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Add MS 8425
- Record Id:
- 032-002029291
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 032-002029291
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100000000050.0x0003ab
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- ISAD(G)
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- Add MS 8425
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ACCOUNT OF CONCLAVES from Clement XI to Pius VI, omitting Innocent XIII, Benedict XIII, and Benedict XIV; circa 1700-1775. Italian. Copies. The MS. includes: accounts of the conclaves of popes Clement XI, 1700 (art. 1), Clement XII, 1730 (arts. 14-15), Clement XIII, 1758 (art. 16), Clement XIV, 1769 (art. 18), Pius VI, 1774-1775 (art. 20); descriptions of lives and characters of cardinals papabili in the conclave for the election of Clement XI (arts. 2-13); satirical sonnets and other poems related to the conclaves for the elections of Clement XIII (art. 17) and Pius VI (art. 19). Armorial bookplate of 5th Earl of Guilford, with shelfmark 'L/18/E' (front pastedown). '87' in pencil in top left corner of front pastedown. Purchased, together with Add. 8368, 8369, 8382, 8391-8399, 8412, 8413, 8417, 8418, 8419, 8423, 8424, 8487, 8515, 8525, 8660, 8706, 8721, 8722, 8723-8724, 8753, 8754, 8755, 8772, and possibly 8366, 8589, and 8727, from R. H. Evans, 8 Dec. 1830, lot 87 (part).
Paper; ff. 370, plus one blank after ff. 27, 30, 49, 54, 57, 252, and three after f. 249. Composite volume; some items marked with letters in black ink in upper margin of first leaves. Modern foliation in pencil '1-369' (followed here), omitting one leaf after f. 58. One set of old pagination (art. 14) in ink: '241-264' (ff. 68-79v), '215-216' (ff. 80-80v), '193-194' (ff. 81-81v); two sets of old foliations in ink: - (a) '1-103' (art. 15, ff. 83-185); - (b) '1-36' (art. 16, ff. 186-221v). 276 x 200mm. Several Italian hands, of which: - (a) arts. 1-7, 9-12: same hand as Add. 8395 (art. 4, ff. 133-137), 8424 (art. 39, ff. 384-431v); - (b) art. 8: same hand as Add. 8424, art. 30, ff. 315-317, 320-321v, 326-334, 351-353v, 363-364v; - (c) art. 13: same hand as Add. 8424, art. 30, ff. 340-343v, 354-358. Guilford binding of quarter vellum with decorated paper covers over pasteboards.
Contents as follows:
1. ff. 1-24. 'Conclave fatto per la sede vacante d'Innocentio XII: nel quale fu creato Pontefice Giovanni Francesco Albani col nome di Clemente XI'; [1700]. Italian. Copy. Inc. (f. 2) 'Non mai Conclave è stato prevenuto con tanto grido d'attuali e futuri trattati', expl. 'che l'hanno felicemente consumata'. Marked 'E.E.E.' Another copy of this account in Add. 8416, art. 31, ff. 433-460v.
2. ff. 25-27. 'Il Cardinal Ludovico Antonio Nouailles' (i.e. Louis-Antoine de Noaille, Archbishop of Paris); n.d. Italian. Copy. Inc. 'Prete. Nacque in Francia li 29 maggio 1653'. Marked 'S.S.'
3. ff. 28-30. 'Il Cardinal Giovanni Filippo Lamberg' (i.e. Johann Philip von Lamberg, Bishop of Passau); n.d. Italian. Copy. Inc. 'Prete. Nacque in Germania li 23 aprile 1636'. Marked 'I.I.'
4. ff. 31-32v. 'Il Cardinal Francesco Borgia' (i.e. Francisco Borja, Archdeacon of Calatrava and canon prebendary of Toledo); n.d. Italian. Copy. Inc. 'Prete. Nacque in Spagna li 27 marzo 1659'. Marked 'u.u.'
5. ff. 33-36v. 'Il Cardinal Marcello d'Aste [Archbishop-Bishop of Ancona]'; n.d. Italian. Copy. Inc. 'Prete. Nacque in Roma li 22 novembre 1657'. Marked 'v.v.'
6. ff. 37-40v. 'Il Cardinal Nicolò Rodolovich' (i.e. Niccolò Radulovich, Archbishop of Chieti); n.d. Italian. Copy. Inc. 'Prete. Nacque nella città di Ragusa li 28 decembre 1627'. Marked 'z.z.'
7. ff. 41-44. 'Il Cardinal Giuseppe Archinto [Archbishop of Milan]'; n.d. Italian. Copy. Inc. 'Prete. Nacque in Milano li 27 aprile 1643'. Marked 'x.x.'
8. ff. 45-46. 'Lorenzo Altieri [legate in Urbino]'; n.d. Italian. Copy. Inc. 'Diacono = Nacque in Roma li 9 giugno 1671'. Marked 'y.y.'. Inserted from a different MS. in the sequence of arts. 2-7, 9-12.
