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Record Id:
032-002029258
Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
032-002029258
MDARK:
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Reference (shelfmark):
Add MS 8393
Title:

HISTORICAL PAPERS relating to Rome; 1656-1672. Italian and Latin. Partly printed. The volume includes correspondence between Cardinal Flavio Chigi and the Cardinal Legate of Ferrara; the correspondence of Monsignor Cesare Rasponi; miscellaneous papers relating to the concession of prerogatives and privileges to the military; notes and diaries of events at the papal court. Armorial bookplate of the Hon. Frederick North, later 5th Earl of Guilford, with shelfmark 'L/19/E' (front pastedown). '87' in pencil in upper left corner of pastedown. Purchased, together with Add. 8368, 8369, 8382, 8391, 8392, 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. 165. Composite volume. 280 x 200. Guilford binding of quarter vellum with decorated paper covers over pasteboards.

The MS. includes:

1. ff. 1-5. 'Instruttione agli Eminentissimi Cardinali Legati al'incontro della Serenissima Regina [Cristina] di Suebia'; 1655. Italian. Inc. 'Come Sua Eminenza sarà avvisata'. Old foliation in ink '199-203'.

2. ff. 7-10. Paper relating to the conciliation between Cardinals Columna and Orsini on the right of precedence; 1656, 1657. Latin. Inc. 'Feria secunda die tertia mensis Aprilis 1656. fuit habitum in Palatio Vaticano consistorium secretum'.

3. ff. 11-13. 'Del P. Sforza Pallavicino, che fu poi Cardinale', note relating to moderation on the issuing of privileges and responsibilities to the relatives of the Pope; 1656. Italian. Inc. 'Questo foglio è copiato da uno mandatomi da Nostro Signore Alessandro 7° da Castelgandolfo a 5 di Maggio 1656'. Old pagination in ink '934-941'..

4. ff. 16-19. 'Relazione al succeduto in Parigi sopra la sottoscrizione del formolario in tempo d'Alessandro VII', relazione of Paris relating to the Jansenist heresy; 1657. Italian. Inc. 'La Santa memoria'. Old pagination in ink '273-280'..

5. ff. 20-28. 'Relatione dell'Ambasciaria d' obbedienza mandata dal Serenissimo Signor Duca di Parma [Ranuccio II] a Nostro Signore Papa Alessandro VII scritta all' Altezza Serenissima di Savoia [Carlo Emanuele II] l'anno 1657; 1657. Italian. Inc. 'Serenissima Altezza'.

6. ff. 33-52. Eighteen letters from Cardinal Flavio Chigi to the Cardinal Legate of Ferrara Lorenzo Imperiali, 14 July - 26 Dec. 1657; 1 letter to the Cardinal Legate of Bologna, 25 Aug. 1657. Italian. Irregular foliation in ink '154-165'.

7. ff. 73-74. 'Decreto e deliberazione della Corte del Parlamento portando che le proposizioni convenute nella dichiarazione della facolta di Theologia di Parigi toccando l'autorita del Papa saranno registrate nella Cancelleria della detta Corte'; 3 May 1663. Italian.

8. ff. 75-79, 82-85, 93-95. Letters of Monsignor Cesare Rasponi; 1663. Italian.

9. ff. 86. Letter of Celso Archbishop of Cesarea to the Pronuncio; 1663. Italian. Inc. 'Illustrissimo e Reverendissimo Signor Mio'. Old foliation in ink '202'.

10. ff. 87-89. 'Protesta della S. Maesta di Papa Alessandro VII fatta di suo proprio pugno di non doversi scamerare lo stato di Castro'; 1664. Italian. Inc. 'Essendo che doppo l' accidente'. Old pagination in ink '858-865'.

11. ff. 90. Letter of Cesare Rasponi about the ratification of the treaty of Pisa; 1664. Italian. Inc. 'Eminentissimo ed Illustrissimo Signore. Nell' occasione che Monsignor mio Rasponi rispedisce il presente corriere'. Old pagination in ink '292'.

12. ff. 91-92. 'Estratto delli articoli de Trattati di Pisa'; 1664. Italian. Inc. 'Primo: Si scameri Castro'.

13. ff. 103-106. Regulations about the lending of money and inheritance by Alexander Papa VII; n.d. Latin. Inc. 'Motu proprio et sum...', expl. 'si forent exhibite vel ostende adhiberet. Fiat ut prestitur J'.

14. ff. 110-111. 'Estratto del Registro del Parlamento'; 1665. Italian. Inc. 'In questo giorno'.

15. ff. 114-116. 'Relatione del succeduto in Parigi sopra la sottoscrittione del formulario'; 1668. Italian. Inc. 'La santa memoria di Innocentio X'.

16. ff. 118-125. 'Privilegi, esentioni, e gratie concesse dalla Santità di Nostro Signore Clemente Papa IX alli soldati delle Militie dello stato ecclesiastico (I-XXXX)'; n.d. Italian. Inc. 'Clemente Papa IX'. Old foliation in ink '47-54'.

