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Record Id:
032-002029297
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Add MS 8431
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'DIARIA RERUM ROMANORUM' of Stefano Infessura and Diary of Ludovico Bonconte Monaldesco; 1294-1494 and 1327-1340. Latin and Italian. Copies, late 17th or early 18th cent. The present manuscript is listed in Palma di Cesnola, nos. 1546, 1547, p. 122. '341' in pencil in upper left corner of front pastedown. Purchased, together with Add. 8434-8436, from R. H. Evans, 8 December 1830, lot 341 (part).

1. ff. 1-294v. 'Diaria Rerum Romanorum' of Stefano Infessura (d. circa 1500), 1294-1494. Latin and Italian. This chronicle of events in Rome from the time of Pope Boniface VIII to that of Pope Alexander VI is an important source for the history of the papacy and Roman politics. Infessura deals summarily with the period 1294-1403, gives more information for 1404-1481, and provides most detail in his account of 1482-1494. Inc. 'Nell' Anno Domini mille duecento novantaquattro nella Vigilia di Natale', expl. 'per andare à Campo ad Ostia'. The diary is published in a critical edition, Diario della Città di Roma di Stefano Infessura Scribasenato, ed. O. Tommasini (Istituto Storico Italiano, Fonti per la Storia d’Italia, vol. v; Rome, 1890), which is based on a MS. in the Vatican Archives (arch. di Castello, armar. IX, ord. I r) and contains collations with 55 other MSS. (listed ibid. pp. xxiii-xxv), including this MS. and Add. 8432; 8433, ff. 1-239; 8434, ff. 1-193v; 26802 and 48070. This text belongs to 'class 2' of the manuscripts of the diary (ibid., pp. xxvi, xxvii).

2. ff. 295-324v. Diary of Ludovico Bonconte Monaldesco, of Orvieto, 1327-1340. Italian. Monaldesco's account of events in Italy during the papacy of John XXII and Benedict XII focuses on the political activities of the leading families in Rome and throughout Italy. Inc. 'Io Ludovico di Buonconte Monaldesco nacqui in Orvieto', expl. 'mese muta bona guardia'. It is published in L. A. Muratori (ed.), Fragmenta Annalium Romanorum Italicè Scripta ab Anno 1328 usque ad Annum 1340, Rerum Italicarum Scriptores, xii (1728), pp. 525-542, from Vienna, Österreichische Nationalbibliothek, Cod. 5604, item 5, ff. 117-127.

Paper; ff. 323. Contemporary foliation in black ink, 227-452 (beg. f. 1), in upper right corner; numbers 301-309 and 401-409 are represented as 3001, 3002, etc. 280 x 210mm. Left and right margins ruled with folds. Monaldesco's diary is copied in a different hand from that of Infessura's diary; ff. 288-288v is in a third hand. Watermarks: cross, somewhat similar to Haewood, Watermarks, 921 (A.D. 1646, Rome); and bird, with no similar examples in Haewood. Full vellum binding over pasteboards, late 17th or early 18th cent.

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  • ff. 1-294v Stefano Infessura, Secretary of the Roman Senate: Ancient and Modern. City of Rome: Diaries and Memoranda: 'Diaria Rerum Romanorum' by Stefano Infessura: 1294-1494: Lat. and Ital.: Copy, late 17th or early 18th cent.
  • ff. 295-324v Ancient and Modern. City of Rome: Ludovico Bonconte Monaldesco, of Orvieto: Diaries and Memoranda: Diary of Ludovico Bonconte Monaldesco: 1327-1340: Ital: Copy, late 17th or early 18th cent.

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Western Manuscripts
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Additional Manuscripts
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Record Type (Level):
Fonds
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1 item
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Languages:
English
Italian
Latin
Scripts:
Latin
Start Date:
1660
End Date:
1740
Date Range:
Late 17th century-Early 18th century
Era:
CE
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Custodial History:

Robert Harding Evans, bookseller: Purchased from (lot 341, 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
Infessura, Stefano, Sec of the Roman Senate
Monaldesco, Ludovico Bonconte, of Orvieto
North, Frederick, 5th Earl of Guilford, politician and colonial administrator, 1766-1827,
   see also http://isni.org/isni/0000000034584770
Places:
Rome, Italy