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Add MS 8551
- Record Id:
- 032-002029427
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 032-002029427
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100000000045.0x000042
- LARK:
- SLARK:
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Add MS 8551
- Title:
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GIROLAMO DELLA ROVERE: Letter-Book; 1588-1591. Italian. Copies. Register of letters from Cardinal Girolamo della Rovere, Archbishop of Turin, to Duke Charles Emmanuel I of Savoy and his wife, Catherine (Katalina) Micaela, daughter of Philip II of Spain. The MS. also includes letters to: - (a) Monsignor de la Creta (1588; f. 6); - (b) Domenico Belli, Ambassador of Charles Emmanuel I to Spain (1590; ff. 17v-19v); - (c) the Secretary of Charles Emmanuel I, Corte (1589; ff. 40v-41, 46-47). For Cardinal della Rovere see DBI, 37 (1989), pp. 350-353. The MS. is entitled (f. 1) 'Registro di lettere al Serenissimo di Savoia dalli 8 di Marzo 1588 sino alli 15 di giugno 1591 / del Cardinale della Rovere Piemontese'. Inc. (f. 2) 'Al Serenissimo Signor Duca di Savoia / Quando io intesi che Nostro Signore havea concesso a Vostra Altezza sussidio dal Clero ... Di Roma alli vii de marzo 1588', expl. (f. 169) 'Alla Serenissima Infante / Non cosi presto come haverebbe voluto Lelio mio nepote ... come l'è dedicata ogni cosa mia con me stesso, che per fine le bacio humilissimamente le mani ... Di Roma alli xv di giugno 1591 / Humilissimo ... Hieronimo Cardinale de la Rovere'. Including (ff. 9-10v, 90v-91) drafts of letters never dispatched. Drawing (f. 1) of an alpine flower (Gentian) in ink. Old shelfmark in ink 'Tomo 23' in upper left corner of f. 1. Owned by Frederick North, 5th Earl of Guilford, but lacking his armorial bookplate. '520' in pencil in upper left corner of front pastedown. Purchased, together with Add. 8545, 8558, and 8561, from R. H. Evans, 8 Dec. 1830, lot 520 (part).
Paper; ff. 169 (f. 72 blank) + xx. 331 x 235mm. One Italian hand. Late 17th-early 18th cent. Italian binding of full vellum.
- Scope & Content:
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Bindings ITALIAN: Full vellum: late 17th-early 18th cent.
Charles Emmanuel I; Duke of Savoy: Catherine, wife of Charles Emmanuel I, Duke of Savoy; daughter of Philip II of Spain: Letters from Cardinal G. Della Rovere: 1588-1591: Ital: Copies.
Girolamo Della Rovere, Archbishop of Turin; Cardinal 1586: Letter-Book: 1588-1591: Ital: Copy.
includes:
- ff. 17v-19v Domenico Belli, Ambassador of Savoy to Spain: Letters from Card. G. Della Rovere: 1590: Ital: Copies.
- ff. 40v-41, 46-47 Corte, Secretary to Charles Emmanuel I of Savoy: Letters from Card. G. Della Rovere: 1589: Ital: Copies.
- Collection Area:
- Western Manuscripts
- Project / Collection:
- Additional Manuscripts
- Hierarchy Tree:
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- Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-002029427
- Is part of:
- not applicable
- Hierarchy:
- 032-002029427
- Container:
- not applicable
- Record Type (Level):
- Fonds
- Extent:
- 1 item
- Digitised Content:
- Languages:
- English
Italian - Scripts:
- Latin
- Start Date:
- 1588
- End Date:
- 1591
- Date Range:
- 1588-1591
- Era:
- CE
- Access:
-
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- Custodial History:
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Robert Harding Evans, bookseller: Purchased from (lot 520, 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:
- Belli, Domenico, Ambassador of Savoy to Spain
Charles Emmanuel I, Duke of Savoy, 1562-1630,
see also http://isni.org/isni/0000000123365668
Charles Emmanuel I, Duke of Savoy, Catherine, wife of Charles Emmanuel I; daughter of Philip II of Spain
Corte, —, Secretary to Charles Emmanuel I of Savoy
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
Rovere, Gerolamo, diplomat, cardinal and Archbishop of Turin, d 1592