9. ff. 47-49v. 'Il Cardinal Giovanni Maria Gabrielli [Archbishop-Bishop of Brescia]'; n.d. Italian. Copy. Inc. 'Prete. Nacque nella città ci Castello li 10 gennaro 1654'. Marked 'K.K.'
10. ff. 50-54v. 'Il Cardinal Andrea Santacroce'; n.d. Italian. Copy. Inc. 'Prete. Nacque in Roma li 22 novembre 1656'. Marked 'a.a.a.'
11. ff. 55-57v. 'Il Cardinal Daniele Marco Delfino'; n.d. Italian. Copy. Inc. 'Prete. Nacque in Venetia li 14 ottobre 1653'. Marked 'B.B.B.'
12. ff. 58-62v. 'Il Cardinal Sperello Sperelli'; n.d. Italian. Copy. Inc. 'Prete. Nacque in Asisi li 15 agosto 1639'. Marked 'C.C.C.'
13. ff. 63-67v. 'Giovanni Battista Spinola detto S. Cesareo [camerlengo of the Holy Roman Church]'; n.d. Italian. Copy. Inc. 'Diacono = Nacque in Genova li 3 agosto 1646'. Marked 'D.D.D.' Inserted from a different MS. in the sequence of arts. 2-7, 9-12.
14. ff. 68-81v. 'Conclave per l'elezione di Clemente XII', account of the conclave for the election of Clement XII (see following art. 15); [1730]. Italian. Copy. Imperfect. Inc. '.... che lodò e ringraziò con termini assai proprii'. Old pagination '241-264' (ff. 68-79v), '215-216' (ff. 80-80v), '193-194' (ff. 81-81v): missing leaves at the beginning and the end.
15. ff. 82-185v. 'Conclave ove si contiene l'esaltazione al soglio pontificio in persona dell'Eminentissimo e Reverendissimo Signor Cardinal Lorenzo Corsini Fiorentino, Vescovo di Frascati, e Prefetto delle Signatura di Giustizia, il dì 12 luglio 1730' (title preceded by the later addition 'Successi di Benedetto XIII e'), account of the death of Pope Benedict XIII, on 21 Feb. 1730, and of the conclave for the election of Clement XII, on 12 July 1730; 1730. Italian. Copy. Inc. (f. 83) 'Recarebbe gran meraviglia e certamente non ordinaria', expl. 'che il tutto averanno a graziam quam deus / Fine'. Old foliation '1-103' (ff. 83-185). Another copy of the same account in Add. 24430.
16. ff. 186-221v. 'Anno 1758 / Conclave della Santa Memoria di Benedetto XIV', account of the death of Pope Benedict XIV, on 2 May 1758, and of the conclave for the election of Pope Clement XIII, on 6 July 1758, attributed here to Mario Pelicani; 1758. Italian. Copy. Inc. 'Nella sua primiera e perfettissima salute', expl. 'confuso il mondo intero', followed by the later note 'di Mario Pelicani'. Old foliation '1-36'. Marked '31.20' and '72' in upper left corner of f. 186.
17. ff. 222-241. Sonnets and other satirical poems relating to the conclave for the election of Pope Clement XIII; circa 1758. Italian. Copies. Incipits as follows: 'Sopla [sic] li Signori Conservatori della Sede Vacante / 1758. Dialogo tra Marforio e Pasquino', verse dialogue (ff. 222-222v), inc. 'M. Chi è stato quel Co... dimmi Pasquino'; 'Sonetto' (ff. 223, 238), inc. 'Mesmer, Mosca, il Vicario ed il Decano'; 'Sonetto' (f. 223v), inc. 'Ognuno a suo piacer il Papa ha fatto'; 'Pasquino a Marforio Sonetto' (f. 223v), inc. 'P. Furon tre forastieri al mio cantone'; 'Accidente occorso a due Illustrissimi e Reverendissimo Prelati', sonnet (f. 224), inc. 'È sacrosanto e Nobile Bastone', marked 'o.o.o.'; 'Nel medesimo sogetto', sonnet (f. 225), inc. 'Givano i due, conforme vanno i Frati'; sonnet (f. 226), inc. 'Batte la ritirata Brancilforte'; 'Gazzetta dell'Illustrissimo Signor Cavalier Pista sopra la Carnute', satirical poem (ff. 227-232), inc. 'Quanto move alle risate / Il veder con che stil grave'; 'Sonetto' (f. 233), inc. 'Eterno Dio, che indipendente siedi'; 'Sonetto' (f. 233v), inc. 'Apritemi il Conclave, io son Pasquino'; 'Avviso al Conclave = Sonetto' (f. 234), inc. 'Badate a voi, o Porpore sagrate'; 'Avendo Marforio ricercato Pasquino chi sarà Papa, gli risponde', sonnet (f. 234v), inc. 'Tu da me vuoi saper Marforio mio / molto profonda, anzi impossibil cosa'; 'Nell'entrata del Cardinal Alessandro Albani in Conclave / Sonetto' (ff. 235, 238v), inc. 'Oh Tu che sei co' tuoi talenti illustri'; 'Sonetto al Cardinal [Clemente) Argenvillieres' (ff. 235v, 239v), inc. 'Seneca mio, guarito dal catarro'; 'Sonetto' (f. 235v), inc. 'A Benedetto XIV che osserva lieto Fontana di Trevi'; 'Setaccio', satirical poem (ff. 236-237v), inc. 'Se volete fare un Papa / che non sia loccuzza o rapa'; 'Altro [sonetto]' (f. 239v), inc. 'Seneca è morto e ci voleva un matto'; 'Per l'esclusione de Religiosi alla Carica di Confessore del Conclave per l'Eletto, che suole assistere alli Giustiziati / Sonetto' (f. 240), inc.'S'io fossi il Padre Stampa di Milano'; 'Risposta contro la malizia dei Frati / Sonetto' (f. 241), inc. 'S'io fossi tra li sagri radunati'.
