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Add MS 8731
- Record Id:
- 032-002029620
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 032-002029620
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100000000045.0x0000df
- LARK:
- SLARK:
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Add MS 8731
- Title:
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CESARE MAGALOTTI: Journal of the nunziatura to France of Cardinal Francesco Barberini; 1633. Italian. Copy. Journal of Cardinal Francesco Barberini, legatus a latere to France of Pope Urban VIII 17 March - 20 Dec. 1625, written by Barberini's secretary Cesare Magalotti. The present MS. was possibly part of a set of two volumes, in which the second volume contained the journal of Barberini's nunziatura to Spain. See the title (f. 1) 'Relatione Diaria De Viaggi di Francia, e di Spagna dell'Eminentissimo e Reverendissimo Signor Cardinale Francesco Barberino quando andò Legato à latere della Santità di Nostro Signore Papa Urbano Ottavo all'una, et all'altra Corona. / Descritta dal Cavalier Magalotti, e dedicata al Medesimo Cardinale.' with later addition '1633'. Letter of dedication, inc. (f. 2) 'Eminentissimo et Reverendissimo Signore e Padrone Colendissimo / Non sara forse discaro à Vostra Eminenza di rivedere le fatiche de suoi viaggi', expl. (f. 2v) 'Di Roma il Primo di Decembre 1633 / ... / Magalotti'. Inc. (f. 3) 'Ho preso à scrivere la Relatione Diaria de viaggi che fece in Francia, et in Spagna', expl. (f. 466v) e li de à pochi giorni cominciò à prepararsi per viaggio di Spagna'. A few notabilia by a later hand, sometimes written on small, slim paper slips pasted onto the inner borders of leaves (ff. 230, 244, 275, 382, 390). Owned by Frederick North, 5th Earl of Guilford, but lacking his armorial bookplate. '390' in pencil in top left corner of front pastedown. Purchased, together with Add. 8699, from R. H. Evans, 8 Dec. 1830, lot 390 (part).
Paper; ff. 466+xx. Horizontal catchwords on each leaf. One Italian hand. 17th-cent. binding of vellum on semi-limp pasteboards.
- Scope & Content:
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Bindings ITALIAN: Full vellum: 1633.
Louis XIII of France: Francesco Barberini, Cardinal 1623: Cesare Magalotti, Secretary to Card. F Barberini: Journal of the nunziatura to France of Card. F. Barberini by Cesare Magalotti: 1633: Ital: Copy.
- Collection Area:
- Western Manuscripts
- Project / Collection:
- Additional Manuscripts
- Hierarchy Tree:
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- Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-002029620
- Is part of:
- not applicable
- Hierarchy:
- 032-002029620
- Container:
- not applicable
- Record Type (Level):
- Fonds
- Extent:
- 1 item
- Digitised Content:
- Languages:
- English
Italian - Scripts:
- Latin
- Start Date:
- 1633
- End Date:
- 1633
- Date Range:
- 1633
- Era:
- CE
- Access:
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- Custodial History:
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Robert Harding Evans, bookseller: Purchased from (lot 390, 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:
- Barberini, Francesco, the elder; Cardinal; Legate in Spain, 1597-1679
Evans, Robert Harding, bookseller and auctioneer, 1777-1857
Louis XIII, of France
Magalotti, Cesare, Secretary to Card F Barberini
North, Frederick, 5th Earl of Guilford, politician and colonial administrator, 1766-1827,
see also http://isni.org/isni/0000000034584770