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Add MS 8650

Record Id:
032-002029531
Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
032-002029531
MDARK:
ark:/81055/vdc_100000000045.0x00009c
LARK:
SLARK:
Format:
ISAD(G)
Reference (shelfmark):
Add MS 8650
Title:

RELAZIONE OF CONSTANTINOPLE; 17th cent. Italian. Imperfect. Description of the Sultan's Palace and life in the Seraglio followed by a brief account of religious customs of Turkish people. Inc. (f. 2) '...ancora. Questa è posta nel piano d'un Cortile in Isola', expl. (f. 115) 'si come tutto ho detto ancora di sopra in altro luogo / Il Fine'. A brief note follows (f. 115v) in which the author asks for two quiet months after such a long journey, inc. 'Haverei altre cose a dirvi ... augurandovi ogni bene posciate desiderare dal Cielo. State Sani. / Devotissimo ... Servo / G. F. B. / Il Fine'. Engraved architectural frontispiece with putti, ox skull and mask (f. 1). The MS. is described by Foligno, anno 8, t. xv (1908), pt. i, no. cciii, p. 217. Owned by Frederick North, 5th Earl of Guilford, but lacking his armorial bookplate. '174' in pencil in top left corner of f. 1. Purchased, together with Add. 8644, 8647, 8648, and 8655, from R. H. Evans, 8 Dec. 1830, lot 174 (part).

Paper; ff. 114, plus 3 unfoliated blanks after f. 1. Missing two leaves at beginning. Old foliation in ink 3-115 (ff. 2-114). 210 x 158mm. Horizontal catchwords on each leaf. Ink marks throughout, which may indicate a possible use as the exemplar for a printed edition of the text.

Scope & Content:

Turkey; General: City of Constantinople: Venice: G. F. B: Relazione of Constantinople by G. F. B.: 17th cent.: Ital: Imperfect.

includes:

  • f. 1 Art. Engravings, etc: Architectural frontispiece: 17th cent.: Ital.

Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Project / Collection:
Additional Manuscripts
Hierarchy Tree:
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Hierarchy Record Ids:
032-002029531
Is part of:
not applicable
Hierarchy:
032-002029531
Container:
not applicable
Record Type (Level):
Fonds
Extent:
1 item
Digitised Content:
Languages:
English
Italian
Scripts:
Latin
Start Date:
1600
End Date:
1699
Date Range:
17th century
Era:
CE
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User Conditions:
Custodial History:

Robert Harding Evans, bookseller: Purchased from (lot 174, 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
G. F. B.
North, Frederick, 5th Earl of Guilford, politician and colonial administrator, 1766-1827,
   see also http://isni.org/isni/0000000034584770
Places:
Constantinople, Europe/Asia
Turkey, Middle East, Asia
Venice, Italy