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- 040-002029265
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- 032-002029263
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- ark:/81055/vdc_100000001516.0x00028e
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Relazioni of Rome; vol. ii; 1660-1702.
Paper; ff. 509, plus one unfoliated blank after ff. 211, 420, 445. Composite volume: arts. 4, 5, 6, 8 marked respectively with initials 'U', 'U', 'R', 'J' in black ink in upper right corner of first leaves. Modern foliation '1-508' (followed here), including blank leaf '198', repeating no. 344. Fragments from two sets of old foliation and one old pagination: '109-198' (ff. 109-198), '35-69' (ff. 327-360), and old pagination '612-663' (ff. 421-445 and following blank). 274 x 200mm. Horizontal catchwords on each leaf. Several Italian hands.
Contents as follows:
1. ff. 1-108v. 'Relatione della Corte di Roma del Ambasciator Veneto riseduto nel Pontificato di Alesandro VII'; circa 1660. Inc. (f. 2) 'Io sono a pagare il tributo dovuto'. Another copy in Add. 16518, ff. 252-317. The relazione, believed to be by Angelo Correr, is possibly spurious: see Barozzi - Berchet, s. iii, v. ii (Venice, 1878), p. 196. It was published as Relatione della Corte di Roma del Cavalier Corraro, con aggiunta in Li tesori ..., op.cit., pp. 193-408.
2. ff. 109-197. 'Relatione di Giovanni Delfini Cavaliere e Procuratore di S. Marco Ambasciatore della signoria di Venetia a Papa Clemente VIII fatta in Senato al suo ritorno l'anno 1597 / Il quale Delfini fu dall'istesso Papa Clemente VIII creato Cardinale nella Pentecoste dell'anno 1004'; [1598]. Inc. 'Serenissimo Principe / Illustrissimi ... Signori / Dovendo secondar l'uso di questo governo riferire alla Serenità Vostra'. Other copies in Add. 8355 (art. 3, ff. 69-89), 16518 (ff. 4-45v), 48121 (Yelverton MS. 136; art. 10, ff. 181-250). Published by Albèri, s. ii, vol. 4 (Florence, 1857), pp. 448-504. Old foliation '109-198'.
3. ff. 199-211. 'Relatione della Corte di Roma del Duca di Caulne, Ambasciatore del Re di Francia appresso la Santità di Clemente IX'; [1668-1669]. Inc. (f. 200) 'Per obbedire a i supremi cenni di Vostra Maestà di darle in scritto il ragionamento'. Another copy with slightly different text in Add. 22914 (art. 6, ff. 164-179v).
4. ff. 212-326. 'Relatione di Roma del Signor Cavaliere Antonio Grimani Ambasciatore Veneto a Clemente Nono'; [1671]. Inc. 'Eccomi Serenissimo Principe apparecchiato a pagar il solito tributo di riverenza'. Other copies in Add. 8405, 10157, 16518 (ff. 364-410v). Published as Relatione della Corte di Roma del Grimani in Li tesori ..., op.cit., pp. 411-544; the text differs from the relazione published by Barozzi - Berchet, s. iii, v. ii (Venice, 1878), pp. 345-370. Marked 'U' in upper right corner of first leaf.
5. ff. 327-360v. 'Relatione della Corte di Roma fatta al Duca di Savoia l'anno 1670 dal Conte Beglior di Lucerna suo Ambasciatore straordinario di ubbidienza a Clemente X, et in essa si discorre delle qualità del Papa, parenti, ministri, cardinali adherenze e molte altre cose solite a riferirsi da Ambasciatori'; 1670. Inc. 'Mentre andavo proseguendo il filo de negotiati'. Old foliation '35-69'. Marked 'U' in upper right corner of first leaf.
6. ff. 361-420. [Pietro Mocenigo], Relazione of Rome, with note 'Clemente X / 1678' in upper left corner of f. 361; [1676]. Inc. 'Quanto mi riesca grave il rapresentare a Vostra Serenità lo stato della Corte di Roma laberinto del mondo'. Other copies in Add. 10158, 10167, 16518 (ff. 411-437: attributed to N. Barbaro and dated 1675), 16520 (ff. 32-86v). Published by Barozzi - Berchet, s. iii, v. ii (Venice, 1878), pp. 371-403. Marked 'R' in upper right corner of first leaf.
7. ff. 421-445. 'Relazione della Corte di Roma dell'Eccellentissimo Signor Cavaliere Pietro Mocenigo Ambasciatore ordinario della Serenissima Republica di Venezia appresso al Sommo Pontefice'; [1676]. Inc. (f. 422) 'Serenissimo Prencipe / Quanto mi riesca grave il rapresentare a Vostra Serenità lo stato della Corte di Roma laberinto del mondo'. Another copy of the text in art. 6. Old pagination '612-663'.
