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Add MS 8717

Record Id:
032-002029603
Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
032-002029603
MDARK:
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ISAD(G)
Reference (shelfmark):
Add MS 8717
Title:

FARNESE CORRESPONDENCE RELATING TO FRANCE; 1539-1540. Italian. Copies. Correspondence of Cardinal Alessandro Farnese (1520-1589), nephew of Pope Paul III Farnese (1534-1549), containing dispatches relating to his legation as legatus a latere to France (24 Nov. 1539-5 June 1540), and to the state of affairs between the Holy See, Emperor Charles V and Francis I of France. The authors 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 ecclesiastic and lay figures. For another copy of arts. 2, 4-6 see Add. 8716, arts. 1-4. The MS. is entitled (f. 1) 'Lettere della Legatone [sic] di Farnese all'Imperatore, et al Rè di Francia 1539'. Decorated frontispiece (f. 2) and decorative headings with cadels throughout. Old shelfmark '340' in ink in the fifth spine compartment. Identifiable with Mattei MS. no. 340 in Guilford's catalogue Add. 8220, f. 20, where listed together with MS. no. 339, identifiable with Add. 8716. 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, 8716, 8764, and 38162, from R. H. Evans, 8 Dec. 1830, lot 378 (part).

Contents as follows:

1. ff. 2-10. 'Memoriale, et ricordo da scrivere', instructions to Cardinal Farnese appointed Cardinal-Legate to France; [24 Nov. 1539]. Inc. (f. 3) 'Monsignor Reverendissimo Legato, deve andar dritto a trovar il Rè'.

2. ff. 11, 15-171. '1539 Dicembre / Registro di Lettere di Farnese Legato', dispatches of Alessandro Farnese; 11 Dec. 1539-18 Apr. 1540. Prologue (f. 11) 'Nel 1539 del mese d'Ottobre il Signor Cardinale Farnese fu mandato legato al Re di Francia' (giving the dates of Farnese and Cervini legations), inc. (f. 15) '39. Da Ratisbona Brianzon Al Cardinale di Santa Fiore Alli ii Decembre / Havendo scritto questa mattina a due hore havanti giorno'

3. ff. 11v-14v. 'Discorso del Reverendissimo Cardinale di Carpi sopra il passar dell'Imperatore per Francia', instructions offered by Rodolfo Pio di Carpi to Cardinal Farnese; [1540]. Inc. 'Discorrendo sopra il passar dell'Imperatore per Francia'. See Letters and Papers, Foreign and Domestic, of the reign of Henry VIII, ed. Brewer - Gairdner - Brodie, vol. xv (London, 1896), pp. 42-43, no. 134.

4. ff. 171-216. Dispatches of Marcello Cervini; 2 Jul.-17 Sept. 1540. Inc. 'All'Vescovo di Modina Alli 2 di Luglio 1540 / Nell'Allegata mia di 24; vedrà quanto li potei dire fin all'hora'.

5. ff. 216v-275, 292-331v. Dispatches of Guido Ascanio Sforza and others; 3 Dec. 1539-28 Apr. 1540. Inc. 'Dal Reverendissimo Cardinale Camorlengo Alli 3 di decembre / Questa sera trovandoci alla magliana'. Including dispatches of Filiberto Ferrerio and others.

6. ff. 275-292. Dispatches of Filiberto Ferrerio; 5 Dec. 1539-23 Apr. 1540. Inc. '39.40. Del Nuntio di Francia alli 5 di decembre. Al Cardinale Farnese riccevuta in Lione alli 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. 291v-292) a dispatch from Giovanni Poggio, dated 21 Feb. 1540.

Paper; ff. 331+xx. 302 x 217mm. One Italian calligraphic hand. 16th-cent. binding of vellum.

Scope & Content:

Bindings ITALIAN: Full vellum: 16th cent.

Francis I of France: Charles V; Emperor of Germany: Correspondence of Card. A. Farnese rel. to: 1539-1540: Ital: Copies.

Paul III; Pope: Correspondence of Card. A. Farnese rel. to France: 1539-1540: Ital: Copies.

Alessandro Farnese, Cardinal: Correspondence rel. to France: 1539-1540: Ital: Copies.

includes:

  • ff. 11v-14v Rodolpho Pio, di Carpi; Cardinal 1536: Instructions to Card. A. Farnese from Rodolpho Pio: [1540]: Ital: Copy.
  • ff. 171-216 Marcello Cervini degli Spannochi, Bishop of Nicastro; Cardinal 1539; future Pope Marcellus II: Dispatches to Card. A. Farnese: 1539-1540: Ital: Copies.
  • ff. 216v-275, 292-331v passim Guido Ascanio Sforza, Count of Santa Fiora; Cardinal 1535; Papal Chamberlain: Dispatches to Card. A. Farnese: 1539-1540: Ital: Copies.
  • ff. 275-292 Filiberto Ferrerio, Bishop of Ivrea: Dispatches to Card. A. Farnese: 1539-1540: 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:
1539
End Date:
1540
Date Range:
1539-1540
Era:
CE
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Custodial History:

Mattei Library: Owned (MS. 340), 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:
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
Pio, Rodolfo, da Carpi, Cardinal 1536, 1500-1564
Sforza, Guido Ascanio, Count of Santa Fiora, Cardinal 1535, Papal Chamberlain