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CARAFA LETTER-BOOKS. VOL. I. Letters and dispatches from Cardinals Francesco and Antonio Barberini and others, and letter of instructions from Cardinal Magalotti; 1624-1625. Italian, Latin and Spanish. Signed, partly copies. Title (f. 1) 'Lettere de gl'illustrissimi e reverendissimi SS. Cardinali Antonio di S. Onofrio e Francesco Barberini scritte a Monsignor Pierluigi Carafa Vescovo di Tricarico, e Nunzio Appostolico con facoltà di Legato a Latere al Tratto del Reno, e alla Germania inferiore dalli 2 di marzo 1624 fino alli 27 di settembre 1625'. Old table of contents (ff. 395-399v) by a later hand. Old shelfmark in ink 'X/v/15' in top centre of first old front flyleaf (f. i). '526' in pencil in top right corner of same flyleaf (f. i). Contents as follows: —
1. ff. 2-251v, 294-295v, 318-319v. Dispatches from Cardinal Francesco Barberini; 2 Mar. 1624 - 11 July 1625. Signed. Italian. Inc. 'Molt'Illustre e Molto Reverendo Signor, come fratello. / Il buon servitio di Vostra Signoria in cotesto mio Governo ... Roma 2 marzo 1624 / Come fratello affezionatissimo / Il Card. Barberino', expl. (f. 318) 'la sua solita diligenza, della quale desidero la continuazione ... Di Fontanablò a xi di luglio 1625 / Di Vostra Signoria / Come fratello affezionatissimo / Il Cardinale Barberino'. Dispatches for the year 1624 on ff. 2-169v, for the year 1625 on ff. 170-319v, including (ff. 294-295v, 318-319v) two dispatches from France, respectively dated 24 May and 11 July 1625 (see Nuntiaturberichte, op.cit., vol. 1, pp. 1-176 passim, omitting the two dispatches from France). Including original attachments, among which: - (1) ff. 23-35v, copies of papers regarding the diocese of Liegi and of letters from the Emperor Ferdinand II to King Louis XIII of France and King Philip IV of Spain, and from the French Ambassador to the Electors, Italian, Latin and Spanish, Jan.-May 1624; - (2) ff. 224-226v, copy of an anonymous relazione on the progress of the French army in Valtellina, before 15 Feb. 1625. With Francesco Barberini's papered seal, passim.
2. ff. 8-22. 'Instruzione a Vostra Signoria Monsignor il Vescovo di Tricarico, destinato da Nostro Signore suo Nunzio residente in Colonia', original instructions to Carafa from Cardinal Lorenzo Magalotti, also signed by Cardinal Francesco Barberini; 26 June 1624. Signed. Italian. Inc. 'Le temerità de ribelli di Dio', expl. 'essendo ella abbondantemente dotata di prudenza e di cristiana virtù ... Sua Benedizione l'accompagna ... cuore. Roma 26 giugno 1624. / Il Cardinal Barberino / Il Cardinal Magalotti' (see Nuntiaturberichte, op.cit., vol. 1, pp. 1-32, with reproduction of f. 22 on p. LXXI). With Barberini's papered seal.
3. ff. 68-69v. Letter from Cardinal Millini; 7 June 1624. Autograph. Italian. Inc. 'Molto Illustre et Reverendissimo Signore / Essendosi atteso questi giorni', expl. 'ove stimerà essere di bisogno ... Roma li 7 di giugno 1624. / Di Vostra Signoria / Affettuosissimo per servirla / Il Cardinal Millino'. With Millini's papered seal.
4. ff. 154-155. Letter from Nicolò Guidi del Bagno; 29 Dec. 1624. Autograph. Italian. Inc. 'Illustrissimo ... osservandissimo / Havendo il Marchese di Covre con cinque milia fanti', expl. 'con la corona di Francia ... Morbegno li 20 dicembre 1624. / Di Illustrissimo ... Servitore / Nicola Guidi Bagno'.
