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HISTORICAL PAPERS relating to Rome covering the years 1510-1621; 17th cent. Italian, Latin and Spanish. The MS. contains the biography of Innocent VIII (i.e. Giovanni Battista Cybo); papers relating to the treaty of Liga and the peace between the Emperor Charles V and Francis I King of France, 1536; papers relating to the trial and death of Cardinal Carafa, his brother Count of Aliffe and Don Leonardo Cardene, 1560-1562; papers relating to the Duchy of Ferrara and the treaty between Pope Clement VIII and Cesare d' Este, 1598. Owned by Frederick North, 5th Earl of Guilford, but lacking his armorial bookplate. '87' in pencil in upper left corner of pastedown. Purchased together with Add. 8368, 8369, 8382, 8392, 8393, 8394, 8395, 8396, 8397, 8398, 8399, 8412, 8413, 8417, 8418, 8419, 8420-8425, 8462, 8487, 8515, 8525, 8660, 8706, 8721, 8722, 8723-8724, 8753, 8754, 8755, 8722, and possibly 8366, 8589 and 8727, from R. H. Evans, 8 Dec. 1830, lot 87 (part).

Paper; ff. 467+ii, plus six unfoliated blanks after f. 88, one after ff. 89, 364, 411, two after f. 344. Composite volume. Original foliation and pagination in ink for some of the papers. 290 x 200mm. Guilford binding of quarter vellum with decorated paper covers over pasteboards.

1. ff. 1-43. Life of Innocent VIII; n.d. Italian. Inc. 'di legname, in più pelli fabricata', expl. 'Matteo Girardi Vinitiano monaco Camaldolensi patriarca di Aquileia'. Old foliation in ink '3-44'.

2. ff. 44-89v. Negotiations between Julius II and the Republic of Venice; 1510. Latin. Inc. 'Iulius II servuus servorum Dei'. Old pagination in ink '214-317'. A summary of agreements with the Venetians on ff. 89-89v, 'Summarium capitolationum', dated 1510, in Latin, inc. 'Renuntiatio appellationis'. Old pagination in ink '622-625'.

3. ff. 90-151v. 'Italiae Exarchatus', history of the Exarchate in Italy, dedicated to Pope Hadrian VI; circa 1522-1523. Latin. Inc. 'Sanctissimo Patri Domino Hadriano VI'.

4. ff. 152v-185v. Papers relating to the treaty of Liga between the Emperor Charles V and Francis I King of France, with proposals by Niccolò Ardinghelli, nuncio of Pope Paul III; 1536. Italian. Inc. 'Syre la santità di Nostro Signore'. Old foliation in ink '169-201', omitting leaf 168. Including: - (a) f. 173, 'Copia del Breve di Nostro Signore Paolo III scritta à Carlo V in materia della pace', Rome, 26 Aug. 1536, old foliation '189'; - (b) ff. 173v-175v, 'Lettera del Cardinal Trivultio Legato in Francia al Cardinale Caracciolo legato all’Imperatore sopra il mediato negotiato della pace', old foliation '189v-191v'; - (c) ff. 176-181v, 'Risposta della lettera sopradetta del Vescovo di Guidiccione Nuntio di Paolo III all’Imperatore scritta al Cardinal Trivultio sopra il mediato negotiato della pace', old foliation '192-197'; - (d) ff. 181v-185, 'Lettera del Vescovo di Faenza Nuntio in Francia scritta a Papa Paolo III sopra la mediata negotiatione della pace', 5 Sept. 1536, old foliation '197-201'. Another copy in Add 48122 (Yelverton MS. 137), art. 16, ff. 489-544v, with the same diplomatic correspondence.

5. ff. 186-207v. Letters to Cardinal Alessandro Farnese, the Younger, from Cardinal Niccolò Ardinghello; 1541. Italian.

6. ff. 208-219. 'Relatione e diario sopra gli avvenimenti, carceratione, processo e morte del Cardinal Carafa, duca di Palliano e altri nepoti di Paolo IV e de delitti del Cardinale del Monte descritto dall' Ambasciatore Veneto Emulio'; 1560. Italian. Inc. 'Serenissimo Prencipe. Sono in tanta comotione'.

7. ff. 220-224. 'Summarium processus contra Illustrissimum Cardinalem Carafam'; circa 1562. Latin and Italian. Inc. 'llustrissimus et Reverendissimus Don Carolus Cardinalis Carafa', expl. 'per mano del boia'.

