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Add MS 8641

Record Id:
032-002029522
Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
032-002029522
MDARK:
ark:/81055/vdc_100000000045.0x000093
LARK:
SLARK:
Format:
ISAD(G)
Reference (shelfmark):
Add MS 8641
Title:

CHRONICLE OF THE WAR OF CANDIA IN THE YEARS 1644-1651; 2nd half of 17th cent. Italian. Copy. Imperfect. Anonymous detailed description of Venetian military tactics and actions in the war of Candia against the Turks in 1644-1651, during the dogadi of Francesco Erizzo (1631-1646) and Francesco da Molin (1646-1655) and the reigns of Sultan Ibrahim (r. 1640-1648) and his successor Mehmet IV (1648-1692). Inc. (f. 1) '1. Chi troppo scherza con l'Avaritia', expl. (f. 199) 'et ivi si unì col Capitano delle Navi, che anch'esso segullo à quella parte, doppo haver gettato inutilmente'. The text is divided into seven books. Added title (f. iii) 'Historia di Candia Avanti il Valier', followed by a later note 'Dall'anno 1644. Regnante in Costantinopoli Sultan Ebrair Gran Sig.le Sembra divisa in Libri vii ma l'ultimo non è finito': the added title refers to a similar work in eight books by Andrea Valier, entitled Historia della Guerra di Candia, printed in Venice by Paolo Baglioni in 1679. The MS. is described by Foligno, anno 6, t. xi (1906), pt. i, no. xlii, p. 172. It is also mentioned by Hasluck, p. 203, n. 4. Armorial bookplate of 5th Earl of Guilford with shelfmark 'L/21/A' (front pastedown). '360' in pencil in top left corner of f. i verso. Purchased, together with Add. 8595, 8636, 8637, 8638, and 8642, from R. H. Evans, 8 Dec. 1830, lot 360 (part).

Paper; ff. 199+vi. Missing four leaves after f. 6. Old foliation in ink 1-200 (ff. 1-198), omitting ff. 107-108. 296 x 209mm. Horizontal catchwords on each leaf. One Italian hand, with many corrections by another hand, perhaps the author himself, at the beginning. Late 17th-early 18th cent. binding of vellum, with pastedowns and contiguous flyleaves of decorated paper; edges mottled in brown.

Scope & Content:

Bindings: Full vellum on pasteboards with decorated paper pastedowns and flyleaves: late 17th-early 18th cent.

Bookplates and Book-stamps: 5th Earl of Guilford (L/21/A): bef. 1828.

Military Tactics: War: Venice: Chronicles: Mohammad IV; Sultan of Turkey: Ibrahim; Sultan of Turkey: Greece: Island of Crete: Chronicle of war of Candia 1644-1651: late 17th cent.: Ital: Copy.

Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Project / Collection:
Additional Manuscripts
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Hierarchy Record Ids:
032-002029522
Is part of:
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Hierarchy:
032-002029522
Container:
not applicable
Record Type (Level):
Fonds
Extent:
1 item
Digitised Content:
Languages:
English
Italian
Scripts:
Latin
Start Date:
1650
End Date:
1699
Date Range:
2nd half of the 17th century
Era:
CE
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Custodial History:

Robert Harding Evans, bookseller: Purchased from (lot 360, 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
Ibrahim, of Turkey
Mohammad IV, of Turkey
North, Frederick, 5th Earl of Guilford, politician and colonial administrator, 1766-1827,
   see also http://isni.org/isni/0000000034584770
Places:
Crete, Greece
Greece
Venice, Italy