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PAPAL CONCLAVES, etc.: the Epitome of O. Panvinio's Treatise on Papal elections, together with accounts of Papal conclaves 1271-1559. Latin and Italian. Copies, late 16th-early 17th centt.

1. ff. 2-55. 'Modus eligendi Pontifices ab ellectione Beati Petri usque istis Temporibus.': the epitome of Onofrio Panvinio, 'De Varia Romani Pontificis Creatione, Libri X.'. Beg. 'Ex primo libro. Primus modus electionis summi Pontificis.' Ends 'Pij Papae 4i bulla reformationis Conclavis. Pij Papae V.' See D. A. Perini, Onofrio Panvinio e le sue opere, Rome, 1899, p. 206 sqq. Another copy is in Vat. MS. Urb.Lat.845, f. 8. The complete work is in Munich Cod.Lat. 147-152 and was published at Venice in 1591. A recension of Panvinio's account of the conclave of Julius III appears to be in Add. 33370, ff. 2-129b (see Merkle, pp. xvi-xxiii). Panvinio's Epitome Pontificum Romanorum a S. Petro usque ad Paulum III, printed at Venice in 1557, is Stowe MS. 130.

2.-18. Accounts of Papal conclaves, etc: 1271-1559.

2. ff. 57-66b. Pope Gregory X (elected 1 Sept. 1271). (a) Account of the conclave. Beg. 'Anno Dominicae Nativitatis MCCLXVIII. Clemens Papa Quartus.' Ends 'Sedit autem a die electionis annos quatuor, menses quatuor, et dies decem. Haec ex Regestis Ptolomei Lucensis, Martini Poloni, Theodorici à Niem, Johannis de Columba, et aliorum temporum scriptoribus, qui huius Pontificis vitam evidere, exceptimus,' followed by a note on the promulgation of the decree 'Ubi periculum.' ff. 57-59b; (b) The decree on Papal elections, 'Ubi periculum maius intenditur,' promulgated at the Council of Lyons, 14 July 1274. Printed in C. J. Hefele, Histoire des Conciles, vi, Paris, 1914, pp. 182-186. ff. 59b-66b.

3. ff. 67-121. Pope Nicholas V (elected 6 March 1447). Aeneas Sylvius Piccolomini, afterwards Pope Pius II, 'De morte Eugenii IIII, et coronatione Nicolai V summorum Pontificum Oratio', delivered before the Emperor Frederic III, and printed in Muratori, Milan edn., iii, pt.ii, 1734, col. 878-893. Beg. 'Cupere te Princeps Serenissime que nostra in legatione.' Ends 'et ad suscipiendam coronam Imperij iter habebis apertum. Dixi,', followed by notes on Piccolomini. The account of Nicholas V's election in Conclavi, pp. 29-37, is derived from Piccolomini's account, see also Add. MSS. 8413, f. 27, 8414, f. 24 and 8417, f. 94.

4. ff. 122-124b. Pope Calixtus III (elected 8 April 1455). Beg. 'Sederat Nicolaus Quintus in Beati Petri solio.' Ends 'ac legatos in Galliam, et Ungariam ad congregandos exercitus direxit.' From the Commentaries of Piccolomini, printed in Pii Secundi Pontificis Maximi Commentarii, Frankfort, 1614, pp. 24, 25. Italian version in Add. MSS. 8412, f. 63, 8414, f. 32 and 8417, f. 111 and printed in Conclavi, pp. 39-43. See also Add. 8413, f. 38.

5. ff. 126-145b. Pope Pius II (elected 19 Aug. 1458). Beg. 'Post obitum Calisti Papae tertii, dum eius novendalia celebrarentur.' Ends 'Europae formidabiles erant. Ita Pius secundus Commentariorum libro primo.' The final portion is the fact from Book II of the Commentaries, see ibid., pp. 30-33. Italian versions in Add. MSS. 8412, f. 69, 8414, f. 36, 8416, f. 60 (imperfect) and 8417, f. 120; printed in Conclavi, pp. 45-58.

6. ff. 146-159b. Pope Paul II (elected 30 Aug. 1464). (a) Account of the conclave. Beg. 'Septima die post obitum Pij secundi.' Ends 'et bono animo esse imperavit,' followed by a list of the Cardinals at the election. From the continuation of Pius II's 'Commentaries' by Cardinal Jacopo Piccolomini-Ammanati. The present account differs somewhat from that printed in Pii secundi . . . Commentarii, op. cit., pp. 367-368. ff. 146-148b; (b) The Election Capitulation of the conclave of 1464. See further ibid., pp. 371, 372, where a shortened version is printed. ff. 148b-159b.