8. ff. 225-230. 'Relazione della morte del Cardinal Carafa Duca di Paliano suo fratello Conte d’Aliffe e di D. Leonardo Cardene fatti morire da Pio quarto nell’anno 1562'; n.d. Italian. Inc. 'L'anno 1562 al primo di Marzo', expl. 'Il fine della lor vita'.

9. ff. 231-236. 'Dialogo tra Gasparino e Lattantio Barigello sopra la morte del Cardinal Carafa Duca di Paliano suo fratello conte d’Aliffe e di Leonardo di Cardine seguita in Roma nel Pontificato di Pio quarto Medici li 6 Marzo 1562'; n.d. Italian. Inc. 'Lattantio. Bondí', expl. 'arivederci à Dio'.

10. ff. 237-250v. 'Instruttioni date a Monsignor Carlo Visconte mandato da Pio 4 al re Cattolico per le cose del Concilio di Trento l'anno 1563'; 1563. Italian. Inc. 'Monsignor Visconte', expl. 'Il Cardinal Borromeus'. Old foliation in ink '242-255'.

11. ff. 250v-253. 'Risposta del re Christianissimo [Francis II] e della Regina Madre [Caterina de' Medici] a Don Antonio di Toledo sopra il trattato con le loro Maestà in nome del Serenissimo Rè Cattolico [Philip III]'; 1560. Italian. Inc. 'Che il Rè Christianissimo conosce', expl. 'per il bene et utile di quello'. Old foliation in ink '255v-258'.

12. ff. 253v-254. 'Copia della ratificazione del Signor Duca di Palliano'; 1557. Italian. Inc. 'Io Don Giovanni Carafa', expl. '28 di Febraro 1558'. Similar collection in Add. 16397, ff. 161-171. Old foliation in ink '258v-259'.

13. ff. 254-255. 'Copia della Ratificazione del Re Filippo'; 1558. Italian. Inc. 'Don Filippo per la grazia di Dio'. Similar collection in Add. 16397, ff. 161-171. Old foliation in ink '259-260'.

14. ff. 255-256v. 'Copia dell'atto que he hecho all'Illustrissimo Señor Cardinal Carrafa'; 1558. Spanish. Inc. 'Havendose trattado'. Similar collection in Add. 16397, ff. 161-171. Old foliation in ink '260r-261'.

15. ff. 256v- 258. 'Luego le hizo e nel mismo instante al requirimento y protesto siguiente'; 1558. Spanish. Inc. 'In Dei nomine'. Similar collection in Add. 16397, ff. 161-171. Old foliation in ink '261-263'.

16. ff. 258-264v. Document relating to Ascanio Caracciolo; 1558. Latin. Inc. 'Die 14 Martii 1558. D. Ascanius Carracciolus Neapolitanus'. Similar collection in Add. 16397, ff. 161-171. Old foliation in ink '263-269'.

17. ff. 264v-266v. 'Scrittura portata dal Vescovo di Terracina à N.S.PP Paolo 4° sopra la pace', relazione brought by Ottaviano Rovere, Bishop of Terracina, to Paul IV, signed by Antoine Perrenot, Bishop of Arras and afterwards known as Cardinal Granvelle, and Ruy Gomez de Silva, Conde de Melito; 1557. Spanish. Inc. 'Alla propuesta que', expl. 'Rui gomez de Silva Conde de Melito'. Another copy in Add. 16397, ff. 178-179. Old foliation in ink '269-271'.

18. ff. 266v-267v. 'Copia della Capitolation secreta della pace'; 1557. Italian. Inc. 'Perche l' Illustrissimo e Reverendissimo Cardinal Carafa', expl. 'Andrea Sacchetti Secretario'. Similar collections in Add. 16397, ff. 91-105. Old foliation in ink '271-272'.

19. ff. 267v-268. 'Copia del giuramento fatto per Giovan Bernardino Cardone'; 1557. Italian. Inc. 'Io Giovan Bernardino Cardone'. Old foliation in ink '272v-273'.

20. ff. 268-271v. 'Instruttione del Re Catholico [Philip II] per il particolar del Re di Bohemia [Ferdinand I of Austria], al Commendatore Maggiore d'Alcantara'; 1562. Italian. Inc. 'Don Luisi di Luniga'. Old foliation in ink '273-276'. On ff. 299v-304 similar instructions relating to Rome, entitled 'Instruttione del Ré Catholico al Commendator Maggiore d'Alcantara suo Ambasciatore di quello hà da trattare à Roma', inc. 'Quello che noi Don Luigi di Lunica', 1562, old foliation in ink '304-309'.

