Add MS 8414

ACCOUNTS OF CONCLAVES FROM NICHOLAS V TO INNOCENT IX, ADDING CLEMENT V, URBAN VI, LEO XI, AND URBAN VIII, AND OMITTING PIUS V AND GREGORY XIII; 1305-1623. Italian and Latin. Copies. Contemporary tables of contents (f. 1-1v.); ff. 7v, 23v, 121, 166, 167 contain lists of conclaves omitted from the compilation. Owned by Frederick North, 5th Earl of Guilford, but lacking his armorial bookplate. '88' in top left corner of f. 1. Purchased, together with Add. 8367, 8410, 8411, 8415, 8426, 8427, and 8428, from R. H. Evans, 8 Dec. 1830, lot 88 (part).

Paper; ff. 229+iv, plus 8 unfoliated interleaved blanks throughout the volume (one after ff. 46, 55, 60, 93, 116, 167, and two after f. 124). Modern foliation in pencil '1-229' (followed here); other sequences of old foliation in ink throughout the volume (arts. 1 (i-xxiii) and 2 belong to one foliated sequence '1-210' (including blanks); art. 3 is foliated '11-28'). Composite volume. Circa 273 x 195mm. Horizontal catchwords on rectos and versos. Three Italian hands (art. 1, (i)-(xxiii) in one hand). Guilford binding of quarter vellum with decorated paper covers over pasteboards.

Contents as follows:

