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032-002029230
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Add MS 8365
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Letters relating to the Court of Rome, Spain and France; 1443-1561. Italian and Latin. Copies. Collection of letters written by papal nuncios and envoys concerning peace negotiations conducted by Popes Paul III, Julius III, and Emperor Charles V, and Francis I and Henry II of France. Authors of the letters are Niccolò Ardinghelli, Bishop of Fossombrone, Sebastiano Pighini, Archbishop of Siponto, Prospero Santacroce Pubbicola, Bishop of Chissamos, Carlo Borromeo, Archbishop of Milan, and Antonio Florebello Lavellino, Papal Secretary. The letters are followed (f. 116) by a list of contents. Owned by Frederick North, 5th Earl of Guilford, but lacking his armorial bookplate. Purchased from R. H. Evans, 8 Dec. 1830, lot unknown.

Paper; ff. 116. Old foliation in ink 1-114. 272 x 230mm. One late-16th-cent. hand (ff. 1-114) and one 17th-cent. hand (f. 115).

1. ff. 1-6v. Letter to Cardinal Alessandro Farnese, the Younger, from Niccolò Ardinghelli, Bishop of Fossombrone and Pope Paul III's envoy extraordinary, conc. Ardinghelli's mission to France to conduct peace negotiations with King Frances I; Melun, 1 Dec. 1541. Ital. Other copies of the letter are Add. 8391, ff. 186-202 and Arch. Vat. Principi 12, f. 307. A summary of the letter is in J. Lestocquoy, Correspondencedes Nonces en France, Capodiferro, Dandino et Guidiccione 1541-1546, pp. 99-102.

2. ff. 7-8v. Letters to Cardinal Alessandro Farnese, from Girolamo Capodiferro, papal nuncio in France, (not Dandini as incorrectly stated in index, f. 116), regarding peace negotiations with Francis I; Châterlerault, 19 June and Moulins, 30 July 1541. Ital. Another copy of letter dated 30 July in Add. 8391, ff. 205-207v and of 19 June in Arch. Vat., N. F. Ia, f. 251. A resumé of the letter dated 19 June in Lestocqouy, p. 62.

3. ff. 9-19v. Account, by Niccolò Ardinghelli, of his three diplomatic audiences with Francis I; [Dec. 1541]. Ital. Other copies of the same text in Add. 8262, ff. 467-476, Add. 8271, ff. 141-172, Add. 8391, ff. 152v-173, Add. 48122, ff. 489-527 and Bibl. Vat., Ottob. 2335, f. 124. Printed in Tommaseo, Relations des ambassadeurs vénitiens, (Paris,1838) I, pp. 113-137 (BL copy 1885.c.7)

4. ff. 20-36v. Letters to Girolamo Dandini, Bishop of Imola and secretary of state under Julius III, from Sebastiano Pighino, Archbishop of Sipontino and papal nuncio to Emperor Charles V, conc. the Imperial Diet at Augsburg; Augsburg, 12 Aug. - 19 Sept. 1550. Ital. Letters dated 12 Aug. (ff. 20-23v) and 21 Aug. (ff. 26v-28) printed in H. Laemmer, Meletematum Romanorum Mantissa (Ratisbon, 1875) pp. 160-168 (BL copy 4605.DD.1).

5. ff. 37-47v. 'Imperatoris de Concilio continuando sentencia', imperial memorandum issued by Ferdinand I, in response to Pope Pius IV's decision to reconvoke the Council of Trent; June 1560. Lat. Contents of document summarised in L. Pastor, History of the Popes,15, pp. 190-191.

6. ff. 49-52. Copies of papal briefs to Spanish and Portuguese royalty and statesmen, announcing the appointment of Prospero Publicola Santacroce as nuncio in Portugal; 5 - 8 July 1560. Lat.

7. ff. 52v-55v. Instructions to Prospero Publicola Santacroce, Bishop of Kisamos, as papal nuncio extraordinary in Spain, from Cardinal Carlo Borromeo; 1560. Ital. Printed in Laemmer, pp. 177-179.

8. ff. 56-57. List of letters sent to Emperor Ferdinand I, from King Philip II of Spain, conc. the reopening of the Council of Trent, to which Santacroce responded in person on behalf of the Emperor; Dec. 1559 - June 1560.

9. ff. 57v-58. Further instructions to Prospero Publicola Santacroce from Cardinal Borromeo, conc. Spain; [1560].

10. ff. 58v-97. Letters to Cardinal Carlo Borromeo, Archbishop of Milan and Ptolomeo Gallio, papal secretary, from Prospero Publicola Santacroce, nuncio extraordinary in Spain, containing reports of his discussions with Philip II conc. the reconvening of the Council of Trent; Toledo, 28 Aug. - 14 Dec. 1560. Letters dated 28 Aug. (ff. 58v-61v) and 31 Oct. (ff. 79-81v) printed in Laemmer pp. 180-184.

11. ff. 98-114v. Letters to Cardinal Carlo Borromeo, Archbishop of Milan and Ptolomeo Gallio, papal secretary, from Prospero Publicola Santacroce, papal nuncio in Portugal, conc. his negotiations with King Sebastian of Portugal about the reopening of the Council of Trent; Lisbon, 20 Feb. - 27 July 1561. Letter dated 7 Mar. (ff. 101-101v) printed in Laemmar, pp. 184-185.

12. f. 115. Letter to King Alfonso of Naples from Lodovico Scarampi Mezzarota, Cardinal of Aquileia and papal legate to Pope Eugenius IV, rel. to peace negotiations conducted by Scarampi on behalf of Eugenius IV with King Alfonso V of Aragón; [c. 1443]. Ital.

Scope & Content:

includes:

  • ff. 1-19v Paul III; Pope: Francis I of France: Charles I of Spain: Papal nuncios' letters: 1541: Ital. and Lat.: Copies.
  • ff. 20-47v Henry II of France: Julius III; Pope: Charles I of Spain: Papal nuncios' letters: 1550-1551: Lat. and Ital.: Copies.
  • ff. 49-114v Philip II of Spain: Charles IX of France: Pius IV; Pope: Papal nuncios' letters: 1560-1561: Ital. and Lat.: Copies.

Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
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Record Type (Level):
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Languages:
English
Italian
Latin
Scripts:
Latin
Start Date:
1443
End Date:
1561
Date Range:
1443-1561
Era:
CE
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Custodial History:

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

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

Material Type:
Archives and Manuscripts
Legal Status:
Not Public Record(s)
Names:
Charles I, of Spain
Charles IX, King of France, 1550-1574
Evans, Robert Harding, bookseller and auctioneer, 1777-1857
Francis I, of France
Henry II, King of France, 1519-1559
Julius III, Pope
Medici, Catherine, Queen Consort of Henry II, King of France; Queen Mother of Francois II, Charles IX and Henri III, Kings of France, 1519-1589
North, Frederick, 5th Earl of Guilford, politician and colonial administrator, 1766-1827,
   see also http://isni.org/isni/0000000034584770
Paul III, Pope, 1468-1549
Philip II, King of Spain; King of Naples and Sicily, 1527-1598
Pius IV, Pope