21. ff. 271v-274. 'Sommario del parere del Cardinale Morone sopra le cose del Concilio'; 1563. Italian. Inc. 'Per sodisfare il desiderio'. Old foliation in ink '276-279'.

22. ff. 274-294. 'Instruttione all'Illustrissimo Signor Don Annibale di Capua Legato alla Serenissima Repubblica di Venezia'; circa 1577. Italian. Inc. 'Per obedire a Vostra Signoria Illustrissima'. Other copies in Add. 8263 (art. 2, ff. 18-26), and in Berkeley, University of California, Library, Robbins Collection MS. 16 (art. 6, ff. 60-77v). Old foliation in ink '279-299'. For Annibale di Capua (circa 1544-1595), Archbishop of Naples, see J. J. Wos, 'Documenti per la biografia dell'arcivescovo Annibale di Capua nunzio in Polonia', in Archivio Storico per le province napoletane, no. xcii, series iii, a. xiii (1975), pp. 225-238; idem, 'Annibale di Capua nunzio apostolico e arcivescovo di Napoli (1544c. -1595)', Roma, 1984; DBI, 39 (1991), pp. 705-708.

23. ff. 294-299. 'Instructio Illustrissimo Domino Josepho Bogusz Castellano Ceenovien Capitaneo Zrooleen ac Reverendissimo Domino Josepho Gniasdonzei Episcopo Theodosreen suffraganeo metropolitanae ecclesiae Presnen Abbatique Moglilnen a Senatu, et ordinibus Regni Poloniae Provinciarumque illi adiunctarum'; 1587. Latin. Inc. 'Oratores ad Serenissimum Archiducem'. Old foliation in ink '299-304'.

24. ff. 304v-305. 'Risposta del Papa'; 1562. Italian. Inc. 'Signore Commendatore Maggiore di Alcantara'. Old foliation in ink '309-310'.

25. ff. 305v-316. 'Instructio pro Illustrissimo Cardinali de Pisis ad Imperatorem et Regem Philippum'; 1556. Latin. Inc. 'Quamvis antiqua Pontificatus'. Another copy in Add 16397, ff. 15-30v. Old foliation in ink '310v-321'.

26. ff. 317-322. 'Discorso dell'Illustrissimo Signor Ascanio della Corgna sopra la presente lega contro il Turco dove esorta sua Beatitudine à far ogn'opra accioche l'Imperatore entri in detta lega l'anno 1570'; 1570. Italian. Inc. 'Sono molti giorni'. Old foliation in ink '240-245'.

27. ff. 323-339v. 'Relatione sommaria di tutte le spese fatte dalla santa lega contro il Turco l'anno 1571 e valore di essi'; 1571. Italian. Inc. 'Si narra tutto quello'. Followed (f. 340) by a note relating to military supplies. Old foliation in ink '133-150'.

28. ff. 341-344. 'Sommario delli capitoli della lega'; 1571. Italian. Inc. 'MDLXXI alli XX di Maggio'. Similar account in Add. 8588, art. 2, ff. 6-7v. Old foliation in ink '127-132'.

29. ff. 345-346. 'Risposta del Cardinal di Granuela [Antoine Perrenot Granvelle] viceRe di Napoli al Breve trasmessoli dalla Sua Maestà di Gregorio 13'; 1572. Latin. Inc. 'Beatissime Pater'.

30. ff. 347-350. 'Breve sopra l'elezione del Magistrato delle Monache'; 1573. Latin. Inc. 'Gregorius Papa XIII. Ad perpetuam Dei memoriam'. Old foliation in ink '180-183'.

31. ff. 351-355v. 'Pastoralis epistola Illustrissimi Domini Cardinalis Paleoti episcopi Bononiae ad Populum suum in pestilentiae periculo', address by Gabriele Paleotti, Cardinal in 1563, and Bishop of Bologna, to the people of Bologna about the danger of the plague; 1576. Latin. Old foliation in ink '159-163'.

32. ff. 356-364. 'Discorso di Donno Scipio di Castro all'Illustrissimo et Eccellentissimo Giacomo Buoncompagni Generale di Santa Chiesa'; n.d. Italian. Inc. 'È cosa, come dice Vostra Eccellenza'. Old foliation in ink '293-302'.

33. ff. 365-371. 'Ultimo discorso sopra tre capi principali sopra le cose di Fiandra di Don Scipio di Castro'; n.d. Italian. Inc. 'Tre capi'. Old foliation in ink '104-110'.