7. ff. 162-309. Pope Innocent VIII (elected 29 Aug. 1484). Beg. 'Feria quinta xii mensis Augusti inter horam quartam et quintam noctis.' Ends 'quo felicis recordationis Syxtus Papa Quartus in huiusmodi habitu equitare solebat.' From the 'Diary' of J. Burchard, printed in Muratori, Città di Castello edn. xxxii, pt.i, 1913, pp. 13-84. Also in Add. 8417, f. 169. Italian versions (not including the ceremonies of the coronation, etc.) in Add. MSS. 8413, f. 58 and 8417, f. 153.

8. ff. 310-324b. Pope Alexander VI (elected 11 Aug. 1492). Beg. 'Diuturno affectus morbo, indisque ingravescente.' Ends 'propter maledicentiam Auctoris in Pontificem Alexandrum imperfectum relinquimus. (al. man.) Quod est male factum.' From the Historia nova Alexandri VI ab Innocentii VIII obitu by the Milanese notary Michele Ferno, published without title, place or year, ff. 6b sqq. (see L. Hain, Repertorium bibliographicum, i, 2, Stuttgart, 1827, p. 365, n.6978). For another copy see Add. 48154, art. 8. Italian translations in Add. MSS. 8413, f. 69 and 8414, f. 56. Another Italian version, less close to the original, is in Add. MSS. 8412, f. 94 and 8417,

f. 249, and printed in Conclavi, pp. 73-76.

9. ff. 327-386b. Pope Pius III (elected 22 Sept. 1503). (a) Account of the conclave. Beg. 'Sabbato die xii Augusti in mane Papa se sensit male habere.' Ends 'ad castrum praefatum per illius Portam.' From Burchard's 'Diary' (Muratori, op. cit., pp. 351-393.). Also in Add. MSS. 48154, art. 8 and 8412, f. 98. Italian version in Add. 8417,

f. 254 and printed in Conclavi, pp. 77-84. Another Italian version in Add. MSS. 8413, f. 80 and 8414, f. 61. ff. 327-370b; (b) The Election Capitulation of the conclave of 1503. 'Capitula que Pius Papa Tertium electus in Papam et in Conclavi existens promisit, iuravit, et vovit cum solemni iuramento', 21 Sept. 1503. ff. 372-386b.

10. ff. 389-418. Pope Julius II (elected 1 Nov. 1503). Beg. 'Die Martis XVII Octobris Papa in mane fuit communicatus.' Ends 'dati annuli, et tituli fuerunt. R.P.D. Joannes Bruchardus Episcopus Ortanus auctor huius Ceremonialis obijt die xvi Maij MDV.' (sic, correctly 1506). From Burchard's 'Diary' (printed, Muratori, op. cit., pp. 393-499). Also in Add. MSS. 48154, art. 4 and 8412, f. 107. Italian versions in Add. MSS. 8413, f. 87, 8416, f. 89 and 8417, f. 305, and printed in Conclavi, pp. 85-94. Another Italian version in Add. 8414, f. 67.

11. ff. 419-423. Pope Leo X (elected 11 March 1513). (a) Account of the conclave. Beg. 'Cardinales peractis exequiis defuncti Pontificis.' Ends 'Mendices, et Sancti Petri ad Vincula quatuor.' For another account of the conclave see below: Add. 48074, art. 6. ff. 419-

421b; (b) Grant to and privileges of conclavists. 'Concession facta conclavistis' and 'Privilegia et facultates conclavistarum'. ff. 421b-423.

12. ff. 425-433. Pope Adrian VI (elected 9 Jan. 1522). Beg. 'Rome die Dominica prima Decembris, nocte sequenti obiit Leo Decimus.' Ends 'et factum fuit convivium in Aula Innocentii Octavi.' Printed in C. Burmann, Hadrianus VI, Utrecht, 1727, pp. 144-150. Italian version in Add. 48074, art. 7; also in Add. MSS. 6901, f. 53, 8412, f. 123, 8414, f. 81, 8416, f. 49 and 8417, f. 371, and printed in Conclavi, pp. 103-108. The Italian version in Add. 8413, f. 106, seems to be a closer translation than the other just mentioned. Earlier foliation 1-10 on ff. 425-434.

