Add MS 28463

PAPERS relating to Papal conclaves, chiefly to those from 1590 to 1605, consisting of notes and discourses on the manner of conducting them, copies of letters to the Duke of Sessa and others, etc., in Latin, Spanish, and Italian. Among them are:-

1. "Discorso sopra li Car[dina]li Papabili," by - Tritonio, secretary to Cardinal [Vincenzo Laureo, Bishop) of] Mondovi; July, 1589, f. i.

2. "De praxibus et usibus Regii Pretorii Hispaniarum: quonam pacto bullæ Coenæ Domini non adversantur;" addressed to the Duke of Sessa by F. Joseph Brancha, of Syracuse, by order of [Simeon Talliavia de Aragon] Cardinal of Terranova [ob. 1604], f. 9.

3. Notes, discourses, etc., on the form and manner of conclaves, the rules of voting, etc., ff. 15, 28, 30, 40, 42-54, 60, 141, 151.

4. Copy of the bull of Clement [VIII.] respecting conclaves, beginning "Omuipotens ille," f. 19.

5. Letter of Pedro Ximenes de Murillo to Monsignor Peña; 31 Aug. [1590?]. Span. f. 41.

6. Information respecting the probable voting at the conclave on the death of Gregory XIII.; 15 Aug. 1584. Ital. f. 79.

7. Copies of letters of Philip II. of Spain and the Emperor Rudolph II. to the cardinals; 5 Dec., 8 Oct. 1590; followed by the replies of the cardinals. Span. and Lat. ff. 87, 92.

8. Letters of Cardinal [Alessandro Peretti de] Montealto to the Duke of Sessa; Rome, 20 May, 5 Aug. 1605. Ital. Signed; with seals. ff. 101, 105.

9. Letter of Don Juan de Idiaquez to the Duke of Sessa; Madrid, 11 July, 1600. Span. f. 111.

10. "Acta in conclavi post obitum Innocentii viiij," [l592], by Sebastian Strinone; 2 Feb. 1594, f. 119.

11. "Memoria de lo que se ofrece acordar al S^r Card^l [Juan] de Mend[oç]a en las materias deste conclave a 27 Otubre 1591" [at which Innocent IX. was elected], ff. 131, 161.

12. "Relatione del Card^l [Luigi] Madruzo del conclave di Papa Clemente VIII.;" [30 Jan. 1592], f. 170.

13. "Relatione del conclave fatto doppo la morte di Leone XI.;" [1605], f. 178.

14. Lists of cardinals and notes of their votes, etc., at the election of Gregory XIV., principally with reference to the wishes of the King of Spain; [1590], f. 202.

15. Plans of the conclaves at the deaths of Sixtus V. (1590), Urban VII.

(1590), Gregory XIV. (1591), Innocent IX. (1592), and Clement VIII. (1605), consisting of etchings shewing the arrangement of the cardinals' cells, and the various officials, etc., f. 233.

16. View of the procession of Pope Paul V. to St. John Lateran, 6 Nov. 1605, f. 240.

17. Copy of a brief of Clement VIII. "sobre el caso sucedido en casa del Cardinal Farnese;" 23 Sept. 1604. Lat. f. 251.

18. Account of the cardinals in 1604, chiefly with regard to their probable votes. Ital. f. 259. Paper. Folio.

Antonio Fernandez de Cardona y Cordova, Duke of Sessa; Soma and Baena, Spanish Ambassador at Rome: Papers touching Papal conclaves, etc.: 16th cent.

Court of Rome: Papers relating, to conclaves: 1590-1605.

includes:

• f. 1 Tritonio, Secretary to Card Mondovi: Discorso sopra li Cardinali Papabili: 1589.
• f. 1 Sixtus V; Pope: Discorso sopra li Cardinali Papabili, by Card. Mondovi's secretary: 1589.
• f. 9 Simon Tagliavia de Aragon, Cardinal of Terranova: De praxibus et usibus Regii Pretorii Hispaniarum, written by his order: circ. 1600.
• f. 9 Fr Joseph Brancha, of Syracuse: De praxibus et usibus Regii Pretorii Hispaniarum: circ. 1600.
• f. 19 Clement VIII; Pope: Bull respecting conclaves: n.d.: Lat.: Copy.
• f. 41 Pedro Ximenes de Murillo: Letter to Monsignor Pefla: 1590.: Span.
• ff. 87, 92 Philip II of Spain: Correspondence with the Cardinals at Rome: 1590.: Copies.
• ff. 87, 92 Rudolph II; Emperor of Germany: Correspondence with the Cardinals at Rome: 1590.: Span. and Lat.: Copies.
• ff. 101, 105 Alessandro Poretti de Montealto, Cardinal: Letters to the Duke of Sessa: 1605.: Ital.
• f. 111 Juan de Idiaquez, Spanish Ambassador at Genoa, and Secretary of State: Letter to the Duke of Sessa: 1600.: Span.
• f. 119 Sebastian Strinone: Acta in conclavi post obitum Innocentii IX.: 1594.
• ff. 131, 161 Juan de Mendoza, Cardinal: Proceeding at the election of Innocent IX.: 1591.: Span.: Copies.
• ff. 131, 161 Innocent IX; Pope: Papers on his election: 1591.
• f. 170 Luigi Madruzzi, Bishop of Trent, afterwards Cardinal: Relatione del conclave di Clemente VIII.: 1592.
• f. 170 Clement VIII; Pope: Relatione del conclave di: 1592.
• f. 178 Leo XI; Pope: Account of the conclave held on his death: 1605.
• f. 202 Gregory XIV; Pope: Votes of Cardinals at his election: 1590.
• f. 233 Sixtus V; Pope: Plans of conclaves at the deaths of him and following Popes: 1590 - 1605.
• f. 240 Paul V; Pope: View of his procession to the Lateran: 1605.
• f. 251 Clement VIII; Pope: Brief relating to Card. Farnese: 1604.: Lat.
• f. 251 Odoardo Farnese, Cardinal: Brief of Clement VIII. concerning: 1604.: Lat.
• f. 259 Clement VIII; Pope: Voting of the cardinals in the event of his death: 1604.: Ital.