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Add MS 8602

Record Id:
032-002029479
Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
032-002029479
MDARK:
ark:/81055/vdc_100000000045.0x000073
LARK:
SLARK:
Format:
ISAD(G)
Reference (shelfmark):
Add MS 8602
Title:

History of Vicenza to 1200; 18th cent. Italian and Latin. Imperfect. This anonymous chronicle begins with the foundation of the town in 1710 B.C. and ends with a treaty of peace between Vicenza and Padua in 1200. The text is divided into ten books and includes copies of ancient inscriptions and documents. Inc. (f. 1) 'Libro primo / dell'Historia di Vicenza / Pare, che ciascuno per certo natural' istinto sia inclinato ad'amare la propria patria', expl. (f. 279) 'sperando per mezo di questa pace pigliare alquanto di ristoro'. The MS is described by C. Foligno, ‘Codici di materia veneta nelle biblioteche inglesi’, in Nuovo Archivio Veneto, n.s., 6, xi (1906), pt. ii, no. lxix, p. 169, and listed in Palma di Cesnola, no. 330, p. 23. Marginal notabilia and additions to the text. References to pages of another MS. or book throughout and some staining of typographic ink may indicate the possible use of the present MS. as the exemplar for a printed edition. Old shelfmark in pencil 'B.1.' (f. i verso, top centre), identical to the one in Add. 8636, possibly from the Calergi collection. Armorial bookplate of 5th Earl of Guilford, with shelfmark L/17/C (top left corner of bookplate). '648' in pencil in upper left corner of front pastedown. Purchased, together with Add. 8503, 8505, 8562, 8577, 8584, 8585 and 8587, from R. H. Evans, 8 Dec. 1830, lot 648 (part).

Paper; ff. 281, plus one blank after f. 149. Four leaves missing (ff. 46, 104, 130, and one leaf after f. 137). The removal of f. 104 is signalled by a marginal note in Greek '((((((' in lower right corner of f. 103v. Contemporary Arabic foliation in ink divided into two sets, 1-134 (repeating nos. 72-75, followed here), and 1-132 (ff. 135-264). Modern pencil foliation 135-279 (followed here), continuing the first set of original foliation and omitting the blank after f. 149. 325 x 216mm. Occasional signatures in Arabic numbers in upper left corner of the first leaf of each gathering. Horizontal catchwords on each leaf. Two alternating Italian hands. Large portion of f. 10 cut away. Quarter binding of vellum with marbled paper covers.

Scope & Content:

Vicenza, Italy: Chronicles: Chronicle of Vicenza to the year 1200: 18th cent.: Ital. and Lat.

Bookplates and Book-stamps: 5th Earl of Guilford (L/17/C): bef. 1828.

includes:

  • ff. 33v, 41v-65v, 72, 74, 73bis, 77v-80v Antiquities: Copies of inscriptions rel. to Vicenza: 18th cent.: Lat: Copies.

Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Project / Collection:
Additional Manuscripts
Hierarchy Tree:
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Hierarchy Record Ids:
032-002029479
Is part of:
not applicable
Hierarchy:
032-002029479
Container:
not applicable
Record Type (Level):
Fonds
Extent:
1 item
Digitised Content:
Languages:
English
Italian
Latin
Scripts:
Latin
Start Date:
1700
End Date:
1799
Date Range:
18th century
Era:
CE
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User Conditions:
Custodial History:

Robert Harding Evans, bookseller: Purchased from (lot 648, 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
North, Frederick, 5th Earl of Guilford, politician and colonial administrator, 1766-1827,
   see also http://isni.org/isni/0000000034584770
Places:
Vicenza, Italy