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Add MS 8702

Record Id:
032-002029588
Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
032-002029588
MDARK:
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ISAD(G)
Reference (shelfmark):
Add MS 8702
Title:

COLLECTION OF INSTRUCTIONS TO THE SPANISH AMBASSADOR IN ROME; mid 17th cent. Italian and Spanish. Copies. The MS. is described in Gayangos, I, p. 840. Owned by Frederick North, 5th Earl of Guilford, but lacking his armorial bookplate. '392' in pencil in upper right corner of front pastedown and '10' in brown ink in lower left corner of front pastedown. Purchased, together with Add. 8675, 8732, 8763 and 8777, from R.H. Evans, 10 Dec. 1830, lot 392 (part).

1. ff. 2-19v. 'Instruttione all Ambasciatore Cattolico in Roma Circa il modo di negotiare per il buon servicio de correnti affari in questa corte', treatise on diplomacy sent to the Spanish Ambassador in Rome; circa 1640. Inc. 'Si come vostra Eccelenza ha in questa corte di Roma da trattare diversi negotiatione con diversi persone'.

2. ff. 22-40v. 'Instrutione Data dal Conte Duca d'Olivares al Marchese de los Veles Destinato Ambasciatore alla Corti di Roma', instructions from Gaspar de Guzmán, Conde-duque de Olivares to Pedro Fajardo de Zuñiga y Requeséns, Marqués de los Vélez y de Molina, appointed Ambassador in Rome; n.d. Inc. 'La stima, che il Ré Cattolico mio S[igno]re fa' della persona di V.S. et il concetto'.

3. ff. 42-60. 'Instruzzione Lasciata dal Conte d'Ognate alli Ambasciatore che assisteranno nella Corte di Roma per la Maesta Cattolica et Il modo con che devono esercitar La Loro Ambasceria', instructions from Iñigo Veléz de Guevara y Tassis, Conde de Oñate to the Spanish Ambassador; circa 1648-1653. Inc. 'Si come vostra Eccelenza ha in questa corte di Roma da trattare diversi negotiatione con diversi persone'. The text is the same as that in art. 1, ff. 2-19v.

4. ff. 62-113v. 'Relacion de la Embaxada de Roma, y Instrucion al embaxador', account of court ceremonials in Rome and instructions to the Spanish Ambassador; n.d. Inc. 'Parte el Embaxador de la Corte de España y en llegando à Genova avisa al que esta en Roma quando partirà para que se prevenga'.

Paper; ff. 113 + ii. Old foliation in ink '1-108' (ff. 2-113), omitting blank ff. 20-21, 41, 61. 259 x 197mm. Horizontal catchwords on almost every page, some (ff. 42-60) lost due to cropping. Four 17th-cent. hands. Watermark of a star similar to Heawood 3880 (Italy, 1672). 17th-cent. binding of full vellum on pasteboards.

Scope & Content:

Philip IV of Spain: Court of Rome: Instructions for Spanish ambassadors in Rome: 1640-1653: Ital and Span: Copy.

Bindings SPANISH: Full vellum on pasteboards: mid 17th cent.

includes:

  • ff. 22-40v Gaspar de Guzman, Conde de Olivares: Pedro Fajardo Zúñiga y Requesens, 5th Marqués de Los Vélez; Spanish Ambassador: Instructions to Pedro Fajardo Zúñiga y Requesens from Gaspar de Guzman: circa 1641: Span: Copy.
  • ff. 42-60 Iñigo Vélez de Guevara, Count of Oñate: Instructions from Iñigo Vélez de Guevara: circa 1653: Span: Copy.

Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Project / Collection:
Additional Manuscripts
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Hierarchy Record Ids:
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Hierarchy:
032-002029588
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Record Type (Level):
Fonds
Extent:
1 item
Digitised Content:
Languages:
English
Italian
Spanish
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 392, part), 10 Dec. 1830.

Frederick North, 5th Earl of Guilford: Owned, bef. 1828.

Material Type:
Archives and Manuscripts
Legal Status:
Not Public Record(s)
Names:
Court of Rome
Evans, Robert Harding, bookseller and auctioneer, 1777-1857
Fajardo Zúñiga y Requesens, Pedro, 5th Marqués de Los Vélez, Spanish Ambassador, 1602-1647
Guevara, Iñigo Vélez de, Count of Oñate
North, Frederick, 5th Earl of Guilford, politician and colonial administrator, 1766-1827,
   see also http://isni.org/isni/0000000034584770
Philip IV, of Spain, 1605-1665
Pimentel, Gaspar, 1st Duke of Sanlúcar, called the Count-Duke of Olivares, statesman and royal favourite, 1587-1645