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Add MS 8427
- Record Id:
- 032-002029293
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 032-002029293
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100000000050.0x0003ad
- LARK:
- SLARK:
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Add MS 8427
- Title:
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ACCOUNTS OF THE CONCLAVES for the elections of Leo XI, on 1 April 1605, and Paul V, on 16 May 1605; circa 1605. Italian. Copies. For a contemporary MS. with the same contents see Add. 48016 (Yelverton MS. 118). Owned by Frederick North, 5th Earl of Guilford, but lacking his armorial bookplate. '88' in pencil in upper left corner of f. 1. Purchased, together with Add. 8367, 8410, 8411, 8414, 8415, 8426, and 8428, from R. H. Evans, 8 Dec. 1830, lot 88 (part).
Contents as follows:
1. ff. 1-38. 'Conclave d'onde n'uscì Papa Leone XI'; [1605]. Italian. Copy. Inc. 'Era il Cardinale Aldobrandino uscito di Roma', expl. 'contaminata la grandezza de suoi heroici pensieri'. Other copies of the same account in Add. 6892 (ff. 1-68), 6901 (ff. 73-88), 8414 (art. 3, ff. 202-229v), 8416 (art. 13, ff. 186-204v), 8419 (art. 1(iii), ff. 119-143), 48075 (Yelverton MS. 81; art. 7, ff. 136-166v), 48106 (Yelverton MS. 118; art. 1, ff. 1-50), and printed version in Conclavi, pp. 305-346. Copies of a different account in Add. 8412 (art. 26, ff. 281-306), and 28464 (ff. 214-246).
2. ff. 39-56v. 'Conclave di Paolo V'; 1605. Italian. Copy. Inc. 'Sono stati tanti e così strani gl'accidenti', expl. 'dell'historia che si è narrata. Di Roma li 20 di maggio MDCV'. Other copies of the same account in Add. 6901 (ff. 89-100), 8419 (art. 4, ff. 165-190), 10713, 48106 (Yelverton MS. 118; art. 2, ff. 52-77), Vat. MSS. Urb. Lat. 844 (f. 419s), and 1661 (f. 336s). Copies of a different account in Add. 28463 (ff. 187-201v, 259-271v: partial copies), and 48075 (Yelverton MS. 81; art. 8, ff. 167-184v); of a second account in Add. 48075 (Yelverton MS. 81; art. 9, ff. 186-191v); of a third account in Add. 4350 (art. 2, ff. 44-95), 8412 (art. 27, ff. 307-328), 8419 (art. 1 (iv), ff. 89-104v, 144-164), 28464 (ff. 247-274), with a printed version in Conclavi, pp. 347-372.
Paper; ff. 56. Old foliation in ink '1-56', followed here. 265 x 200mm. Horizontal catchwords on each leaf. One Italian hand. Guilford binding of quarter vellum with decorated paper covers over pasteboards; gilt edges.
- Scope & Content:
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Bindings ENGLISH: Guilford binding: bef. 1828.
includes:
- ff. 1-38 Leo XI; Pope: Account of conclave: [1605]: Ital: Copy.
- ff. 39-56v Paul V; Pope: Account of conclave: 1605: Ital: Copy.
- Collection Area:
- Western Manuscripts
- Project / Collection:
- Additional Manuscripts
- Hierarchy Tree:
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- Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-002029293
- Is part of:
- not applicable
- Hierarchy:
- 032-002029293
- Container:
- not applicable
- Record Type (Level):
- Fonds
- Extent:
- 1 item
- Digitised Content:
- Languages:
- English
Italian - Scripts:
- Latin
- Start Date:
- 1605
- End Date:
- 1605
- Date Range:
- 1605
- Era:
- CE
- Access:
-
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- Custodial History:
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Robert Harding Evans, bookseller: Purchased from (lot 88, 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:
- Evans, Robert Harding, bookseller and auctioneer, 1777-1857
Leo XI, Pope
North, Frederick, 5th Earl of Guilford, politician and colonial administrator, 1766-1827,
see also http://isni.org/isni/0000000034584770
Paul V, Pope