18. ff. 242-249. 'Relazione del Conclave tenuto dopo la morte della Santa Memoria di Clemente Papa XIII, in cui fu eletto sommo pontefice il Cardinale Frate Lorenzo Ganganelli Minore Conventuale, che prese il nome di Clemente XIV'; [1769]. Italian. Copy. Inc. 'La Santa Memoria di Papa Clemente XIII la notte dei due febbraio 1769', expl. 'ricevuti dal di lui zio Pontefice'.
19. ff. 250-252v. 'Manifesto al Conclave', satirical poem relating to the cardinals attending the conclave for the election of Pope Pius VI; [1775]. Italian. Copy. Inc. 'Cara Euterpe in questo invoglio / Deh m'assisti perche voglio', expl. (f. 252v) 'pongo fine al mio argomento'. Followed (f. 252v) by a sonnet, inc. 'Sonetto / Vorrei morir, viver vorrei, la Vita'.
20. ff. 253-369. 'Relazione de' fatti successi nella sede vacante del 1774 per la morte di Papa Clemente XIV ed assunzione al Trono di Papa Pio VI, e di lui solenne Possesso preso il di 30 novembre 1775', account of the death of Clement XIV, on 22 Sept. 1774, and journal of the conclave and enthronement of Pope Pius VI, on 30 Nov. 1775; 1775. Italian. Copy. Inc. (f. 254) 'Avea destinato il Sommo Pontefice Clemente XIV', expl. 'nel passar dal Campidoglio portano le mazze'.
- Scope & Content:
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Bindings ENGLISH: Guilford binding: bef. 1828.
Bookplates and Book-stamps: 5th Earl of Guilford (L/18/E): bef. 1828.
Rome; Court of; and Popes, Bishops of. General: Account of conclaves from Clement XI to Pius VI: circa 1700-1775: Ital: Copies.
includes:
- ff. 1-24, 25-67v Clement XI; Pope: Account of conclave, with lives of cardinals papabili: [1700]: Ital: Copy.
- ff. 68-81v, 82-185v Clement XII; Pope: Account of conclave: 1730: Ital: Two copies (first imperfect).
- ff. 186-221v Clement XIII; Pope: Account of conclave: 1758: Ital: Copy.
- ff. 222-241, 250-252v Political and Satirical Poems: Poetry ITALIAN: Satirical verses rel. to the election of Clement XIII and Pius VI: 1758, 1774-1775: Ital: Copies.
- ff. 242-249 Clement XIV; Pope: Account of conclave: [1769]: Ital: Copy.
- ff. 253-369 Pius VI; Pope: Account of conclave: 1774-1775: Ital: Copy.
- Collection Area:
- Western Manuscripts
- Project / Collection:
- Additional Manuscripts
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- Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-002029291
- Is part of:
- not applicable
- Hierarchy:
- 032-002029291
- Container:
- not applicable
- Record Type (Level):
- Fonds
- Extent:
- 1 item
- Digitised Content:
- Languages:
- English
Italian - Scripts:
- Latin
- Start Date:
- 1695
- End Date:
- 1775
- Date Range:
- c 1700-1775
- Era:
- CE
- Access:
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- Custodial History:
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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:
- Clement XI, Pope
Clement XII, Pope
Clement XIII, Pope
Clement XIV, Pope
Evans, Robert Harding, bookseller and auctioneer, 1777-1857
General Court of Rome
North, Frederick, 5th Earl of Guilford, politician and colonial administrator, 1766-1827,
see also http://isni.org/isni/0000000034584770
Pius VI, Pope