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Add MS 8526

Record Id:
032-002029400
Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
032-002029400
MDARK:
ark:/81055/vdc_100000000045.0x00002e
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Format:
ISAD(G)
Reference (shelfmark):
Add MS 8526
Title:

MARIA CASIMIRA, QUEEN OF POLAND: Letters to Clement XI; 1702-1709. French and Italian. Partly in cipher. Autograph. Collection of letters sent to Pope Clement XI (1700-1721) by Queen Marie Casimire Sobiesky (1641-1716), daughter of Henri de la Grange, Marquis d'Arquien and Cardinal, and widow of King John III Sobieski of Poland. Other signed letters from Maria Casimira among the papers of Filippo Antonio Gualtieri (Gualterio), papal nuncio at Paris, in Add. 20551, ff. 3-12v. Title (f. 1) 'Lettere e biglietti scritti dalla Maestà della Regina Maria Casimira di Polonia alla Santità di Nostro Signore Papa Clemente XI dal principio del suo Pontificato sino a tutto l'anno 1709', inc. (f. 2) 'Tres sint pere / Apres mestre umiliée ... du monastere des merge ce 5 ianvier 1702', expl. (f. 258v) 'humble soumission et tres profond respect ... 1r de Feb...'. With Marie Casimire's seal on f. 61. The MS. includes a signed letter (ff. 259-260v) to Gualtieri, from Cardinal Gaspare di Carpegna, Prefect of the Sacred Congregation of Bishops and Regulars, also signed by his Segretary Niccolò (Nicola) Grimaldi, inc. 'Molto Illustre ... Monsignor come fratello. Desiderando la Regina Maria Casimira di Polonia di fondare', expl. 'Roma 3 febraro 1702 / come fratello ... Gasparo di Carpegna / N. Grimaldi Segretario'. Also included: - (a) ff. 174-175v, copy of a letter to Clement XI from Marie Anne Victoire de Romé-Bretteville, Canoness of Lorene, Italian, n.d.; - (b) ff. 225-226v, note from Princess Leonora Boncompagni Borghese relating to a bequest in favour of Elisabetta Boari, Italian, n.d.; - (c) f. 249, Proposal for the rent of buildings annexed to the Queen palace in Rome, to be used as a monastery of Benedictine nuns, Italian, n.d.; - (d) f. 253, Petition of Marquis Filippo Bentivoglio, Italian, n.d.; - (e) ff. 261-261v, 'Copia di Viglietto [sic] del Papa alla Reina Vedova di Polonia', inc. 'Charissima in Christo Filia ... Nella lettera del Signor Elettor di Baviera', Italian, 30 Dec. 1702; - (f) f. 262, note relating to the etiquette observed at papal audiences granted by Innocent X to Violante Marguerite of Savoy, daughter of Victor Amadeus I, and by Innocent XI to the Duchess of Radzwill, sister of John III Sobieski king of Poland, and the two Duchesses of Modena, Lucrezia Barberini, third wife of Francis I, and Laura Martinozzi, wife of Alphonse IV, Italian, n.d. Old shelfmark in ink 'N. 322' in upper left corner of f. i verso; above it another old shelfmark in different ink 'no. 1895', crossed out. Owned by Frederick North, 5th Earl of Guilford, but lacking his armorial bookplate. '541' in pencil in upper left corner of f. i verso. Purchased from R. H. Evans, 8 Dec. 1830, lot 541.

Paper; ff. 262+iv, plus 40 unfoliated blanks throughout. circa 275 x 200mm.

Scope & Content:

Clement XI; Pope: Letters from Maria Casimira, Qu. of Poland: circa 1702-1709: French.

Maria Casimira, wife of John III Sobieski of Poland;: Letters to Clement XI: circa 1702-1709: French: Autogr.

includes:

  • f. 61 Seals: Seal of Maria Casimira Sobieski, Qu. of Poland: circa 1704.
  • ff. 259-260v Filippo Antonio Gualtieri, Bishop of Imola; Nuncio in France; Cardinal 1706: Letter from Card. G. di Carpegna: 1702: Ital: Signed.
  • ff. 259-260v Gaspare Carpegna, Cardinal 1670: Niccolò Grimaldi, Secretary of the Sacred Congregation of Bishops and Regulars; Cardinal 1706; Legate at Bologna: Letter to F. A. Gualtieri (Gualterio): 1702: Ital: Signed.

Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Project / Collection:
Additional Manuscripts
Hierarchy Tree:
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Hierarchy Record Ids:
032-002029400
Is part of:
not applicable
Hierarchy:
032-002029400
Container:
not applicable
Record Type (Level):
Fonds
Extent:
1 item
Digitised Content:
Languages:
English
French
Italian
Scripts:
Latin
Start Date:
1702
End Date:
1709
Date Range:
1702-1709
Era:
CE
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Custodial History:

Robert Harding Evans, bookseller: Purchased from (lot 541), 8 Dec. 1830.

Frederick North, 5th Earl of Guilford: Owned, bef. 1828.

Material Type:
Archives and Manuscripts
Legal Status:
Not Public Record(s)
Names:
Carpegna, Gaspare, Cardinal 1670
Clement XI, Pope
Evans, Robert Harding, bookseller and auctioneer, 1777-1857
Grimaldi, Nicola, alias Niccolò, governor, papal legate and cardinal, 1645-1717
Gualtieri, Filippo Antonio, Bishop of Imola, Nuncio in France, Cardinal 1706
Maria Casimira, Queen of Poland
North, Frederick, 5th Earl of Guilford, politician and colonial administrator, 1766-1827,
   see also http://isni.org/isni/0000000034584770