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Record Id:
032-002029590
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Add MS 8704
Title:

SAVO MELLINI: Dispatches to Cardinals Altieri and Cibo, together with accounts of expenses; 1675-1678, 1685. Italian. Partly copies. A collection of dispatches and accounts of Savo Mellini, the papal nuncio to Spain from 30 Sept. 1675 to 8 Oct. 1685. The dispatches date 2 Oct. 1675 - 3 Feb. 1678. The are addressed to Cardinal Paluzzo Altieri, nephew of Pope Clement X (d. 22 July 1676) and acting as his prime minister, and to Cardinal Alderano Cibo, Secretary of State and Prime Minister of Pope Innocent XI (el. 21 Sept. 1676). They are copied in this letter-book probably from archival copies, and followed (ff. 628-692v) by original drafts of expenses accounts for Jan.-Oct. 1685. Title (f. 1) 'Minute di Lettere al Signor Cardinale Altieri. Dalli 2 Ottobre 1675 sino al 29 Maggio 1677', added by a later hand. Owned by Frederick North, 5th Earl of Guilford, but lacking his armorial bookplate. '586' in pencil in top of f. 1. Purchased from R. H. Evans, 8 Dec. 1830, lot 586 (part).

Contents as follows:

1. ff. 1-302. Dispatches to Cardinal Altieri; 2 Oct. 1675 - 5 Aug. 1676. Inc. (f. 2v) 'All'Eminentissimo Signor Cardinale Altieri 2 Ottobre 1675 Madrid / Prima di giungere à Saragoza m'accorsi', expl. 'Madrid 5 Agosto 1676 ... e d'introdurla anche ne gli altri suoi Colleghi, con che à Vostra Eccellenza Inchino'. Including (f. 26) the fragment of an autograph letter to Cardinal Altieri.

2. ff. 302-627. 'Registri di Lettere scritte alla Segreteria di Stato nel Pontificato d'Innocenzo XImo: già Cardinale Benedetto Odescalchi, creato Pontefice ai 22 di Settembre 1676 / Al Signor Cardinale Cybo eletto primo Ministro, e Segretario di Stato di Sua Santità', dispatches to Cardinal Cibo; 14 Oct. 1676-3 Feb. 1678. Inc. 'Madrid 14 ottobre 1676 / Da che intrapresi i Maneggi di questo Ministero sotto ', expl. 'Madrid 3 febbraio 1678 ... perche gli venga promessa la riconciliazione con la Sede Apostolica'.

3. ff. 628-692v. Original expenses accounts of the nunziatura of Spain; 2 Jan. 1685 - 6 Oct. 1685. Including (ff. 634, 643) two original alms receits, and a summary (f. 644) of expenses for the years 1675-1680.

Paper; ff. 693+iii, plus one unfoliated blank after ff. 1, 644, 651, 659, and 665, 10 unfoliated blanks after f. 365, and other 5 after f. 627. Modern foliation in pencil 1-692 (followed here), repeating no. 303. Old pagination in ink 1-304 (ff. 2v-155), omitting f. 26, omitting no. 87, repeating no. 239. 308 x 208mm. Several Italian hands.

Scope & Content:

Accounts: Clement X; Pope: Charles II of Spain: Innocent XI; Pope: Savio Millini, Nuncio to Spain; Cardinal 1681; Archbishop of Orvieto: Dispatches and expenses accounts of Savio Millini: 1675-1685: Ital: Partly copies.

includes:

  • ff. 1-302 Paluzzo Paluzzi Altieri degli Albertoni, Cardinal 1664; Cardinal Nephew of Clement X: Dispatches from S. Mellini: 1675-1676: Ital: Copies.
  • ff. 302-627 Alderano Cibo, Cardinal 1645; Secretary of State 1676: Dispatches from S. Mellini: 1676-1678: Ital: Copies.

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:
1675
End Date:
1685
Date Range:
1675-1685
Era:
CE
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Custodial History:

Robert Harding Evans, bookseller: Purchased from (lot 586, 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:
Charles II, of Spain, 1661-1700
Cibo, Alderano, Cardinal 1645, Secretary of State 1676
Clement X, Pope
Evans, Robert Harding, bookseller and auctioneer, 1777-1857
Innocent XI, Pope
Millini, Savio, Nuncio to Spain, Cardinal 1681, Archbishop of Orvieto
North, Frederick, 5th Earl of Guilford, politician and colonial administrator, 1766-1827,
   see also http://isni.org/isni/0000000034584770
Paluzzi Altieri degli Albertoni, Paluzzo, Cardinal 1664, Cardinal Nephew of Clement X