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Record Id:
032-002029570
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032-002029570
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Add MS 8686
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RELAZIONI TO THE VENETIAN SENATE; 16th cent. Italian. Copies. Three relazioni to the Venetian Senate from Vincenzo Querini, Venetian Oratore or Extraordinary Ambassador to Philip of Burgundy, Andrea Querini, possibly one of the Stimadori or appraisers of the Venetian Arsenal, and Nicolò Soranzo, Provveditore generale d'armata or commissioner of the fleet. Table of contents (f. 1) by a later hand. Owned by Frederick North, 5th Earl of Guilford, but lacking his armorial bookplate. Purchased from R. H. Evans, 8 Dec. 1830, lot no. undetected.

1. ff. 1-32v. 'Relatione di Filippo Primo di Austria Re di Castiglia, e suoi Stati. di Vincenzo Quirino Ambasciatore Veneto l'anno 1504'; [1506]. Inc. 'Niuna cosa Serenissimo Prencipe, Padri, e Signori miei Eccellentissimi è di maggior giovamento', expl. 'che maggior premio di qualche mia fatica non potria riccevere'. Published in two sections by Albèri: (a) ff. 1-18v in Albèri , s. i, v. i (Florence, 1839), pp. 1-30; (b) ff. 18v-32v (rel. to Portugal and its trade in the colonies) as Relazione delle Indie Orientali di Vincenzo Quirini 1506 in Albèri, Appendice, (Florence, 1863), pp. 3-19. Querini's dispatches relevant to this appointment, dated 27 Feb. 1505-24 Aug. 1506, are published from Venice, Bibl. Marciana, MS. It. VII, 1129 (7452) in C. R. von Höfler, 'Depeschen des venetianischen Botschafters bei Erzherzog Philipp, Herzog von Burgund, König von Leon, Castilien, Granada, Dr. Vincenzo Quirino 1505-1506' in Archiv fur österreichische Geschichte, 66 (1885), pp. 45-256.

2. ff. 33-39. 'Relazione dell'Arsenale di Venetia scritta da Andrea Quirini alla Repubblica'; n.d. Inc. 'Stimando Jo Andrea Quirini fu di Messer Lauro uno de Patroni suoi nella Casa dell'Arsenale', expl. 'mi sarà sempre caro potermi adoperare anco con la propria vita'.

3. ff. 40-126. 'Relazione di Nicolò Soranzo Proveditore generale dell'Armata Veneta'; n.d. Inc. 'Poichè, Serenissimo Prencipe, Illustrissimi ed Eccellentissimi Signori con l'aiuto del Signore Iddio', expl. 'nella buona gratia della quale, e delle Signorie Vostre Eccellentissime mi raccomando'.

Paper; ff. 126+viii, plus three interleaved unfoliated blanks after ff. 1, 32, 40. Old foliation in ink 1-124 (ff. 2-126), excluding blanks and repeating no. 63. 298 x 211mm. One Italian hand. Horizontal catchwords on each leaf.

Scope & Content:

Venice: Relazioni to the Venetian Senate: 16th cent.: Ital: Copy.

includes:

  • ff. 1-32v Portugal General: Spain, General: Venice: Vincenzo Querini, Venetian Ambassador: Philip, Archduke of Austria; son of Maximilian I: Relazione of Spain and Portugal by Vincenzo Querini: [1506]: Ital: Copy.
  • ff. 1-32v Philip IV; Duke of Burgundy: Portugal General: West Inches: Venice: Vincenzo Querini, Venetian Ambassador: Relazione by Vincenzo Querini rel. to Burgundy: 1506: Ital: Copy.
  • ff. 33-39 Venice: Ship-building: Andrea Querini, of Venice: Relazione of the Venetian Arsenal by Andrea Querini: 16th cent.: Ital: Copy.
  • ff. 40-126 Venice: Nicolò Soranzo, Venetian Provveditore Generale dell'Armata: Relazione by Nicolò Soranzo: 16th cent.: Ital: Copy.

Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Project / Collection:
Additional Manuscripts
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Record Type (Level):
Fonds
Extent:
1 item
Digitised Content:
Languages:
English
Italian
Scripts:
Latin
Start Date:
1500
End Date:
1599
Date Range:
16th century
Era:
CE
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Custodial History:

Robert Harding Evans, bookseller: Purchased from, 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
North, Frederick, 5th Earl of Guilford, politician and colonial administrator, 1766-1827,
   see also http://isni.org/isni/0000000034584770
Philip IV, Duke of Burgundy
Philip, Archduke of Austria, son of Maximilian I
Querini, Andrea, of Venice
Querini, Vincenzo, Venetian Ambassador
Soranzo, Nicolò, Venetian Provveditore Generale dell'Armata
Places:
Spain, Europe
Venice, Italy
West Indies, America