5. ff. 252-293v, 296-317v, 320-394. Dispatches from Cardinal Antonio Barberini; 19 March - 27 Sept. 1625. Signed. Italian. Inc. 'Molto Illustre ... fratello. Monsignor mio Illustrissimo Cardinale Barberini legato partì di qua per la sua legatione lunedì passato 17 corrente ... Roma 19 marzo 1625', expl. 'vien rimesso al zelo di lei, et io mi le raccomando. Roma 27 settembre 1625 / Di Vostra Signoria / Come fratello affezionatissimo / P. A. Cardinale S. Onofrio' (see Nuntiaturberichte, op.cit., vol. 1, pp. 182-293 passim). Including original attachments, among which art. 6 (f. 377), and copy (ff. 373-374) of brief by Pope Urban VIII, in Latin, dated 30 Aug. 1625. With Antonio Barberini's papered seals, passim.
6. f. 377. Petition from Settimio Roberti-Vittori, former Bishop of Tricarico; n.d. Autograph. Italian. Inc. 'Settimio Roberti Vescovo già de Tricarico ... Havendo rinunciata quella Chiesa'. Enclosure to Cardinal Antonio Barberini's dispatch (ff. 376 and 378), dated 21 Sept. 1625.
Paper; ff. 400+vii, plus one unfoliated interleaved blank after ff. 7, 25, 210, 223, 354, and 365, and two after f. 22. Modern foliation in pencil '1-399' (followed here), omitting one leaf after f. 108. Old foliation in ink '1-215' (ff. 2-394), counting only text pages, repeating no. 132. 269 x 207mm. Main scribe: Camillo Gramineo; summaries of contents at back of dispatches in Carafa's hand.
Camillo Gramineo, Vatican scribe: Carafa Letter-Books, partly copied by: 1624-1635: Ital.
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- ff. 8-22 Seals: Instructions to P. L. Carafa from Card. L. Magalotti with Card. F. Barberini's signature and seal: 1624: Ital.
- ff. 8-22 Francesco Barberini, Cardinal 1623: Instructions to P. L. Carafa from Card. L. Magalotti, also signed by: 1624: Ital: Signed, with Barberini's seal.
- ff. 8-22 Pier Luigi Carafa, Bishop of Tricarico; Cardinal 1645: Instructions from Card. L. Magalotti: 1624: Ital.
- ff. 8-22 Lorenzo Magalotti, Cardinal 1624; Secretary of Urban VIII: Instructions to P. L. Carafa, also signed by Card. F. Barberini: 1624: Ital: Signed, with Barberini's seal.
- ff. 68-69v Giovanni Garcia Millini, Cardinal 1606: Letter to P. L. Carafa, with seal: 1624: Ital: Autogr.
- f. 69v Seals: Card. G. G. Millini's seal: 1624.
- ff. 154-155 Niccolò Guidi del Bagno, Bishop of Athens; Cardinal 1657: Letter to P. L. Carafa: 1624: Ital: Autogr.
- ff. 252-293v, 296-317v, 320-394 Antonio Barberini, Capuchin; Cardinal 1624: Dispatches to P. L. Carafa: 1625: Ital: Signed.
- ff. 252-394 passim Seals: Card. A. Barberini's paper seals: 1625: Ital.
- f. 377 Antonio Barberini, Capuchin; Cardinal 1624: Petition from S. Roberti-Vittori: circa 1625: Ital: Autogr.
- f. 377 Settimio Roberti-Vittori, Bishop of Tricarico: Petition to Card. A. Barberini: circa 1625: Ital: Autogr.
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- 1624
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- 1625
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- 1624-1625
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- Bagno, Niccolò, Cardinal, papal nuncio and Titular Archbishop of Athens, 1584-1663
Barberini, Antonio Marcello, the elder; Capuchin and Cardinal, 1569-1646
Barberini, Francesco, the elder; Cardinal; Legate in Spain, 1597-1679
Carafa, Pier Luigi, Bishop of Tricarico, Cardinal 1645
Gramineo, Camillo, Vatican scribe, fl 1624-1642
Magalotti, Lorenzo, cardinal, 1584-1637
Millini, Giovanni Garcia, Cardinal 1606
Roberti-Vittori, Settimio, Bishop of Tricarico