1. ff. 2-201. Series of accounts of conclaves from Clement V (1305) to Innocent IX (1591), all with the title in Italian 'Conclave nel quale [or 'dove'] fù creato ...'; 17th cent. Italian and Latin. Copies. Contents as follows: (i) ff. 2-7, 'Clemente V^o', inc. 'In questo conclave di Papa Clemente vi furono quasi li medesimi cardinali', expl. 'per sempre levi dal Collegio Sacro'; for references to copies of other versions of the text, see Add. MS. 8412 (art. 2); (ii) ff. 8-23, 'Urbano 6^o', inc. 'Defuncto Gregorio XI erant tunc in Romana Curia', expl. 'et in ecclesia sancti Petri in Vaticano seppellitur'; (iii) ff. 24-31, 'Nicolao V^o', inc. 'Giunto Papa Eugenio 4^oa termine tale, che da medici', expl. 'fu lasciata alla custodia del gregge, il quale Sua Divina Maestà conservi lungo tempo'; for references to copies of other versions of the text see Add. MS. 8412 (art. 3); (iv) ff. 32-35, 'Calisto 3^o', inc. 'Havendo seduto nella sedia di Pietro Nicolao 5^o circa anni 8', expl. 'alla custodia della gregge di Christo'; for references to copies of other versions of the text see Add. MS. 8412 (art. 4); (v) ff. 36-46v, 'Pio 2^o', inc. 'Fù fatto il conclave nel palazzo del Papa', expl. 'esser stimato dal Papa per heretico'; for references to copies of other versions of the text see Add. MS. 8412 (art. 5); (vi) ff. 47-48v, 'Paolo 2^o', inc. 'Passò a miglior vita Papa Pio 2^o a 7 agosto', expl. 'facesse resistenza'; for references to copies of other versions of the text see also Add. MS. 8412 (art. 6); (vii) ff. 49-50, 'Sisto 4^o', inc. 'Die 28. Iulii mortuus obitu repentino', expl. 'nolens mutare'; for references to copies of the Latin text and Italian versions see Add. MS. 8412 (art. 7); (viii) ff. 51-55, 'Innocenzio 8^o', inc. 'Die x Augusti', expl. 'super eo diversa iudicia'. Another copy of this text in Add. MS. 8412 (art. 8, ff. 88-93), with a printed version in Conclavi, pp. 90-100; (ix) ff. 56-60v, 'Alessandro 6^o', inc. 'Travagliato da una grave e lunga malattia', expl. '[...] Santa Chiesa'; for references to copies of other Italian and Latin versions of the text see Add. MS. 8412 (art. 9); (x) ff. 61-66v, 'Pio 3^o', inc. 'Alli iv agosto 1503', expl. 'e x servitori [...]'; for references to copies of other Italian and Latin versions of the text see Add. MS. 8412 (art. 10); (xi) ff. 67-76, 'Giulio 2^o', inc. 'Martedì 13 ottobre alle x della notte', expl. 'dato loro gl'anelli, et i titoli'; for references to copies of other Italian and Latin versions see Add. MS. 8412 (art. 11); (xii) ff. 77-80, 'Leon X^o', inc. 'Giulio 2^o di nazione savonese', expl. 'Lista de cardinali ... [...]'; for references to copies of other Italian and Latin versions of the text see Add. MS. 8412 (art. 12); (xiii) ff. 81-84v, 'Adriano 6^o', inc. 'Domenica prima decembre 1521', expl. 'Lista dei cardinali vescovi ... [...]'; for references to copies of other Italian and Latin versions of the text see Add. MS. 8412 (art. 13); (xiv) ff. 85-88v, 'Clemente 7^o', inc. 'Morì Papa Adriano 6^o', expl. '[...]'; for references to copies of other Italian and Latin versions of the text see Add. MS. 8412 (art. 14); (xv) ff. 89-93, 'Paolo 3^o', inc. 'Morì Papa Clemente 7^o l'anno 1533', expl. 'Bernardo Maffeo'; for references to copies of other versions of the text see Add. MS. 8412 (art. 15); (xvi) ff. 94-105, 'Giulio 3^o', inc. 'Morto Paolo 3^o era il conclave diviso', expl. 'li concesse [...]'; for references to copies of other versions of the text see Add. MS. 8412 (art. 16); (xvii) ff. 106-109v, 'Marcello 2^o', inc. 'A 23 marzo 1555 à le 19 hore', expl. 'Girolamo Simoncelli [...]'; for copies of closely related versions see Add. MSS. 8412 (art. 17, ff. 176-183) and 8418 (art. 6, ff. 116-117); (xviii) ff. 110-116, 'Paolo 4^o', inc. 'Il conclave di Paolo 4^o per esser stato così breve', expl. 'Cardinali [...] nella sopradetta elettione ... In tutto no. 43'; for copies of this version see Add. MSS. 6901, 8413 (art. 17, ff. 185-196v), 8416 (art. 10, ff. 122-140), 28464 (ff. 49-59) 48074 (art. 12, ff. 136-146v), with a printed version in Conclavi, pp. 201-216. Another related version can be found in Add. MS. 48072 (art. 1(c), ff. 50-57v); (xix) ff. 117-120v, 'Pio 4^o', inc. 'Nelle x mesi [...] sede vacante', expl. 'Cardinali che furono nel conclave ...[...]'; for other versions of this account see Add. MSS. 8415 (art. 1, ff. 1-45), and 8416 (art. 12, ff. 174-185v); versions of a different account can be found in Add. MSS. 8412 (art. 18, ff. 184-191), 8413 (art. 18, ff. 197-206), 8418 (art. 7, ff. 155-160), 28464 (ff. 60-67), 48072 (art. 1(d), 58-73v), 48074 (art. 13, ff. 148-153); the printed version in Conclavi, pp. 218-230, appears to draw on both. A Latin version is in Add. MS. 48073 (art. 15, ff. 593-620) and 6901, with an Italian translation in 8418 (art. 1(v), ff. 118-154v); (xx) ff. 122-124, 'Sisto V^o', inc. 'Morì Gregorio 13. mercordi aprile 1585', expl. 'In tutto no. xv'; for references to copies of related versions see Add. MS. 8412 (art. 21); (xxi) ff. 125-128v, 'Urbano 7^o', inc. 'Venerdi 7 settembre 1590', expl. 'Cardinali che furono nel conclave ... Salviati'; for references to other copies or related versions see Add. MS. 8412 (art. 22); (xxii) ff. 129-161v, 'Gregorio XIV', inc. 'La vita brevissima d'Urbano 7^o', expl. 'Cardinali presenti all'elettione ...no. 55'; for another version of this (Lelio Marretti's) account of the conclave see 8418 (art. 12, ff. 350-564v); for references to other accounts see 8412 (art. 23); (xxiii) ff. 162-165v, 'Innocentio IX^o', inc. 'Morì Papa Gregorio XIV à 15 ottobre martedi', expl. 'Cardinali che furono nel conclave ... Paraviccino. In tutto 57'; for other copies of this version see Add. MSS. 8412 (art. 24, ff. 262-266v), 8418 (art. 11, ff. 330-349v), 8419 (art. 2, ff. 15-26v), 28464 (ff. 173-182); for other versions see 8412 (art. 24).

2. ff. 168-201. '[...] Conclave dell'anno 1623 nel quale fù messa la prima volta in uso la bolla dell'elettione pubblicata da Gregorio XV^o e fù creato sanctissimo pontefice Maffeo Barberino detto Urbano Ottavo', inc. 'Fatte secondo l'antica consuetudine l'essequie al morto Pontefice Gregorio XV', expl. 'privati interessi, et dissensioni'. Another copy in Add. MS. 8420 (art. 2, ff. 21-108).

3. ff. 202-229v. 'Conclave della sede vacante di Papa Clemente Ottavo dove fu creato Papa Leone XI', inc. 'Era il cardinale Aldobrandino uscito di Roma', expl. 'Absenti ... Govara'. For copies of this account see Add. MSS. 6892 (ff. 1-68), 6901 (ff. 73-88), 8416 (art. 13, ff. 186-204v), 8419 (art. 1(iii), ff. 119-143), 8427 (art. 1, ff. 1-38), 48075 (art. 7, 136-166v), 48106 (art. 1, ff. 1-50), with printed version in Conclavi, pp. 305-346; for another version see Add. 8412 (art. 26, ff. 281-306), and 28464 (ff. 214-246).