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Add MS 8625

Record Id:

032-002029506

Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:

032-002029506

MDARK:

ark:/81055/vdc_100000000045.0x000083

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Format:

ISAD(G)

Reference (shelfmark):

Add MS 8625

Title:

DESPATCHES TO FRANCESCO MOROSINI FROM THE MOREA; 1690-1693. Italian. Copies, 18th-cent. Despatches sent to Doge Francesco Morosini (1688-1694) relating to the war in the Morea between 18 Dec. 1690 (date of second despatch from Corfu, f. 5) and 9 June 1693. The author was possibly Domenico Mocenigo, the Venetian Capitano General da Mar before the Republic obliged him to resign and gave the appointment to the Doge himself in May 1693 (see the proposal of the siege of Canea on ff. 160-165, and despatch on ff. 300-302 relating to the resignation of the author from his appointment and addressed to the 'Serenissimo Prencipe Capitano Generale Moresini ... Romania li 9 Giugno 1693'). Inc. (f. 1) 'Serenissimo Prencipe / Vostra Signoria stabilise con sollecitudine in breve giro di tempo l'occorrenze della mia partenza', expl. (f. 309) 'e che il Serraschier sia passato da Larissa a Zittussi per di là trasferirsi a Tebe, et ivi formar il suo campo. Grazie / Romania 9 Giugno 1693'. The MS. is described by Foligno, anno 6, t. xii (1906), pt. ii, no. cxxxiii, p. 335. Owned by Frederick North, 5th Earl of Guilford, but lacking his armorial bookplate. '62' in pencil in top left corner of f. 1. Purchased, together with Add. 8672, from R. H. Evans, 8 Dec. 1830, lot 62 (part).

Paper; ff. 314+x. Modern foliation in pencil 1-309 (followed here), repeating nos. 71-75. 284 x 202mm. 19th-cent. quarter binding of vellum with marbled paper covers.

Scope & Content:

Military Tactics: Francesco Morosini, Venetian naval commander; doge of Venice 1688: Domenico Mocenigo, Venetian Provveditore and Capitano Generale dell'Armi: Peloponnese: Greece: Despatches from Morea to Francesco Morosini by (?) Domenico Mocenigo: 1690-1693: Ital: Copies.

Collection Area:

Western Manuscripts

Project / Collection:

Additional Manuscripts

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Hierarchy Record Ids:

032-002029506

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not applicable

Hierarchy:

032-002029506

Container:

not applicable

Record Type (Level):

Fonds

Extent:

1 item

Digitised Content:

Languages:

English
Italian

Scripts:

Latin

Start Date:

1700

End Date:

1799

Date Range:

18th century

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Custodial History:

Robert Harding Evans, bookseller: Purchased from (lot 62, 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:

Greece
Peloponnese, Greece