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Record Id:
032-002029295
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032-002029295
MDARK:
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ISAD(G)
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Add MS 8429
Title:

DECIO AZZOLINI (attributed): Aphorisms on the conclave for the election of Clement IX; 1667. Italian. The aphorisms were traditionally attributed to Cardinal Decio Azzolini the Younger, interim Secretary of State under Innocent X (1644-1655) and Clement IX (1667-1669), and papal escort of Queen Christina of Sweden. It seems that they were in fact written on Azzolini's inspiration by Stefano Pignatelli, the Roman author of a platonic treatise and friend of Francesco Redi: see Decio Azzolini in DBI, 4 (1962), pp. 768-771, in particular pp. 770-771. Other copies in Add. 8333, art. 13, ff. 291-332v, and Rome, Biblioteca Casanatense, MS. 2670, ff. 144-224. Published as Aforismi politici per li Cardinali del Conclave di questo anno 1667 fatti dal Cardinale Azzolini in Il Cardinalismo di Santa Chiesa, diviso in tre parti, pt . iii, book iii (s.l.: s.n., 1668), pp. 336-391, B.L. copy 863.b.4; also in Latin translation as Candidatus papalis dignitatis ejusdemque promotor probe instructus, hoc est eminentiss. Cardinalis Azzolini Aphorismi politici ... Opus incomparabile ex italico in latinum translatum cum commentario de electione Rom. Pontificis Jo. Frider. Mayeri (Osnabrück: Literis Nicolai Spiringi; sumptibus Gothofredi Liebezeiti, 1691), pp. (1)-(19), B.L. copies 1492.i.22 and 5107.b.7. Title (f. 1) 'Afforismi per li Conclavi', inc. (f. 2) 'Afforismi politici per li Cardinali del Conclave di quest'anno 1667 fatti dal Cardinale Decio Azzolini / E' si grande il credito', expl. (f. 57v) 'perchè non sapeano servirsene con prudente giudicio / Fine'. Armorial bookplate of 5th Earl of Guilford, with shelfmark 'L/20/D' (front pastedown). '556' in pencil in upper left corner of front pastedown. Purchased, together with 8371, 8375, 8379, 8380, 8381, and 8472, from R. H. Evans, 8 Dec. 1830, lot 556 (part).

Paper; ff. 57+iii. Old quire signatures '1-15' in ink in upper right corner of first leaves. 22 x 140mm. Horizontal catchwords on each page. One Italian hand. Guilford binding of quarter vellum with decorated paper covers.

Scope & Content:

Bindings ENGLISH: Guilford binding: bef. 1828.

Bookplates and Book-stamps: 5th Earl of Guilford (L/20/D): bef. 1828.

Clement IX; Pope: Decio Azzolini, the Younger; Cardinal 1654: Stefano Pignatelli, of Rome: Aphorisms on the Conclaves , attributed to Decio Azzolini, written by (?) Stefano Pignatelli: 1667: Ital: Copy.

Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
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Additional Manuscripts
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032-002029295
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Record Type (Level):
Fonds
Extent:
1 item
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Languages:
English
Italian
Scripts:
Latin
Start Date:
1667
End Date:
1667
Date Range:
1667
Era:
CE
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Custodial History:

Robert Harding Evans, bookseller: Purchased from (lot 556, 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:
Azzolini, Decio, the Younger, Cardinal 1654
Clement IX, Pope
Evans, Robert Harding, bookseller and auctioneer, 1777-1857
North, Frederick, 5th Earl of Guilford, politician and colonial administrator, 1766-1827,
   see also http://isni.org/isni/0000000034584770
Pignatelli, Stefano, of Rome