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Add MS 8716

Record Id:
032-002029602
Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
032-002029602
MDARK:
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ISAD(G)
Reference (shelfmark):
Add MS 8716
Title:

FARNESE CORRESPONDENCE RELATING TO FRANCE AND PORTUGAL; 1539-1540, 1560-1564. Italian. Copies, partly in cipher. Correspondence of Cardinal Alessandro Farnese (1520-1589), nephew of Pope Paul III Farnese (1534-1549), relating to France and Portugal. Arts. 1-4 contain dispatches relating to Cardinal Farnese's legation as legatus a latere to France (24 Nov. 1539-5 June 1540), and the state of affairs between the Holy See, Emperor Charles V and Francis I of France . The authors of the dispatches are Cardinals Farnese, Marcello Cervini, legate a latere to the emperor (12 May-15 Oct. 1540), Guido Ascanio Sforza, the Cardinal Camerlengo, Filiberto Ferrerio, papal nuncio to France (June 1537-Dec. 1540), Giovanni Poggio, papal nuncio to the emperor (Dec. 1536-Mar. 1541), and other prominent ecclesiastical and lay figures. With headings to the dispatches in the left margins (ff. 1-282). For another copy of these arts. see Add. 8717, arts. 2, 4-6. Art. 5 contains dispatches relating to Portugal and Spain from Cardinal Farnese to Prospero Publicola Santacroce, nuncio to Portugal 6 July 1560-10 May 1561, and Giovanni Campeggi, nuncio to Portugal 10 May 1561-1563. Old shelfmark '339' in ink in the fifth spine compartment and note in pencil 'Tom I 339' (f. ii). Identifiable with Mattei MS. no. 339 in Guilford's catalogue Add. 8220, f. 20, where listed together with MS. no. 340, identifiable with Add. 8717. Owned by Frederick North, 5th Earl of Guilford, but lacking his armorial bookplate. '378' in pencil in top left corner of front pastedown. Purchased, together with Add. 8715, 8717, 8764, and 38162, from R. H. Evans, 8 Dec. 1830, lot 378 (part).

Contents as follows:

1. ff. 1v-146v. Dispatches of Alessandro Farnese; 11 Dec. 1539-18 Apr. 1540. Prologue (f. 1v) 'Nel 1539 del mese di dicembre il Cardinal Farnese fù mandato Legato al Rè di Francia' (giving the dates of Farnese and Cervini legations), inc. (f. 2) '39. Da Branzon Al Cardinale Santa Fiore di xi di dicembre / Havendo scritto questa matina due hore avanti giorno'.

2. ff. 147-184v. Dispatches of Marcello Cervini; 2 Jul.-17 Sept. 1540. Inc. '40 Al Vescovo di Modena li 2 Luglio / Nella alligata mia de 24 vederà quanto li potei dire fin allhora'.

3. ff. 185-233v, 249-282. Dispatches of Guido Ascanio Sforza and others; 3 Dec. 1539-28 Apr. 1540. Inc. 'Decembre / 39 / Del Cardinale Camerlengo li 3 dicembre / Questa sera trovandoci alla Magliana'. Including dispatches of Filiberto Ferrerio and others.

4. ff. 234-248v. Dispatches of Filiberto Ferrerio; 5 Dec. 1539-23 Apr. 1540. Inc. '39.40. Del Nuntio di Francia 5 di dicembre. Al Cardinale Farnese ricevuta in Lione à 16. / Mandai dal Reverendissimo di Loreno', expl. 'Il fine delle lettere del Nuntio di Francia, et una del Nuntio Poggio, che è l'ultima'. Including (ff. 248-248v) a dispatch from Giovanni Poggio, dated 21 Feb. 1540.

5. ff. 283-294. '1560 / 1561 / 1562 / Registro del Vescovo Santa Croce Nuntio in Portugallo, e del Vescovo di Bologna suo successore', Dispatches of Alessandro Farnese to Prospero Publicola Santacroce and Giovanni Campeggi; 21 Nov. 1560-7 Oct. 1564. Inc. (f. 284) 'Al Vescovo Santa Croce Nuntio in Portugallo / xxi di Novembre 1560' / Molto Reverendo Signor come fratello in Cristo. Son molti giorni e settimane ancora'.

Paper; ff. 294+iii, plus two interleaved unfoliated blanks after f. 184, and three after f. 282. 292 x 212mm. Two Italian hands. 16th-cent. binding of vellum.

Scope & Content:

Bindings ITALIAN: Full vellum: late 16th cent.

Alessandro Farnese, Cardinal: Correspondence rel. to France and Portugal: 1539-1540, 1560-1564: Ital: Copies.

includes:

  • ff. 1v-282 Paul III; Pope: Correspondence of Card. A. Farnese rel. to France: 1539-1540: Ital: Copies.
  • ff. 1v-282 Francis I of France: Charles V; Emperor of Germany: Correspondence of Card. A. Farnese rel. to: 1539-1540: Ital: Copies.
  • ff. 147-184v Marcello Cervini degli Spannochi, Bishop of Nicastro; Cardinal 1539; future Pope Marcellus II: Dispatches to Card. A. Farnese: 1540: Ital: Copies.
  • ff. 185-233v, 249-282 Guido Ascanio Sforza, Count of Santa Fiora; Cardinal 1535; Papal Chamberlain: Dispatches to Card. A. Farnese: 1539-1540: Ital: Copies.
  • ff. 232-248v Filiberto Ferrerio, Bishop of Ivrea: Dispatches to Card. A. Farnese: 1539-1540: Ital: Copies.
  • ff. 283-287, 293-294 Prospero Santacroce Publicola, Bishop of Kisamos; Cardinal 1563: Dispatches from Card. A. Farnese: 1560-1564: Ital: Copies.
  • ff. 283-294 Sebastian of Portugal: Dispatches of Card. A. Farnese rel. to: 1560-1564: Ital: Copies.
  • ff. 283-294 Pius IV; Pope: Dispatches of Card. A. Farnese to the nuntios of Portugal: 1560-1564: Ital: Copies.
  • ff. 288-293 Giovanni Campeggi, Bishop of Bologna: Dispatches from Card. A. Farnese: 1561-1562: Ital: Copies.

Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
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Additional Manuscripts
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Record Type (Level):
Fonds
Extent:
1 item
Digitised Content:
Languages:
English
Italian
Scripts:
Latin
Start Date:
1539
End Date:
1564
Date Range:
1539-1564
Era:
CE
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Custodial History:

Mattei Library: Owned (MS. 339), late 18th cent.

Robert Harding Evans, bookseller: Purchased from (lot 378, 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:
Campeggi, Giovanni, Bishop of Bologna
Cervini degli Spannochi, Marcello, Bishop of Nicastro, Cardinal 1539, future Pope Marcellus II
Charles V, Holy Roman Emperor, 1500-1558,
   see also http://isni.org/isni/0000000120965852
Evans, Robert Harding, bookseller and auctioneer, 1777-1857
Farnese, Alessandro, cardinal and diplomat, 1520-1589
Ferrerio, Filiberto, Bishop of Ivrea, 1500-1549
Francis I, of France
Mattei Library
North, Frederick, 5th Earl of Guilford, politician and colonial administrator, 1766-1827,
   see also http://isni.org/isni/0000000034584770
Paul III, Pope, 1468-1549
Pius IV, Pope
Santacroce Publicola, Prospero, Bishop of Kisamos, Cardinal 1563
Sebastian, of Portugal
Sforza, Guido Ascanio, Count of Santa Fiora, Cardinal 1535, Papal Chamberlain