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Add MS 8340

Record Id:
032-002029205
Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
032-002029205
MDARK:
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ISAD(G)
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Add MS 8340
Title:

INSTRUCTIONS to papal nuncios and other papal officers appointed to Spain, Flanders and Germany during the papacy of Gregory XV (1621-1623), with political and satirical texts, partly relating to Naples; 1621-1772. Italian and Latin. Partly copies. Items relating to Naples include two treatises (art. 6) concerning ecclesiastical benefices granted to the citizens of Naples in 1708, and satirical epitaphs (art. 9) relating to the famine in Naples in 1764 during the reign of King Ferdinand IV of Bourbon (1759-1806). 'xxxv' in gray ink in left upper corner of f. 1. Owned by Frederick North, 5th Earl of Guilford, but lacking his armorial bookplate. '392' in upper right corner of f. 1. Purchased, together with Add. 8356, 8376, 8406, 8475, 8481, 8535, 8675, 8702, 8732, 8763, and 8777, from R. H. Evans, 8 Dec. 1830, lot 392 (part).

Paper; ff. 89+i, plus one unfoliated blank after ff. 33, 63, 77, 80, 83, and three after f. 72. Modern foliation in pencil '1-90' (followed here), omitting no. 34. Composite volume. 275 x 200mm. Horizontal catchwords on each leaf. Several Italian hands: same hand for arts. 1-4 (ff. 1-63) and 7 (ff. 78-80v). Arts. marked '1-11' in upper left corner of first page. Guilford binding of quarter vellum with decorated paper covers over pasteboards.

Contents as follows:

1. ff. 1-30. 'Instruttione a V.S. Monsignor di Sagro Patriarcha d'Alessandria e Arcivescovo di Benevento per andare Nuntio ordinario di Nostro Signore alla Maestà del Re Cattolico', instructions to Alessandro di Sangro, Patriarch of Alexandria and Bishop of Benevento, appointed papal nuncio (1621-1622) to Philip III of Spain; 1621. Italian. Copy. Inc. 'Egl'è cosa grave e importante il carico della Nunziatura di Spagna', expl. 'In Roma li 5 aprile 1621' (added later). A relazione on the dismissal of di Sangro as papal nuncio to Spain, in 1622, in Add. 8321, art. 12, ff. 209-223. A collection of papers by Filadelfo Mugnos relating to the di Sangros, Dukes of Vietri, in the service of Philip II, III, and IV in Italy (1555-1622) in Add. 8688.

2. ff. 31-33v. 'Istruzzione a Monsignor Matteo Pini deputato per ordine di Nostro Signore Pagatore e Collaterale delle Genti che si devono assoldare in Germania a nome di Sua Santità per servigio della Maestà dell'Imperatore', instructions to Matteo Pini appointed Pagatore and Collaterale (i.e. financial administrator) of papal troops in Germany; 1621. Italian. Copy. Inc. 'Vostra Signoria ha esercitato tante volte in Germania', expl. 'In Roma il primo di giugno 1621'.

3. ff. 35-58v. 'Istruttione a V.S. Monsignor Arcivescovo di Patras Nunzio ordinario di Nostro Signore in Fiandra', instructions to Giovanni Francesco Guidi del Bagno, Archbishop of Patras, appointed papal nuncio to the Flanders (1621-1627); 1621. Italian. Copy. Inc. 'Il carico di governare le Città e Provincie della Sede Apostolica', expl. 'In Roma il di primo maggio 1621'.

4. ff. 59-63. 'Istruzzione a V.S. Illustrissima Signor Don Pietro Aldobrandino Luogotenente Generale di Nostro Signore per la levata da farsi in Germania d'un regimento di fanti cattolici che Sua Santità dà per aiuto alla Maestà dell'Imperadore Ferdinando', instructions to Pietro Aldobrandini, nephew of Cardinal Pietro Aldobrandini, appointed lieutenant general of the papal troops at service of the Emperor Ferdinand II; 1621. Italian. Copy. Inc. 'Riguardatesi da Nostro Signore le qualità nobilissime di Vostra Signoria Illustrissima', expl. 'In Roma il primo giugno 1621'.

5. ff. 64-65. Anonymous satirical letter to an unidentified 'A. C.' relating to religious orders; 1772. Italian. Inc. 'Quanto siete buono A.C. quanto siete buono! Voi affliggervi perchè i Serviti hanno inventata e sparsa in vostro Nome la lettera che mi accludete', expl. 'altrettanti miracoli e specchi di santità... / Malta 20 aprile del 1772'.

