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Add MS 8594

Record Id:
032-002029471
Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
032-002029471
MDARK:
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Format:
ISAD(G)
Reference (shelfmark):
Add MS 8594
Title:

Domenico Mocenigo: Letters to the Doge of Venice Francesco Morosini; 1690-1692. Italian. Copies. The forty-six letters are the reports by Mocenigo as comander general of the Venetian army operating in Rumania from 6 Dec. 1690 to 1 January 1692. Inc. (f. 1) 'Serenissimo Principe / Stabilite con sollecitudine in breve giro di tempo', expl. (f. 144) 'senza cui non si possono condurre l'operazioni d'un Attacco. Grazie. Romania Primo Zenaro 1691. S.N.M.V.' The MS. is described by C. Foligno, ‘Codici di materia veneta nelle biblioteche inglesi’, in Nuovo Archivio Veneto, n.s., 6, t. xii (1906), pt. ii, no. cxlv, pp. 345-346. Owned by Frederick North, 5th Earl of Guilford, but lacking his armorial bookplate. '334' in pencil in upper left corner of f. i. Purchased, together with Add. 8402, 8403, 8550, 8571, 8686, 8701, 8805, and 8806, from R. H. Evans, 8 Dec. 1830, lot 334 (part).

Paper; ff. 144+ii. 264 x 194mm. Each letter numbered at its beginning with an Arabic number in the left margin. Horizontal catchwords on each leaf. Quarter binding of vellum with marbled paper covers.

Scope & Content:

War: Venice: Rumania GENERAL: Francesco Morosini, Venetian naval commander; doge of Venice 1688: Domenico Mocenigo, Venetian Provveditore and Capitano Generale dell'Armi: Letters rel. to Rumania to Doge Francesco Morosini from Domenico Mocenigo: 1690-1692: Ital: Copies.

Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Project / Collection:
Additional Manuscripts
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032-002029471
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032-002029471
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Record Type (Level):
Fonds
Extent:
1 item
Digitised Content:
Languages:
English
Italian
Scripts:
Latin
Start Date:
1690
End Date:
1692
Date Range:
1690-1692
Era:
CE
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Custodial History:

Robert Harding Evans, bookseller: Purchased from (lot 334, 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
Mocenigo, Domenico, Venetian Provveditore and Capitano Generale dell'Armi
Morosini, Francesco, Venetian naval commander, doge of Venice 1688
North, Frederick, 5th Earl of Guilford, politician and colonial administrator, 1766-1827,
   see also http://isni.org/isni/0000000034584770
Places:
Venice, Italy