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Add MS 8387

Record Id:
032-002029252
Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
032-002029252
MDARK:
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LARK:
SLARK:
Format:
ISAD(G)
Reference (shelfmark):
Add MS 8387
Title:

ACCOUNT of the arrest and deportation of Pope Pius VII and Cardinal Bartolomeo Pacca, followed by a travel-iournal of Giovanni Fiorani; circa 1814. Italian. Copies. Art. 1 (ff. 1-31) describes the assault on the Quirinal Palace by the French troops in 1809, the arrest and deportation to Grenoble of Pius VII (1800-1823) and Cardinal Bartolomeo Pacca; art. 2 (ff. 32-57v) is the travel-journal written by Giovanni Fiorani, envoy of the Republic of Genoa to Pius VII in France in 1814. Contemporary table of contents (f. i). Owned by Frederick North, 5th Earl of Guilford, but lacking his armorial bookplate. '96' in pencil in upper left corner of front pastedown. Purchased, together with Add. 8339, 8384, 8385, 8388, 8390, and possibly 8389, from R. H. Evans, 8 Dec. 1830, lot 96 (part).

Contents as follows:

1. ff. 1-31. 'Assalto del Palazzo Quirinale e Rapimento di Pio VII'; n.d. Inc. (f. 2) 'Relazione dell'Assalto dato li 6 luglio 1809 al Palazzo Quirinale e del Rapimento del Sovrano Pontefice Papa Pio VII / Dopo l'invasione degli Stati che restavano ancora alla Chiesa', expl. (f. 31) 'trattenuta colà nell'ospizio de' Monaci Benedittini'. The text is divided into 3 chapters; second and third chapters respectively entitled (f. 12) 'Viaggio di Sua Santità e di Sua Eminenza il Cardinal Pacca fino alla Certosa di Firenze', and (f. 24v) 'Viaggio e permanenza di Sua Santità e dell'Eminentissimo Cardinal Pacca a Grenoble'. With occasional footnotes and corrections. A similar text in Add. 8339, ff. 6-32.

2. ff. 32-57v. 'Itinerario di Giovanni Fiorani in occasione delle prime mosse del Santo Padre per ordine di Napoleone. Viaggio eseguito dal suddetto Fiorani per ordine dell'Eminentissimo Signore Cardinal Antonio Doria Panphili essendo al servizio dell'Eccelentissima Casa Doria in Genova 1814'; 1814. Inc. (f. 33) 'Riviera di Genova destinata al visibile Trionfo della Religione ... (f. 34) Il primo Romano che ebbe la sorte in Italia', expl. (f. 57v) 'mi condussi a Genova'.

Paper; ff. 57+iv, plus one unfoliated blank after f. 11, and four after f. 31. 274 x 190mm. Two Italian hands: - (a) ff. 2-31, same hand as in Add. 8339 (main hand), 8384, 8388, 8389 (ff. 2-20, 51-60, 64-67v), and 8390: possibly Louis Cereghelli (see Add. 8389); - (b) ff. 32-57v. Early 19th-cent. Italian binding of full vellum.

Scope & Content:

Bindings ITALIAN: Full vellum: 1814-1827.

Pius VII; Pope: Account of his arrest and removal to Grenoble: circa 1814: Ital: Copy.

includes:

  • ff. 2-31 Luigi Cereghelli, Secretary of Pius VII's household: Copied (?): circa 1804-1816: Ital.
  • ff. 32-57v Voyages and Travels: Giovanni Fiorani, of Genoa: Travel-journal as envoy of the Genoese Republic to Pius VII by Giovanni Fiorani: 1814: Ital: Copy.

Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Project / Collection:
Additional Manuscripts
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Hierarchy Record Ids:
032-002029252
Is part of:
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Hierarchy:
032-002029252
Container:
not applicable
Record Type (Level):
Fonds
Extent:
1 item
Digitised Content:
Languages:
English
Italian
Scripts:
Latin
Start Date:
1809
End Date:
1819
Date Range:
c 1814
Era:
CE
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Custodial History:

Robert Harding Evans, bookseller: Purchased from (lot 96, 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:
Cereghelli, Luigi, Secretary of Pius VII's household
Evans, Robert Harding, bookseller and auctioneer, 1777-1857
Fiorani, Giovanni, envoy of Genoa, fl 1814-1827
North, Frederick, 5th Earl of Guilford, politician and colonial administrator, 1766-1827,
   see also http://isni.org/isni/0000000034584770
Pius VII, Pope