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Add MS 8664

Record Id:
032-002029547
Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
032-002029547
MDARK:
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Format:
ISAD(G)
Reference (shelfmark):
Add MS 8664
Title:

CHRONICLES RELATING TO NAPLES; 16th cent. Italian. Copies, mid 17th cent. Armorial bookplate of th Earl of Guilford with shelfmark 'L/16/E' (front pastedown). '242' in pencil in top left corner of front pastedown. Purchased, together with Add. 8662, 8665, 8667, 8668, 8669, 8673, 8677, 8678, 8679, and 8680-8681, from R. H. Evans, 8 Dec. 1830, lot 242 (part).

1. ff. 1-3v. 'Nomi di tutti i Vicerrè di Napoli quali Cominciarono lanno 1505', list of Viceroys in Naples 1505-1630; n.d. Inc. '1505 Consalvo Ernaneds di [C?]asa d'Aghilar'[i.e. Gonzalo Fernández de Córdoba, son of P. Fernández de Aguilar], expl. '1630 ... Il Duca d'Alba andò tanto all'entrata, quanto all'uscita a destro del Cardinale'.

2. ff. 4-26. 'Breve trattato et discreto di quello che succese di bene al Regno di Napoli et a Baroni per l'andata del Magnifico Giovanni Paulo Coraggio per nome et parte di detto Regno mandato alla Corte del Invittissimo Imperadore Carlo quinto, a tempo era luogotenente generale nel Regno il Cardinale Colonna', chronicle of his embassy to Charles V written by Giovanni Paolo Coraggio and adapted from dialect into Italian by Antonino Castaldo; n.d. Inc. '1517 Essendo Vicerre in Sicilia il Duca di Monteleone della Illustrissima famiglia Pignatella', expl. 'ha servito in cosa alcuna hebbe mille ducati'. Printed with similar title by Giovanni Gravier in his Raccolta (Naples, 1769); see British Library copies at 661.k.7, together with art. 3, and 1316.i.17. For Giovanni Paolo Coraggio see F. A. Soria, Memorie storico-critiche degli storici napolitani, t. i (Napoli: Nella Stamperia Simoniana, 1781), pp. 189-190.

3. ff. 26-104v. 'Segue l'Historia di Notaro Antonino Castaldo', chronicle of Naples from 1532 to 1571; [bef. 1590]. Inc. 'Havendo io dopo qualche Consideratione, risoluto nel animo mio di scrivere', expl. 'darò con questa allegrezza fine à questo quarto libro lassiando all'Historici illustri la narratione de' seguito dopoi [sic]'. The chronicle covers events from the appointment as viceroy of Don Pedro Alvarez de Toledo, Marqués de Villafranca, in 1532 to the arrival of Antoine Perrenot de Granvelle as the new viceroy in 1571. It includes accounts of the riots of 1547 against the Spanish attempts to set up an Inquisition Court in Naples and of the battle of Lepanto. The text is divided into four books and includes copies of original royal documents. Several marginal notations. Printed in 1769 in Naples by Giovanni Gravier in his Raccolta, t. vi (see British Library copy at 661.k.7, where printed together with art. 2). For Antonino Castaldo see DBI, xxi, pp. 561-562.

Paper; ff. 104, plus 8 unfoliated blanks after f. 3. Old foliation in ink 1-101 (ff. 4-104). 266 x 205mm. Horizontal catchwords on each page. One Italian hand.

Scope & Content:

Bookplates and Book-stamps: 5th Earl of Guilford (L/16/E): bef. 1828.

Chronicles: Chronicles rel. to Naples: 16th cent.: Ital: Copies.

Naples and Sicily General: Chronicles rel. to: 16th cent.: Ital: Copies.

includes:

  • ff. 4-26 Charles V; Emperor of Germany: Giovanni Paolo Coraggio, of Naples; historian: Pompeo Colonna, Cardinal 1517: Chronicle rel. to Naples by Giovanni Paolo Coraggio: 16th cent.: Ital: Copy.
  • ff. 26-104v Antonino Castaldo, of Naples; notary and chancellor: Chronicle of Naples 1532-1571 by Antonino Castaldo: bef. 1590: Ital: Copy.

Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Project / Collection:
Additional Manuscripts
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Hierarchy Record Ids:
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Hierarchy:
032-002029547
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Record Type (Level):
Fonds
Extent:
1 item
Digitised Content:
Languages:
English
Italian
Scripts:
Latin
Start Date:
1630
End Date:
1670
Date Range:
Mid 17th century
Era:
CE
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Custodial History:

Robert Harding Evans, bookseller: Purchased from (lot 242, 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:
Castaldo, Antonino, of Naples, notary and chancellor
Charles V, Holy Roman Emperor, 1500-1558,
   see also http://isni.org/isni/0000000120965852
Colonna, Pompeo, Cardinal 1517
Coraggio, Giovanni Paolo, of Naples, historian
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