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Add MS 8507

Record Id:
032-002029381
Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
032-002029381
MDARK:
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ISAD(G)
Reference (shelfmark):
Add MS 8507
Title:

PAPERS relating to Cesena; circa 1764. Italian and Latin. A miscellany of historical accounts, letters and witness statements relating to the troubles caused in Cesena in 1764 by riots between those revering the memory and relics of the late Bishop Guido Orselli (1734-1763) and the followers of his successor, Bishop Francesco Aguselli (1763-1791). Contemporary table of contents of art. 1 in two columns on ff. 1-6. Old shelfmarks in black ink 'No 200' and 'No. 31' on f. i. Owned by Frederick North, 5th Earl of Guilford, but lacking his armorial bookplate. '540' [possibly meaning 544] in pencil in upper left corner of front pastedown. Purchased from R. H. Evans, 8 Dec. 1830, possibly lot 544 (part), together with Add. 8564, 8674, 8719, 8786, and possibly 8536, 8507, 8538, 8800.

Paper; ; ff. 66+iii, plus eleven unfoliated blanks after f. 60. Composite volume. 288 x 210mm. Horizontal catchwords on each leaf. One Italian hand for arts. 1 and 2. Contemporary Italian quarter binding of green leather with gilt-tooled spine and decorated paper covers over pasteboards.

Contents as follows:

1. ff. 1-55. 'Ristretto delle vertenze di Cesena 1764' (title on f. 11), historical narrative of the events and riots which took place in Cesena in 1764; 1764. Italian. Copy. Inc. of the preface (ff. 7-10) 'Discorso preliminare / I fonti, da cui è tratta la presente istoria', inc. (f. 11) 'Ciò che è accaduto nella Città di Cesena per rapporto a Monsignor Orselli', expl. 'e cosi disanimati tutti gli altri a studiare'.

2. ff. 56-60v. 'Riflessioni sopra l'Editto di Monsignor Aguselli Vescovo di Cesena, concernente il culto che dal popolo di detta città si presta al sepolcro ed alle reliquie del servo di Dio Monsignor Guido de conti Orselli ... dedicate al merito sovragrande del Reverendissimo Padre Tommasi Celestino ...', notes on Bishop Aguselli's edict relating to the cult of the late Bishop Orselli, dedicated to Father Celestino Tommasi; circa 1754. Italian. Copy. Inc. 'Pubblicato ed affiso l'Editto di Monsignor Aguselli', expl. 'la di lui protezione validissima per sempre imploro umilmente'.

3. ff. 61-63v. Letters of Romualdo Guidi, preceptor of the Hospital of Santo Spirito in Rome, to the Conservators of Cesena and to his brother Rinaldo Guidi, Marchese di Montevecchio; 1764. Italian. Autograph. Inc. (f. 61) 'Illustrissimi ... L'orribil turbine di castighi ... Roma 24 novembre 1764 ... Romoaldo Guidi'; inc. (f. 62) 'Roma 24 novembre 1764 / Benchè nelo pasato vi abbia scritto di non ingerirmi in minima cosa riguardante gli intrighi di codesta città ... Vostro affezionatissimo fratello Romoaldo'.

4. ff. 64-64v. Petition to Pope Clement XIII from the City Council of Cesena; n.d. Italian. Copy. Inc. 'Alla Santità di Nostro Signore Papa Clemente Decimo terzo ... I qui sottoscritti Consiglieri sudditi ... l'espongono trovarsi questa infelice Città di Cesena'.

5. ff. 65-66. Two notarially approved statements relating to the riots of Cesena; 22 June 1764. Signed, with signature and notarial stamp of Giovanni Battista Grandi. Italian and Latin. Inc. (f. 65) 'Attestiamo noi sottoscritti ... Cesena 22 giugno 1764 / Io Filippo Borghetti attesto quanto sopra / Io Michele Valbonesi ... / Io Francesco Bartolini ... / Fabrizio Biondi ... / Carlo Ceccaroni ... Ita est Joannes Baptista Grandi, civis et notarius publicus Cesenae rogatus in fidem'; inc. (f. 66) 'Questo 22 giugno 1764 / Personalmente consituiti avanti di me notaro ... Ita est Joannes Baptista Grandi ... in fidem'.

Scope & Content:

Bindings ITALIAN: Quarter binding of green leather with gilt-tooled spine and decorated paper covers over pasteboards: circa 1764.

Cesena, Italy: Guido Orselli, Bishop of Cesena: Francesco Aguselli, Bishop of Cesena: Miscellany rel. to: circa 1764: Ital. and Lat.: Partly signed.

includes:

  • ff. 61-63v Romualdo Guidi, Preceptor of the Hospital of S Spirito in Rome: Two letters: 1764: Ital: Autogr.
  • ff. 65-66 Giovanni Battista Grandi, of Cesena; Notary: Two witness statements with his notarial stamp: 1764: Ital. and Lat: Signed.

Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Project / Collection:
Additional Manuscripts
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Record Type (Level):
Fonds
Extent:
1 item
Digitised Content:
Languages:
English
Italian
Latin
Scripts:
Latin
Start Date:
1759
End Date:
1769
Date Range:
c 1764
Era:
CE
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Custodial History:

Robert Harding Evans, bookseller: Purchased from (possibly lot 544, 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:
Aguselli, Francesco, Bishop of Cesena
Evans, Robert Harding, bookseller and auctioneer, 1777-1857
Grandi, Giovanni Battista, of Cesena, notary, fl 1764
Guidi, Romoaldo, cardinal and administrator, 1722-1780
North, Frederick, 5th Earl of Guilford, politician and colonial administrator, 1766-1827,
   see also http://isni.org/isni/0000000034584770
Orselli, Guido, Bishop of Cesena
Places:
Cesena, Italy