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Add MS 8540

Record Id:
032-002029415
Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
032-002029415
MDARK:
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ISAD(G)
Reference (shelfmark):
Add MS 8540
Title:

PAPERS RELATING TO RIMINI, PARMA, CORREGGIO, MILANO, VALTELLINA, AND CASTRO; 17th cent. Italian and Latin. Copies. Included are chronicles and anonymous relazioni. Armorial bookplate of the 5th Earl of Guilford, with shelfmark 'L/19/A' (front pastedown). '59' in pencil in upper left corner of front pastedown. Purchased, together with Add. 8539, 8663 and 8670, from R. H. Evans, 8 Dec. 1830, lot 59 (part).

Paper; ff. 65, plus two unfoliated blanks after f. 65. Composite volume. Art. 1: numbered '4' (f. 1, upper right corner); art. 3: marked 'R' (f. 31, upper right corner); art. 4: old foliation in ink '136-145' (ff. 41-50); art. 11: old pagination in ink '1-6' (ff. 62-64v). 281 x 203mm. Several Italian hands. Guilford binding of quarter red leather with decorated paper covers over pastedowns.

1. ff. 1-24v. Fragmentary chronicle of Rimini and related territories for the years 1367-1382; n.d. Inc. 'Nel ditto anno 1367 Papa Urbano voleva Perusio in la Marca', expl. 'Adì 15 di luglio [1382] ... ma per la terra de Messer Paleologo non hebbe vettovaglia, e non li volse dar'. Numbered '4' in upper right corner of f. 1.

2. ff. 25-30. 'Relatione del Treno et Equipaggio mandato dal Serenissimo Duca di Parma per condurre la Serenissima di Neuburgo in Parma', anonymous relazione of the arrival in Parma of Dorothea Sophia von Pfalz-Neuburg, wife of the hereditary prince Odoardo Farnese; [1690]. Inc. 'Avicinandosi il tempo di rendere consolata questa città', expl. 'con habbiti fatti di nuovo e donatigli da Sua Altezza Serenissima'.

3. ff. 31-40. Tract in defence of Prince Siro da Correggio accused of minting bad coins; before 1630. Inc. 'Fin dell'anno 1623 fu portato alle orecchie del Principe di Correggio', expl. 'se non ha opera da soccorrerla?'.

4. ff. 41-50v. 'Relatione dello Stato di Milano'; [1606-1610]. Inc. 'Le cose che a me pare di dover referire intorno allo stato di Milano', expl. 'e le raccomando la mia fedel servitù'. Written between 1606-1610 as Don Pedro Enríquez de Acevedo, Conde de Fuentes de Valdepero, is mentioned as being Governor of Milan for more than six years (f. 50).

5. ff. 51-51v. 'Progenie nata dalle sorelle di San Carlo Borromeo'; n.d. Inc. 'San Carlo ebbe cinque sorelle', expl. 'Don Carlo Signor di Chiaramonte'.

6. ff. 52-55. Plea to Pope [Urban VIII] from the Catholics of Valtelline asking him to withdraw the papal garrison from the valley; n.d. Inc. 'Gli Grigioni già Padroni della Valtellina', expl. 'a noi poveri Cattolici humilissimi servi di Sua Beatitudine.

7. ff. 56-58v. Relazione of Valtelline 'del Signor Gallo Comasco' (note in upper left corner of f. 56); 1625. Latin. Inc. 'Nobilis Clarissime ... Domine Amice ... / Quae Dominio Vostro scribit de suspicionibus, quibus plerique omnes sibi adversus summi Pontificis nostri fidem', expl. 'ei a Deo contingere precor, ac voveo. Roma a d. 8 febr. Anni Jubilei 1625'.

8. ff. 59, 60. Two short notes relating to Valtelline; n.d. Inc. (f. 59) 'Le Cittadelle di Vostra Signoria Illustrissima sono nel Luganese, Mendrisotto, e Valtellina'; inc. (f. 60) 'Li Predominanti hoggi di Valtellina'.

9. ff. 61-61v. Letter relating to Valtelline; 1627. Inc. 'Illustrissimo ... Padrone Colendissimo / Messer Benedetto Ceppi ha finalmente cominciato', expl. 'felicità e ogni maggior grandezza / Como a 2 marzo 1627 / Di Vostra Signoria Illustrissima ... Servitore A[...]ito Fu[...]i'.

10. ff. 62-65. 'Notizie riguardo allo stato di Castro', anonymous relazione of Castro; circa 1667. Inc. 'Investitura fatta a Pier Luigi Farnese l'anno 1537', expl. 'Fece Pilatoni la Protesta contro la Camera ai 18 maggio 1667 ... pure di questo non ne fu fatto niente'.

Scope & Content:

Bookplates and Book-stamps: 5th Earl of Guilford (L/19/A): bef. 1828.

Bindings ENGLISH: Guilford binding: bef. 1828.

Italy General: Anonymous relazioni and other papers rel. to the Minor States of: 17th cent.: Ital. and Lat: Copies.

includes:

  • ff. 1-24v Rimini, Italy: Anonymous chronicle (1367-1382) of: 17th cent: Ital: Copy. Fragm.
  • ff. 1-24v Chronicles: Anonymous chronicle of Rimini (1367-1382): 17th cent: Ital: Copy. Frag.
  • ff. 25-30 Dorothea Sophia von Pfalz-Neuburg, Duchess of Parma and Piacenza: Relazione of her arrival in Parma: [1690]: Ital: Copy.
  • ff. 25-30 Parma, Italy: Odoardo Farnese, Hereditary-Prince of Parma: Relazione of the arrival of Princess Dorothea Sophia in Parma: [1690]: Ital: Copy.
  • ff. 31-40 Coinage: Defence of Prince Siro da Correggio: bef. 1630: Ital: Copy.
  • ff. 31-40 Siro da Correggio, Prince: Defence of: bef. 1630: Ital: Copy.
  • ff. 41-50v Milan: Anonymous relazione of: [1606-1610]: Ital: Copy.
  • ff. 51-51v Genealogies: Progeny of San Carlo Borromeo's sisters: early 17th cent: Ital: Copy.
  • ff. 51-51v Saint Carlo Borromeo,; Archbishop of Milan; Cardinal 1560: His sisters' progeny: early 17th cent.: Ital: Copy.
  • ff. 52-61v Valtelline, Italy: Papers rel. to: circa 1627: Ital. and Lat: Copies.
  • ff. 56-58v Gallo Comasco, Pseudonym: Relazione of Valtelline: 1625: Lat: Copy.
  • ff. 62-65 Castro, Italy: Paper rel. to (1537-1667): circa 1667: Ital: Copy.

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:
1600
End Date:
1699
Date Range:
17th century
Era:
CE
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Custodial History:

Robert Harding Evans, bookseller: Purchased from (lot 59, 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:
Borromeo, Carlo, Saint, Archbishop of Milan, Cardinal 1560
Correggio, Siro da, Prince
Evans, Robert Harding, bookseller and auctioneer, 1777-1857
Farnese, Odoardo, Hereditary-Prince of Parma, 1666-1693
Gallo Comasco, pseudonymous writer, fl 1625
North, Frederick, 5th Earl of Guilford, politician and colonial administrator, 1766-1827,
   see also http://isni.org/isni/0000000034584770
Pfalz-Neuburg, Dorothea Sophia von, Duchess of Parma and Piacenza
Places:
Castro, Italy
Milan, Italy
Parma, Italy
Rimini, Italy
Valtelline, Italy