13. ff. 435-515. Pope Clement VII (elected 19 Nov. 1523). Beg. 'Scripturus quae memoratu digna Romae.' Ends 'et iis commemorandis Vacemus.' Also in Venice Bibl. Marciana MS. Lat.ix, xxxii, f. 40. An Italian version by Alberto Machiavelli is in Add. 8417, f. 348b. For another account of the conclave see Add. 48074, art. 8.

14. ff. 517-592. Pope Julius III (elected 7 Feb. 1550). (a) Letter from the Emperor Charles V to the Sacred College after the death of Pope Paul III; Brussels, 20 Nov. 1549. Printed in K. Lanz, Correspondenz des Kaiser Karl V, ii, Leipzig, 1845, pp. 639, 640. ff. 517-519b; (b) Account of the conclave, by Sebastiano Gualterio, conclavist to Cardinal Alessandro Farnese, and Bishop of Viterbo 1551. Beg. 'Pasulo iii Pontifice Maximo iiii Idus Novembris extincto.' Ends 'ac Julius Tertius desumpto ad libitum nomine nuncupatur.' Also in Add. 8417, f. 423. On Gualterio and his account of the conclave see Merkle, op. cit., pp. xxx-xxxv, and for further accounts, Add. 48072, art. 2. ff. 521-592.

15. ff. 593-620. Pope Pius IV (elected 25 Dec. 1559). See Müller. 'Acta Interregni Quatuor Mensium Dierum Septem A Morte Paul IIII Pontificis Maximi Ad Pii IIII Pontificatum Ab Antonio Guido Iurisconsulto conscripta Anno Post Christum Natum M.D.LX.' Beg. 'Ad XV calendas septembris cum Pauli iiii Pontificis Maximi morbus ingravescrere.' Also in Add. 6901, f. 27 and printed in Merkle, pp. 603-632. An Italian version is in Add. 8418, f. 119. Guido was possibly conclavist to Cardinal Ercole Gonzaga in the election of Pius IV, and in 1574 became Bishop of Trau in Dalmatia.

16. ff. 621-632. Pope Clement V (elected 5 June 1305). Beg. 'In questo Conclave furono quasi li medesimi Cardinali.' Ends 'e nel distretto con danno universale.' Also in Add. MSS. 48074, art. 5, 8412, f. 48, 8414, f. 2 and 8413, f. 1, and a printed version in Conclavi, pp. 1-6.

17. ff. 635-636. Pope Sixtus IV (elected 10 Aug. 1471). Beg. 'Anno Domini M.CCCC.lxxi. Vigesma octava mensis Julii, Moritur obitu repentino Paulus secundus'. Ends 'quod nomen antea ipse habebat nolens mutari.' Also in Add. MSS. 8412, f. 86 and 8414, f. 49. Italian version in Add. MSS. 8416, f. 11 and 8417, f. 149, and printed in Conclavi, pp. 63, 64. The Italian version in Add. 8413, f. 56 seems to be a closer translation.

18. ff. 638-642. Pope Paul III (elected 13 Oct. 1534). Beg. 'Fu papa Clemente vii creato doppo cinquanta giorni di conclave.' Ends 'segno evidente d'un allegro, et felicissima governo.' Also in Add. MSS. 48074, art. 9, 8412, f. 152, 8413, f. 129, 8414, f. 89, 8416, f. 111, 8417, f. 401 and 28464, f. 20; printed in Conclavi, pp. 117-122.

Paper; ff. 643. 17th-cent. foliation. Quarto. Late XVI-early XVII centt. Art. 1 in same hand as Add. 48072, artt. 3-4. Vellum binding. Contents list, front cover, in the same hand as occurs on Add. MSS. 48068-48069, 48072, f. 1, etc.: artt. 16-18 added to the original contents list. Further contents list on spine in a different hand. Numbered '19' on the back cover, '79' on spine.

Elizabeth I of England: Papers of R. Beale, Clerk of the Council: 16th cent.

Robert Beale, Clerk to the Privy Council: Correspondence and papers.