34. ff. 372-377v. Speech by Clement VIII relating to the absolution of Henry IV of France; [1595?]. Italian. Inc. 'Noi dicemmo nel penultimo Concistoro, che hauessimo sentito Duperon'.

35. ff. 378-381v. 'Capitulazioni fatte tra Nostro Signore Papa Clemente Ottavo, et il Signor Don Cesare d' Este sulla pace, et accomodamento delle cose di Ferrara e suo Ducato ad 13 Gennaro 1598 e confirmate in Concistoro alli 19 detto'; 1598. Italian. Inc. 'Che il signor Don Cesare'. Old pagination in ink '810-817'.

36. ff. 382-386. Papers relating to the Duchy of Ferrara and the treaty between Pope Clement VIII and Cesare d' Este; 1598. Italian. Old foliation '1-5'.

37. ff. 386v-388v. Description of the wedding ceremony between the daughter of Prince Giustiniano and Prince Sanelli with an account of the quarrels amongst guests on their rights of precedence; 1663. Italian. Inc. 'Domenica sera 8 ottobre 1663 il Signor Cardinale Barberino fece la cerimonia di sposare la figlia del Signor Principe Giustiniano col Principe Sanelli'. Old foliation in ink '5-7'.

38. ff. 389-393v. Instructions to Camillo Caetani, papal nuncio to Spain; [1597]. Italian.

39. ff. 394-397. 'Relazione de Principi, che hanno ritenuto Ferrara'; n.d. Italian.

40. ff. 397v-400v. 'Concessione del Castello di Varano fatta da Principi Estensi in diversi tempi'; n.d. Italian.

41. ff. 401-411v. Letter of Clement VIII to the Duke of Ferrara; 1599. Italian. Inc. 'Dice Vostra Signoria nella sua lettera'. Old pagination in ink '460-483'.

42. ff. 412-424v. Correspondence between Clement VIII and Shah Abbas I of Persia; 1601. Italian.

43. ff. 425-467. Instructions to Carlo Carafa, papal nuncio to the Emperor Ferdinand II; 1621. Another copy in Add. 48122 (Yelverton Ms. 137), art. 1, ff. 2-35v. Old foliation in ink '1-43'.

Scope & Content:

Bindings ENGLISH: Guilford binding: bef. 1828.

Church of Rome: History of Rome (1510-1621): 17th cent: Ital. and Lat.

includes:

  • ff. 1-43r Innocent VIII; Pope: Life of Innocent VIII: 17th cent: Ital.
  • ff. 1-43r Matteo Girardi, Patriarch of Aquileia: Life of Innocent VIII: 17th cent: Ital.: Copy.
  • ff. 44-88v Julius II; Pope: Bull: 1510: Lat.: Copy.
  • ff. 44-89v Venice: Negotiations with Pope Julius II: 1510: Lat.
  • ff. 44-89v Julius II; Pope: Negotiations with Venice: 1510: Lat: Copies.
  • ff. 90-151 Adrian VI; Pope: Italiae Exarchatus: 1522-1523: Lat: Copy.
  • ff. 152v-185 Treaties: Charles V; Emperor of Germany: Papers rel. to the treaty of Liga and peace between the Empire and France: 1536: Ital.: Copies.
  • ff. 152v-185 Francis I of France: Papers rel. to the treaty of Liga and peace between the Empire and France: 1536: Ital.: Copies.
  • ff. 186-207v Niccolò Ardinghello: Letters to Card. A. Farnese: 1541: Ital.
  • ff. 208-219 Marcantonio Da Mula, Venetian Ambassador at Rome; Bishop of Verona and Rieti; Cardinal 1561: Account of the trial of Card. C. Carafa: 1560: Ital.
  • ff. 208-236 Leonardo Cardene, Don: Carlo Carafa, Cardinal 1555: Papers rel. to his trial and death: 1560-1562: Ital: Copies.
  • ff. 225-230 Giovanni Carafa, Duke of Paliano: Carlo Carafa, Cardinal 1555: Account of his trial and execution: 1562: Ital: Copy.
  • ff. 253v-254 Giovanni Carafa, Duke of Paliano: Ratification of: 1557: Ital: Copy.
  • ff. 264v-266v Ruy Gomez de Silva, Conde de Melito: Account of the treaty of Cave: 1557: Ital: Signed.
  • ff. 264v-266v Ottaviano Rovere, Bishop of Terracina: Account of the treaty of Cave: 1557: Ital.
  • ff. 264v-266v Paul IV; Pope: Account of the treaty of Cave received by Paul IV: 1557: Ital.
  • ff. 264v-266v Antoine Perrenot de Granvelle, Bishop of Arras; Cardinal 1561: Account of the treaty of Cave: 1557: Ital: Signed.
  • ff. 268-271v, 299-304 Philip II of Spain: Pius IV; Pope: Ferdinand I of Hungary: Council of Trent: Don Luis Avila y Zúñiga, Comendador Mayor de Alcantara; Spanish Ambassador at Rome: Instructions rel. to Rome, the Council of Trent and Bohemia to Don Luis Avila y Zúñiga from Philip II: 1562: Ital. transl: Copies.
  • ff. 274-287v Venice: Instructions to A. di Capua rel. to: [1577]: Ital: Copy.
  • ff. 274-294 Gregory XIII; Pope: Annibale di Capua, Archbishop of Naples; Papal nuncio: Instructions to A. di Capua from Gregory XIII: [1576-1577]: Ital., Lat. and Span: Copies.
  • ff. 288-294 Rudolph II; Emperor of Germany: Instructions to A. di Capua rel. to: [1576]: Ital: Copy.
  • ff. 317-322 Ascanio della Cornia, Marquis of Castiglione del Lago: Discourse rel. to the League against the Turks: 1570: Ital: Copy.
  • ff. 351-355v Gabriel Paleotti, Cardinal; Archbishop of Bologna: Pastoral letter: 1576: Lat.
  • ff. 356-364 Scipio di Castro, political theorist: Giacomo Boncompagni, son of Gregory XIII; Generale della Chiesa: Discourse to Giacomo Boncompagni from S. di Castro: circa 1577-1583: Ital: Copy.
  • ff. 365-371 Flanders: Scipio di Castro, political theorist: Discourse by S. di Castro rel. to Flanders: circa 1577-1583: Ital: Copy.
  • ff. 372-424v, passim Clement VIII; Pope: Papers rel. to: 1598-1601: Ital.
  • ff. 378-386, 389-411v Cesare d'Este; Duke of Modena and Ferrara: Papers rel. to his treaty with Clement VIII: 1598-1599: Ital.

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Languages:
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Italian
Latin
Spanish
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Start Date:
1600
End Date:
1699
Date Range:
17th century
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CE
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Custodial History:

Robert Harding Evans, bookseller: Purchased from (lot 87, 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:
Adrian VI, Pope
Ardinghello, Niccolò
Avila y Zúñiga, Luis, Don Comendador Mayor de Alcantara, Spanish Ambassador at Rome
Boncompagni, Giacomo, son of Gregory XIII, Generale della Chiesa
Capua, Annibale di, Archbishop of Naples, Papal nuncio
Carafa, Carlo, Cardinal 1555
Carafa, Giovanni, Duke of Paliano
Cardene, Leonardo, Don
Castro, Scipio di, political theorist
Cesare d'Este, Duke of Modena and Ferrara
Charles V, Holy Roman Emperor, 1500-1558,
   see also http://isni.org/isni/0000000120965852
Church of Rome
Clement VIII, Pope
Cornia, Ascanio della, Marquis of Castiglione del Lago
Council of Trent
Evans, Robert Harding, bookseller and auctioneer, 1777-1857
Ferdinand I, Holy Roman Emperor, 1503-1564,
   see also http://isni.org/isni/0000000110266433
Francis I, of France
Gherardi, Matteo, cardinal and Patriarch of Venice, d 1492
Granvelle, Antoine, statesman, art collector, cardinal and Bishop of Arras, 1517-1586
Gregory XIII, Pope, 1502-1585
Innocent VIII, Pope
Julius II, Pope
Mula, Marco Antonio, ambassador and cardinal, 1506-1572
North, Frederick, 5th Earl of Guilford, politician and colonial administrator, 1766-1827,
   see also http://isni.org/isni/0000000034584770
Paleotti, Gabriel, Cardinal, Archbishop of Bologna
Paul IV, Pope
Philip II, King of Spain; King of Naples and Sicily, 1527-1598
Pius IV, Pope
Rovere, Ottaviano, Bishop of Terracina
Rudolph II, Emperor of Germany
Silva, Rui, 1st Prince of Eboli, courtier and adviser, 1516-1573
Places:
Flanders, Belgium
Venice, Italy