8. ff. 446-508. 'Relatione della Corte di Roma del Cavaliere Nicolò Erizzo Ambasciator Veneto nel Pontificato di Clemente XI'; 1702. Inc. 'La città di Roma nata all'imperio del mondo', expl. 'pubblica grazia / Li 29 ottobre 1702'. Other copies in Add. 10161 and Lansdowne 779. Marked 'J' in upper right corner of first leaf.
Bindings ITALIAN: Guilford bindings: bef. 1828.
Bookplates and Book-stamps: Frederick North, later 5th Earl of Guilford (L/17/E) and (L/18/E): bef. 1817.
Rome; Court of; and Popes, Bishops of. General: Relazioni of Rome: 1535-1702: Ital: Copies.
includes:
- ff. 1-108v Alexander VII; Pope: Domenico Contarini; Doge of Venice: Angelo Correr, Venetian ambassador: Relazione of Rome, possibly spurious, by Angelo Correr: 1660: Ital: Copy.
- ff. 93-134 bis Pius V; Pope: Pius IV; Pope: Paolo Tiepolo, Venetian Ambassador: Pietro Loredan; Doge of Venice: Relazione of Rome by Paolo Tiepolo: 1569: Ital: Copy.
- ff. 109-197 Clement VIII; Pope: Giovanni Dolfin, Venetian ambassador to Rome: Marino Grimani; Doge of Venice: Relazione of Rome by Giovanni Dolfin: 1598: Ital: Copy.
- ff. 199-211 Louis XIV of France: Clement IX; Pope: Charles d' Albert d'Ailly, Duc de Chaulnes; French Ambassador to Rome: Relazione of Rome by Charles d' Albert d'Ailly: 1668, 1669: Ital: Copy.
- ff. 212-326 Clement X; Pope: Domenico Contarini; Doge of Venice: Clement IX; Pope: Antonio Grimani, Venetian Ambassador: Relazione of Rome by Antonio Grimani: 1671: Ital: Copy.
- ff. 327-360v Clement X; Pope: Charles Emmanuel II; Duke of Savoy: Giovanni Battista Bigliore di Lucerna, Ambassador of Savoy at Rome: Relazione of Rome by Giovanni Battista Bigliore di Lucerna: 1670: Ital: Copy.
- ff. 361-420, 421-445 Clement X; Pope: Pietro Mocenigo, Venetian Ambassador at Rome 1672: Nicolò Sagredo; Doge of Venice: Relazione of Rome by Pietro Mocenigo: 1676: Ital: Copy.
- ff. 446-508 Clement XI; Pope: Alvise II Mocenigo; Doge of Venice: Nicolò Erizzo, Venetian Ambassador: Relazione of Rome by Nicolò Erizzo: 1702: Ital: Copy.
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- Western Manuscripts
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040-002029265 - Is part of:
- Add MS 8398-8399 : RELAZIONI of Rome; 1535-1702.
Add MS 8399 : Relazioni of Rome; vol. ii; 1660-1702.Paper; ff. 509, plus one unfoliated blank after ff. 211, 420, 445. Composite volume: arts. 4, 5,… - Hierarchy:
- 032-002029263[0002]/040-002029265
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- Languages:
- English
Italian - Scripts:
- Latin
- Start Date:
- 1660
- End Date:
- 1702
- Date Range:
- 1660-1702
- Era:
- CE
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Robert Harding Evans, bookseller: Purchased from (lot 87, part), 8 Dec. 1830.
- Material Type:
- Archives and Manuscripts
- Legal Status:
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- Names:
- Alexander VII, Pope
Alvise II Mocenigo, Doge of Venice
Bigliore di Lucerna, Giovanni Battista, Ambassador of Savoy at Rome
Charles Emmanuel II, of Savoy
Clement IX, Pope
Clement VIII, Pope
Clement X, Pope
Clement XI, Pope
Contarini, Domenico, 104th Doge of Venice, politician, 1585-1675
Correr, Angelo, Venetian ambassador
Dolfin, Giovanni, cardinal, politician and diplomat, 1545-1622
Erizzo, Nicolò, senator and ambassador, 1655-1709
Evans, Robert Harding, bookseller and auctioneer, 1777-1857
General Court of Rome
Grimani, Antonio, of Venice, politician and diplomat, 1622-1699
Louis XIV, King of France, 1638-1715
Marino Grimani, Doge of Venice
Mocenigo, Pietro, Venetian Ambassador at Rome 1672
Nicolò Sagredo, Doge of Venice
Pietro Loredan, Doge of Venice
Pius IV, Pope
Pius V, Pope, 1504-1572
Tiepolo, Paolo, Venetian Ambassador
d'Ailly, Charles, soldier and diplomat, 1625-1698