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f. 2 Onofrio Panvinio, historian and archaeologist: `Modus eligendi Pontifices': 16th cent: Lat.
ff. 2-55 Rome; Court of; and Popes, Bishops of. General: O. Panvinio, `Modus eligendi Pontifices': 16th cent: Lat.
f. 57 Gregory X; Pope: Account of conclave for election of: 1271: Lat: Copy, 16th cent.
f. 59b Law CANON: Decree on Papal elections: 1274: Lat: Copy, 16th cent.
f. 59b Gregory X; Pope: Decree on Papal elections, 1274: 16th cent: Lat.
ff. 67-121 Pius II; Pope: On the death of Pope Eugenius IV and the coronation of Pope Nicholas V by: 1447: Lat: Copy, 16th cent.
ff. 67-121 Nicholas V; Pope: On the death of Pope Eugenius IV and the coronation of Pope Nicholas V, by A. S. Piccolomini: 1447: Lat: Copy 16th cent.
ff. 122-124b Pius II; Pope: Account of conclave for election of Calixtus III: 1455: Lat: Copy, 16th cent.
ff. 122-124b Calixtus III; Pope: Account of conclave for election of, by A. S. Piccolomini: 1455: Lat: Copy, 16th cent.
ff. 126-145b Pius II; Pope: Account of conclave for his election as Pope: 1458: Lat: Copy, 16th cent.
ff. 146-148b Paul II; Pope: Account of conclave for the election of, by Card. J. Piccolomini-Ammanati: 1464: Lat: Copy, 16th cent.
ff. 146-159b Jacopo Piccolomini-Ammanati, Cardinal: Account of conclave in 1464 for the election of Pope Paul II: 16th cent: Lat.
ff. 148b-159b Paul II; Pope: Election capitulation of the conclave of: 1464: Lat: Copy, 16th c ent.
f. 162 Johannes Burchard, Papal Master of Ceremonies; Bishop of Orta and Cività Castellana: Account of conclave for election of Pope Innocent VIII, 1484: 16th cent: Lat.
ff. 162-309 Innocent VIII; Pope: Account of conclave for election of, by J. Burchard: 1484: Lat: Copy, 16th cent.
ff. 310-324b Alexander VI; Pope: Account of conclave for election of, by M. Ferno: 1492: Lat: Copy, 16th cent.
ff. 310-324b Michele Ferno, Milanese notary: Account of conclave for election of Pope Alexander VI: 1492: Lat: Copies, 16th-17th centt.
f. 327 Johannes Burchard, Papal Master of Ceremonies; Bishop of Orta and Cività Castellana: Account of conclave for election of Pope Pius III, 1503: 16th cent: Lat.
ff. 327-370b Pius III; Pope: Account of conclave for election of, by J. Burchard: 1503: Lat: Copies, 16th-17th cent.
ff. 372-386b Pius III; Pope: Election Capitulation of conclave of: 1503: Lat: Copy, 16th cent.
f. 389 Johannes Burchard, Papal Master of Ceremonies; Bishop of Orta and Cività Castellana: Account of conclave for election of Pope Julius II, 1503: 16th cent: Lat.
ff. 389-418 Julius II; Pope: Account of conclave for election of, by J. Burchard: 1503: Lat: Copies, 16th-17th centt.
ff. 419-421b Leo X; Pope: Accounts of conclave for election of: 1513: Lat. and Ital: Copies, 16th-17th centt.
f. 425 Adrian VI; Pope: Account of conclave for election of, 1522: 16th cent: Lat.
ff. 435-515 Clement VII; Pope: Accounts of conclave for election of: 1523: Lat. and Ital: Copies, 16th-17th centt.
f. 517 Charles V; Emperor of Germany: Letter to the Sacred College after the death of Pope Paul III: 1549: Lat: Copy.
ff. 517-519b Julius III; Pope: Letter from the Emperor to the Sacred College after the death of Pope Paul III: 1549: Lat: Copy, 16th cent.
f. 521 Sebastiano Gualterio, Bishop of Viterbo: Account of conclave for election of Pope Julius III: 1550: Lat: Copy, 16th cent.
ff. 521-592 Julius III; Pope: Account of conclave for election of, by S. Gualterio: 1550: Lat: Copy, 16th cent.
f. 593 Antonio Guidi, Bishop of Traú 1574: Account of conclave for election of Pope Pius IV: 1560: Lat: Copy, 16th cent.
ff. 593-620 Pius IV; Pope: Account by A. Guido of conclave for election of: 1560: Lat: Copy, 16th cent.
ff. 621-632 Clement V; Pope: Account of conclave for election of: 1305: Ital: Copies, 16th-17th centt.
ff. 635-636 Sixtus IV; Pope: Account of conclave for election of: 1471: Lat: Copy, 16th cent.
ff. 638-642 Paul III; Pope: Account of conclave for election of: 1534: Ital: Copies, 16th-17th centt.

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