzolini', political aphorisms on the Conclave for the election of Clement IX, attributed to Cardinal Decio Azzolini the Younger, but probably written by the Roman author Stefano Pignatelli; [1667]. Italian. Copy. Inc. (f. 292) 'E' si grande il credito'. Another copy in Add. 8429: see relevant description for details on printed editions of the text.

14. ff. 333-351. 'Discorso sopra la Revolutione del Conclave causata dalle Trame di Monsignor Ravizza', tract relating to the disruptions caused by Monsignor Ravizza during the conclave for the election of Clement IX; [1667]. Italian. Copy. Inc. (f. 334) 'Giovedì passato che fummo a 2 di giugno entrò il Sacro Collegio nel Conclave'.

15. ff. 352-381v. 'Conclave delle Donne sopra l'elezione del futuro Pontefice', satirical tract relating to the conclave for the election of Clement IX; [1667]. Italian. Copy. Inc. 'Viveva sotto dolorosa e compassionevol servitù'.

16. ff. 382-395. 'Relazione del viaggio in Francia del Cardinale Chigi' [title added later], travel-journal to Paris of Cardinal Flavio Chigi as nuncio a latere; [1664]. Italian. Copy. Inc. 'Domenica a cinque di maggio si partì da Roma'.

17. ff. 396-409v. 'Curiose osservationi sopra lo stato di Francia', relazione of France [by Cardinal Flavio Chigi ?]; circa 1664. Italian. Copy. Inc. 'Il regno della Francia ha una mediocre ampiezza'.

18. ff. 410-414v. 'Conditiones foederis nuptialis inter D. Principem Carolum D. Principis Electoris Palatini Rheni filium, et D. Principissam Benedictam D. Principissae Palatinae Annae Gonzaghae filiam, quas Apostolica Sedes exigit pro concessione petitae matrimonialis dispensationis', terms for a contract of marriage between Charles (1651-1685), son of Prince Charles Louis Elector Palatine of the Rhine, and Benedicte Henriette (1652-1730) daughter of Prince Edward Wittelsback of Bavaria and Anna Gonzaga-Nevers; before 1668. Latin. Copy. Inc. 'Quod matrimonium huiusmodi perfici debeat', expl. 'Carolus Ludovicus Elector'. The marriage never took place: in 1668 Benedicte Henriette married duke Johann Friedrich (1625-1679) of Brunswick-Lüneburg-Calenberg (Hanover) and had three daughters, while Charles died childless (and unmarried?) in 1685.

Paper; ff. 414+xviii, plus four unfoliated blanks after ff. 23, 66, 167, 232, 290, 332, three after ff. 52, 99, 352, two after ff. 110, 240, 264, 409, six after f. 224, and one after ff. 228, 381, 395. Old foliation in ink '1-412' (ff. 2-414), omitting f. 218. 253 x 198mm. Horizontal catchwords on each leaf. Several Italian hands, among which: -(a) arts. 2-5, 13 (partly), 14; - (b) arts. 6-7; - (c) arts. 8-9, 15-17. Late 17th-cent. Italian binding of full vellum.

Scope & Content:

Bindings ITALIAN: Full vellum: late 17th cent.

Alexander VII; Pope: Clement IX; Pope: Political accounts and satirical papers rel. to: 1667: Ital.: Copies.

includes:

  • ff. 2-23v Charles V; Emperor of Germany: Three discourses rel. to the war against the Turks addressed to: circa 1529: Lat: Copies, 17th cent.
  • ff. 24-52 City of Naples: Relazione of: 1667: Ital: Copy.
  • ff. 53-66 Liguria, Italy: Relazione of: 17th cent.: Ital: Copy.
  • ff. 67-99v Antonio Barberini, Capuchin; Cardinal 1624: Protest addressed to: bef. 1646: Ital: Copy.
  • ff. 110-167v Mariana, 2nd wife of Philip IV of Spain: Johann Eberhard von Neidhart, Jesuit; General of the Spanish Inquisition; Cardinal 1672: Relazione of Spain, rel. to: [1666]: Ital: Copy.
  • ff. 168-224 Church of Rome; Sacra Romana Rota: Relazione to Alexander VII rel. to: circa 1655-1667: Ital: Copy.
  • ff. 291-332v Clement IX; Pope: Decio Azzolini, the Younger; Cardinal 1654: Stefano Pignatelli, of Rome: Aphorisms on the Conclaves , attributed to Decio Azzolini, written by (?) Stefano Pignatelli: 1667: Ital: Copy.
  • ff. 382-409v Voyages and Travels: Flavio Chigi, Cardinal 1657: Travel-journal and relazione of France , possibly by Card. Flavio Chigi: 1664: Ital: Copies.
  • ff. 410-414v Benedicte Henriette Wittelsbach, daughter of Prince Edward Wittelsbach of Bavaria: Charles; Prince of Simmern; later Elector Palatine of the Rhine; son of Prince Charles Louis: Terms for contract of marriage between Princess Benedicte H. Wittelsbach and Prince Charles of the Palatinate-Simmern: bef. 1668: Lat: Copy.

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Languages:
English
Italian
Latin
Scripts:
Latin
Start Date:
1641
End Date:
1667
Date Range:
c 1646-1667
Era:
CE
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Custodial History:

Robert Harding Evans, bookseller: Purchased from (lot 107, part), 8 Dec. 1830.

Mattei Library: Owned (MS. 547), 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
Azzolini, Decio, the Younger, Cardinal 1654
Barberini, Antonio Marcello, the elder; Capuchin and Cardinal, 1569-1646
Charles V, Holy Roman Emperor, 1500-1558,
   see also http://isni.org/isni/0000000120965852
Charles, Prince of Simmern, later Elector Palatine of the Rhine, son of Prince Charles Louis
Chigi, Flavio, Cardinal 1657
Clement IX, Pope
Evans, Robert Harding, bookseller and auctioneer, 1777-1857
Mariana, of Austria, Queen Regent of Spain 1666
Mattei Library
Neidhart, Johann Eberhard von, Jesuit, General of the Spanish Inquisition, Cardinal 1672
North, Frederick, 5th Earl of Guilford, politician and colonial administrator, 1766-1827,
   see also http://isni.org/isni/0000000034584770
Pignatelli, Stefano, of Rome
Sacra Romana Rota, Church of Rome
Wittelsbach, Benedicte Henriette, daughter of Prince Edward Wittelsbach of Bavaria
Places:
Liguria, Italy
Naples, Italy