17. ff. 126-129. 'Privilegi particolari Per la Militia à Cavallo'; 1669. Italian. Inc. 'Vogliam, et ordiniamo'. With title (f. 129r) '1669 Minuta delli privilegi militari conforme alla risoluzione presa in Congregazione delli 25 febbraio nella quale intervennero gli Eminentissimi e Illustrissimi Signori Cardinali [Federico] Borromeo e Strata. Monsignor Fani Segretario di Consulta. Monsignor Gastaldi Commissario dell' Armi. Il Bucciotti fiscale generale'. Old foliation in ink '55-58'.

18. ff. 131-135. Paper about military privileges and exemptions; 1669. Italian. Inc. 'Le littere scritte l'anno 1669'.

19. ff. 137-138. Privilegi militari; n.d. Italian and Latin.

20. ff. 139-140. Epistola N. N. ad Amicum de Pontifice Romano; n.d. Latin. Inc. 'Clemens X, dictus antea'.

21. ff. 141-144. La norma del buon governo praticata dall' Eminentissimo e Reverendissimo Signore Cardinal Altieri nel Pontificato di Clemente X e celebrata al mondo da Monsignor Mannelli, il Vescovo di Termoli. Ronciglione. Egidio Toselli Stampatore Episcopale. 1671. 4°. [4]leaves. Printed.

22. ff. 145. Letter of Pope Clement X to Vincenzo Maria Orsini; 1672. Latin. Inc. 'Dilecto filio nostro'.

23. ff. 146-148. Correspondence between Livia Duchess Cesarini and Cardinal Federico Borromeo; 1672. Italian. Inc. 'Illustrissimo et Eminentissimo Signore'.

24. ff. 149. 'Planctus Liviae Cesarinae', poems relating to Duchess Livia Cesarini; n.d. Latin. Inc. 'Semper Virginis'.

25. ff. 151-165. Notes and diaries of events at the papal court; 1672. Italian.

Scope & Content:

Cesare Rasponi, Cardinal 1664: Correspondence: 1657-1663: Ital.

Bindings ENGLISH: Guilford binding: bef. 1828.

Bookplates and Book-stamps: Frederick North, later 5th Earl of Guilford (L/19/E): bef. 1817.

Church of Rome: History of Rome: 1656-1672: Ital. and Lat.

Alessandro VII; Pope: History of Rome: 1656-1672: Ital.

includes:

  • ff. 1-5 Christina of Sweden: Instructions to cardinals meeting her: 1655: Ital.
  • ff. 16-19 Jansenists: Relazione of Paris rel. to: 1657: Ital: Copy.
  • ff. 20-28 Ranuccio II Farnese; Duke of Parma: Account of embassy to Pope Alexander VII: 1657: Ital.
  • ff. 118-125 Clement IX; Pope: Privileges, dispensations, and favours granted to the papal armies: 1656-1672: Ital.
  • ff. 141-144 Printed Matter: La norma del buon governo praticata dall' Eminentissimo e Reverendissimo Signor Cardinal Altieri: 1671: Ital: Printed.
  • ff. 141-144 Egidio Toselli, printer: Printed Matter: La norma del buon governo praticata dall' Eminentissimo e Reverendissimo Signor Cardinale Altieri nel Pontificato di Clemente X e celebrata al mondo da Monsignor Mannelli, il Vescovo di Termoli: 1671: Ital: Printed.
  • f. 145 Clement X; Pope: Letter to V. M. Orsini: 1672: Lat.
  • ff. 146-148 Livia Cesarini, Duchess: Correspondence with Card. F. Borromeo: 1672: Ital.
  • ff. 146-148 Federico Borromeo, Cardinal 1670: Correspondence with Duchess Cesarini of Federico Borromeo: 1672: Ital.
  • f. 149 Poetry LATIN: Livia Cesarini, Duchess: Poems rel. to Duchess L. Cesarini: 1672: Lat.
  • ff. 151-165 Poetry LATIN: Livia Cesarini, Duchess: Poems: n.d: Lat.
  • ff. 151-165 Church of Rome: Notes and diaries of events at the papal court: 1672: Ital.

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:
1656
End Date:
1672
Date Range:
1656-1672
Era:
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:
Alessandro VII, Pope
Borromeo, Federico, Cardinal 1670
Cesarini, Livia, Duchess
Christina, Queen of Sweden
Church of Rome
Clement IX, Pope
Clement X, Pope
Evans, Robert Harding, bookseller and auctioneer, 1777-1857
Jansenists
North, Frederick, 5th Earl of Guilford, politician and colonial administrator, 1766-1827,
   see also http://isni.org/isni/0000000034584770
Parma, Dukes of Ranuccio II Farnese
Rasponi, Cesare, Cardinal 1664
Toselli, Egidio, printer