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Add MS 8379

Record Id:
032-002029244
Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
032-002029244
MDARK:
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ISAD(G)
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Add MS 8379
Title:

COLLECTION of pasquinades and satires current at the elections of the Popes, together with two Lives of Cardinals Mazzarino and Alberoni; 1653-1721. Italian. Copy. Included in the MS. are: poems relating to the death of Clement XI and the following Conclave, 1721 (ff. 1-39); poems relating to the death of Innocent XI and the election of Alexander VIII, 1689 (ff. 39v-45v, 52v-55); poems relating to the Conclave following the death of Alexander VIII, 1691 (ff. 46-52, 55-73v); poems relating to the death of Innocent XII and the Conclave for the election of Clement XI, 1700 (ff. 74-92v); poems relating to the Jesuits (ff. 93-105); poem and sonnet relating to the Anno santo, 1675 (ff. 105-107); life of Innocent X by Nerone Politico, 1653 (art. 1, ff. 108-138v); life of Cardinal Giulio Mazarin by the so-called 'Anonymous of Turin', 1659 (art. 2, ff. 139-180v); letters relating to Cardinal Pietro Mazzarino, 1659 (ff. 181-193); life of Cardinal Giulio Alberoni, created cardinal on 24 April 1717 (ff. 193v-207); poems relating to Italy (ff. 208-248v). The MS. is listed in Palma di Cesnola, nos. 611, 1636, pp. 50, 128. Title (f. 1) 'Pasquinate in sede vacante di Clemente XI, Alessandro VIII, Innocenzo X. XI e XII / Vita del Cardinal Mazzarini / Vita del Cardinal Alberoni / Nerone Politico rappresente la vita e governo di Innocenzo X / Satire di Giuvenale e altri concernenti alla passata guerra di Italia'. Detailed contemporary table of contents (ff. 249-250v), entitled: 'Tavola di tutti i sonetti, satire, 2 prose, che si contengono del presente libro'. Armorial bookplate of 5th Earl of Guilford pasted reversed onto back pastedown. '556' in pencil in upper left corner of f. ii verso. Purchased, together with Add. 8371, 8375, 8380, 8381, 8429, and 8472, from R. H. Evans, 8 December. 1830, lot 556 (part).

Contents include:

1. ff. 108-138v. 'Nerone Politico ritornato al mondo rappresenta la Vita e governo di Innocenzo X 1653'; 1653. Inc. (f. 108v) 'Ma quel lieto portento di non più udita e sonora tromba'. Preceded by two ottave, inc. 'Giace questa mia Patria e appena i segni / delle alte sue mura 'l suolo serba'.

2. ff. 139-180v. 'La Vita del Cardinale Mazzarino / 1659 24 maggio'; 1659. Inc. 'Serenissimo Principe / Sono li cenni de gran personaggi commandamenti espressi a servitori'. Other versions of the same life in Add. 8751 (art. 1, ff. 1-47), 20063, 44983, all Guilford MSS., and in Add. 10900, 10906 (ff. 1-71v), both from the Canonici collection. A much shorter life of Cardinal Mazarin in another Guilford MS., now Add. 8375, ff. 56-60v. For printed editions see Add. 8751.

3. ff. 193v-207. 'La Vita di Giulio Alberoni promosso alla porpora il giorno 24 aprile 1717 da Sua Santità Clemente XI'; circa 1717. Inc. 'E' rimasto sorpreso il mondo tutto nell'intendere la promozione'. Other copies in Add. 16481, ff. 13-26, and Stowe 785. For Cardinal Alberoni see DBI, 1 (1960), pp. 662-668.

Paper; ff. 250+vi, plus one unfoliated blank after ff. 207 and 248. Old foliation in ink '1-249' (ff. 2-248 and following blank), including blanks after ff. 207 and 248. 232 x 168mm. Horizontal catchwords on each leaf. One Italian hand. 18th-cent. Italian binding of full vellum, with decorated paper pastedown and contiguous flyleaves; green edges.

Scope & Content:

Bindings ITALIAN: Full vellum with decorated paper pastedowns and contiguous flyleaves: 18th cent.

Bookplates and Book-stamps: 5th Earl of Guilford: 1817-1827.

Poetry ITALIAN: Rome; Court of; and Popes, Bishops of. General: Satires ITALIAN: Collection of pasquinades and satires current at the elections of the Popes: 1653-1721: Ital: Copies.

includes:

  • ff. 108-138v Innocent X; Pope: Life of: 1653: Ital: Copy.
  • 139-180v Giulio Mazarin, Cardinal 1641: Life of: 1659: Ital: Copy.
  • ff. 193v-207 Giulio Alberoni, Archbishop of Malaga; Spanish Minister of State; Cardinal 1717: Life of: circa 1717: Ital: Copy.

Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Project / Collection:
Additional Manuscripts
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032-002029244
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Record Type (Level):
Fonds
Extent:
1 item
Digitised Content:
Languages:
English
Italian
Scripts:
Latin
Start Date:
1653
End Date:
1721
Date Range:
1653-1721
Era:
CE
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Custodial History:

Robert Harding Evans, bookseller: Purchased from (lot 556, 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:
Alberoni, Giulio, Archbishop of Malaga, Spanish Minister of State, Cardinal 1717
Evans, Robert Harding, bookseller and auctioneer, 1777-1857
General Court of Rome
Innocent X, Pope
Mazarin, Giulio, Cardinal 1641
North, Frederick, 5th Earl of Guilford, politician and colonial administrator, 1766-1827,
   see also http://isni.org/isni/0000000034584770