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Add MS 8642

Record Id:
032-002029523
Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
032-002029523
MDARK:
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ISAD(G)
Reference (shelfmark):
Add MS 8642
Title:

PAPERS RELATING TO THE WAR OF CANDIA; 1667-1669. Italian. Copy. Imperfect. A collection of diaries reporting the Venetian military actions in Crete from 22 May 1667 to 14 April 1669. The MS. is described (with incorrect shelfmark 8652) by Foligno, anno 6, t. xi (1906), pt. i, no. xlviii, p. 176. It is also mentioned by Hasluck, p. 203, n. 4. Armorial bookplate of 5th Earl of Guilford with shelfmark 'L/20/C' (front pastedown). '360' in pencil in top right corner of armorial bookplate. Purchased, together with Add. 8595, 8636, 8637, 8638, and 8641, from R. H. Evans, 8 Dec. 1830, lot 360 (part).

Paper; ff. 248+iii, plus one unfoliated blank after ff. 175 and 187. Composite volume. Missing at least one leaf after f. 138. Modern foliation in pencil breaking at f. 67. Old foliation in ink at centre of lower margin 1-248 (followed here). circa 312 x 222mm. Horizontal catchwords on each leaf. Several Italian hands. Late 17th cent. binding of vellum with pastedowns and contiguous flyleaves of decorated paper, possibly added later.

1. ff. 1-138v. 'Diario della Piazza di Candia'; 1667. Inc. 'Candia 22 Maggio 1667 Dalli 22 Maggio sin hoggi non è cosa particularità di rilievo, che meriti attentione ... xi settembre domenica [1667]...'. Imperfect at end. Another copy of the text in Venice, Bibl. Marciana, It. MS. VII, 2182 (8779), continues up to 1 May 1668.

2. ff. 139-175. Diary of Candia; 1668. Inc. '[4 ottobre 1668 Giovedì] Le prove maggiori del proprio coraggio ... 13 novembre Martedì [1668 ]...'. Imperfect at beginning.

3. ff. 176-181. 'Diario di Candia dalli 6 sino alli 17 settembre 1668'; 1668. Inc. 'Vedendo l'Eccellentissimo Signor Proveditor Generale Cornaro insieme con l'Eccellentissimo Generale Mosic S. Andrea ch'il Nemico s'andava avvicinando'.

4. ff. 182-187v. '1668 / Diario di Candia di 12 Agosto sino 21 ditto'. Inc. '12 Domenica notte capitorono tre Galere in Porto'.

5. ff. 188-196. 'Viaggio per L'Inconferenze del Golfo di Venetia Quarnier Coste di Dalmatia, e Golfo di Ludrine sin'al Zante / Diretto sotto il Comando dell'Illustrissimo et Eccellentissimo Signore Girolamo Battaglia Proveditore Straordinario dell'Armi in Regno'; 1668. Inc. 'Nelle premure Si grandi dell'affari così importanti delle Angustie di si funesta guerra ... li 7 Settembre 1668'.

6. ff. 197-216v. '1668 / Diario di Candia di 14 luglio sino à 12 Agosto'; 1668. Inc. 'Sabbato notte l'Inimico ingrosso il suo alloggio'.

7. ff. 217-234v. 'Relatione distinta dello Stato de Posti attaccati della Piazza di Candia / Con suoi pareri di difesa, e altri discorsi militari sino il giorno ultimo Genaro / 1669'; 1669. Inc. (f. 218) 'Doppo li 24 Maggio 1667 S.N. i Turchi principiarono questo terzo attacco'.

8. ff. 235-248v. 'Candia 20 Marzo 1669'; 1669. Inc. 'Mercordì osservatosi dall'Eccellentissimo Signor Proveditor Generale Cornaro, che al piede della Breccia ... 14 [Aprile 1669] Domenica...'.

Scope & Content:

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

Bookplates and Book-stamps: 5th Earl of Guilford: bef. 1828.

Military Tactics: War: Venice: Mohammad IV; Sultan of Turkey: Ibrahim; Sultan of Turkey: Greece: Island of Crete: Papers rel. to war of Candia 1667-1669: late 17th cent.: Ital: Copy.

Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Project / Collection:
Additional Manuscripts
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Hierarchy Record Ids:
032-002029523
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Hierarchy:
032-002029523
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Record Type (Level):
Fonds
Extent:
1 item
Digitised Content:
Languages:
English
Italian
Scripts:
Latin
Start Date:
1667
End Date:
1669
Date Range:
1667-1669
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