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Add MS 8720

Record Id:

032-002029606

Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:

032-002029606

MDARK:

ark:/81055/vdc_100000000045.0x0000da

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SLARK:

Format:

ISAD(G)

Reference (shelfmark):

Add MS 8720

Title:

TRACT OPPOSING THE ABSOLUTION OF HENRY IV OF FRANCE; circa 1593 -1595. Latin. Copy. Tract relating to King Henri IV of France (1589-1610), his excommunication (Sept. 1585), his conversion to Catholicism (July 1593) and the reluctancy of Pope Clement VIII to absolve the king. The anonymous author strongly opposes granting absolution to the French king. Title (f. 1) 'Responsio canonica ad scriptum nuper editum in causa Henrici Borbonij quo illius fautores persuaderi nituntur Episcopos in Francia iure illum absolveri potuisse ab excomunicatione in casu sedi apostolicæ reservato' [preceded by the note 'vide'], inc. (f. 5) 'Nuper prodijt in lucem scriptum typis impressum sine nomine auctoris cui titulus eis verbis præfixus erat. / Episcopos in Francia iure potuisse absolvere Henricum Borbonium ab excommunicatione in casu sedi Apostolicæ riservato, eis rationibus asseri posse videtur. / Mox auctor universali regula constituta ostendit', expl. (f. 77v) 'Catholicorum invadere bona occupare urbes Ecclesijs adimere libertatem / Finis'. Text preceded by a preface and divided into twenty-two chapters. Contemporary table of contents (ff. 2-4), inc. 'Index Capitum in hac responsione contentorum quibus eiusdem scripti assertiones falsae vel impia aut schismaticæ confutantur / Cap. i. Henrrici Borbonij scelera per omne vitæ tempus fuisse et esse maxima quæ tamen illius cripti [sic] autor ubique fraudulenter substituit'. Old shelfmark '18' and title 'in causa Henrici Borboni' all in ink at top of foredge. Armorial bookplate of 5th Earl of Guilford with shelfmark 'L/16/E' (front pastedown). '119' in pencil in top left corner of front pastedown. Purchased, together with Add. 8718, 8728, and 8729, from R. H. Evans, 8 Dec. 1830, lot 119 (part).

Paper; ff. 77+i, plus two unfoliated interleaved blanks after f. 4. Old foliation in ink 1-76 (ff. 2-77). 269 x 205mm. One Italian hand.

Scope & Content:

Bookplates and Book-stamps: 5th Earl of Guilford (L/16/E): bef. 1828.

Protestants: Tract opposing the absolution of Henry IV of France: circa 1593-1595: Lat: Copy.

Henry IV of France: Tract rel. to his absolution: circa 1593-1595: Lat: Copy.

Collection Area:

Western Manuscripts

Project / Collection:

Additional Manuscripts

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Hierarchy Record Ids:

032-002029606

Is part of:

not applicable

Hierarchy:

032-002029606

Container:

not applicable

Record Type (Level):

Fonds

Extent:

1 item

Digitised Content:

Languages:

English
Latin

Scripts:

Latin

Start Date:

1588

End Date:

1595

Date Range:

c 1593-1595

Era:

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Custodial History:

Robert Harding Evans, bookseller: Purchased from (lot 119, 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:

Evans, Robert Harding, bookseller and auctioneer, 1777-1857
Henry IV, of France
North, Frederick, 5th Earl of Guilford, politician and colonial administrator, 1766-1827,
see also http://isni.org/isni/0000000034584770