6. ff. 66-72, 73-77v. Two treatises in opposition to ecclesiastical benefices granted to the citizens of Naples in 1708, the first by the Neapolitan jurist Francesco Amenta; 1708. Italian. Copies. Inc. (f. 66) 'Trattato de Benefici Ecclesiastici con il quale s'accerta la collazione de Benefici Ecclesiastici a nazionali di questo Regno di Napoli / All'Illustrissimi ... Signori eletti della Fedelissima ... Città di Napoli / Illustrissimi ... / In legger la lettera di Sua Maestà ... deli due del caduto mese di marzo, con la quale si accerta la collatione de' Benefici Ecclesiastici', expl. 'Napoli 20 aprile 1708 / Dell'Eccellentissimo ... Francesco Amenta', with marginal notations; inc. (f. 73) 'Principalmente contro allo scritto de benefici uom ragiona', expl. 'In Napoli di 28 agosto 1708'.

7. ff. 78-80v. 'Istruzzione a V.S. Monsignor Auditore di Rota per rallegrarsi a nome di Nostro Signore colle Maestà dell'Imperadore ed Imperatrice della nozze loro', instructions to an unnamed Auditor of the Rota appointed nuncio to the Emperor Ferdinand II on the occasion of his marriage; 1622. Italian. Copy. Inc. 'Haveva la Santità di Nostro Signore già un pezzo fa saputo', expl. 'In Roma li 13 gennaro 1622'.

8. ff. 81-83v, 84-87v. Two treatises relating to the Passion of Christ; early 18th cent. Italian. Copies. Inc. (f. 81) 'La penna dipintrice del Vangelista S. Luca'; inc. (f. 84) 'Magna est velut Mare Contritio tua Geremia ... / A chi meglio di voi o Signori potrei farmi ragione nell'Argomento'.

9. ff. 88-90. Satirical epitaphs apparently relating to the famine in Naples in 1764; 1764. Latin. Inc. 'Equite Johanne Baptista Caputio Minutolo Rei Frumentarie Praefecto ... MDCCLXIV'.

Scope & Content:

Bindings ENGLISH: Guilford binding: bef. 1828.

includes:

  • ff. 1-20 Philip III of Spain: Alessandro di Sangro, Patriarch of Alexandria; Bishop of Benevento: Papal instructions rel. to Spain to Alessandro di Sangro: 1621: Ital: Copy.
  • ff. 1-63, 78-80v Gregory XV; Pope: Instructions to papal nuncios and officers: 1621-1622: Ital.: Copies.
  • ff. 31-33v Matteo Pini, Papal Collaterale and Pagatore: Instructions rel. to Germany to: 1621: Ital: Copy.
  • ff. 31-63, 78-80v Ferdinand II; Emperor of Germany: Instructions to papal nuncios and officers rel. to: 1621-1622: Ital: Copies.
  • ff. 35-58v Flanders: Giovanni Francesco Guidi del Bagno, Papal nuncio; Archbishop of Patras 1621: Papal instructions rel. to Flanders to Giovanni Francesco Guidi del Bagno: 1621: Ital: Copy.
  • ff. 59-63 Pietro Aldobrandini, Lieutenant General in the papal army: Instructions rel. to Germany to: 1621: Ital: Copy.
  • ff. 64-65 Orders Religious: Letters: A. C: Anonymous letter rel. to religious orders to 'A.C.' to A. C.: 1772: Ital: Original.
  • ff. 66-77v, 88-90 Naples and Sicily General: Political treatises and satirical epitaphs rel. to: 1708, 1764: Ital. and Lat.: Partly 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
Latin
Scripts:
Latin
Start Date:
1621
End Date:
1772
Date Range:
1621-1772
Era:
CE
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Custodial History:

Robert Harding Evans, bookseller: Purchased from (lot 392, part), 8 Dec. 1830.

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

Material Type:
Archives and Manuscripts
Legal Status:
Not Public Record(s)
Names:
Aldobrandini, Pietro, Lieutenant-General in the Papal Army, fl 1621
Bagno, Giovanni Francesco, cardinal, Papal nuncio and Titular Archbishop of Patras, 1578-1641
C., A
Evans, Robert Harding, bookseller and auctioneer, 1777-1857
Gregory XV, Pope, 1554-1623
Habsburg, Ferdinand II, Emperor of Germany, 1578-1637
North, Frederick, 5th Earl of Guilford, politician and colonial administrator, 1766-1827,
   see also http://isni.org/isni/0000000034584770
Philip II, of Naples and Sicily
Philip III, King of Spain
Pini, Matteo, Papal Collaterale and Pagatore
Sangro, Alessandro di, Patriarch of Alexandria, Bishop of Benevento
Places:
Flanders, Belgium