Collection of tracts relating to Italy
Reference code
MSS/0062
Title
Collection of tracts relating to Italy
Date
17th century
Level of description
item
Extent and format
Paper; ff. i + 279.
Quarto.
Leather binding, black, gilt-tooled, edges gilt. Annotations in English and Italian, mostly inked out, include 'Cambridge', fol. 1.
Quarto.
Leather binding, black, gilt-tooled, edges gilt. Annotations in English and Italian, mostly inked out, include 'Cambridge', fol. 1.
Scope and content
Collection of tracts, mostly political copies. Mostly Italian. Written in several hands.
Contents:-
(1) 'Relatione della Corte di Roma.'. An account of the protocol, officers, magistrates and their jurisdictions. fols. 1-84;-
(2) An account of the kingdom of Naples, fols. 86-143;-
(3) An account of the republic of Venice, fols. 144-97;-
(4) 'Avvertimenti e Ricordi di Paulo III° al Cardinal Farnese'. Observations of Paul III (1534-49) on the succession to the papacy. fols. 198-203v;-
(5) 'Breve Discorso sopra i pericoli..'. A warning of dangers incurred by princes who made alliances with heretics. fols. 204-14v;-
(6) 'Avvertimenti dati dal sige: Torquato tasso..' Instructions transmitted by Torquato Tasso to Annibale di Capua (Archbishop of Naples) as nuntio extra-ordinary of Sixtus V (1585-90) to the Emperor (Rudolph II). fols. 215-24;-
(7) 'Breve Discorso degli danni..'. A discourse on the public and private damage caused by heresy in France. fols. 225-33v;-
(8) 'Armandus Dux Cardinalis de Richelliù Misterium Politicum 1641'. Latin. A series of paragraphs beginning 'Misterium es', on Cardinal Richelieu as a political mystery. fols. 235-8;-
(9) 'Notamento di tutto i mali, e scandali..'. An account of evils and scandals arising from neglect of the interdict (of Paul V, 1606) by preachers, theologians, lay powers, and people. fols. 239-44;-
(10) 'Informatione Contenuta nelle lettere scritte dal sige: Pietro della Valle.. del Modo di governarsi nel uiaggio di Turchia, e Persia'. Advice from the letters of Pietro della Valle (1586-1652). His Travels (1650, 1658) describe his travels in Turkey, 1614-15, and Persia, 1617-23. fols. 245-62;-
(11) 'A'I Popoli Diletti Del Regno II Popolo Napolitano tradito si raccomanda'. An appeal for help by the people of Naples at the time of the 1647 rebellion. fols. 263-7v;-
(12) 'Lettera Da incerto a Papa Pio V°:..', 1569. A letter to Pius V (1566-72) answering the arguments of Jews and prostitutes against their expulsion from Rome, with (fols. 275-9) reasons given by the Romans. fols. 268-79.
Contents:-
(1) 'Relatione della Corte di Roma.'. An account of the protocol, officers, magistrates and their jurisdictions. fols. 1-84;-
(2) An account of the kingdom of Naples, fols. 86-143;-
(3) An account of the republic of Venice, fols. 144-97;-
(4) 'Avvertimenti e Ricordi di Paulo III° al Cardinal Farnese'. Observations of Paul III (1534-49) on the succession to the papacy. fols. 198-203v;-
(5) 'Breve Discorso sopra i pericoli..'. A warning of dangers incurred by princes who made alliances with heretics. fols. 204-14v;-
(6) 'Avvertimenti dati dal sige: Torquato tasso..' Instructions transmitted by Torquato Tasso to Annibale di Capua (Archbishop of Naples) as nuntio extra-ordinary of Sixtus V (1585-90) to the Emperor (Rudolph II). fols. 215-24;-
(7) 'Breve Discorso degli danni..'. A discourse on the public and private damage caused by heresy in France. fols. 225-33v;-
(8) 'Armandus Dux Cardinalis de Richelliù Misterium Politicum 1641'. Latin. A series of paragraphs beginning 'Misterium es', on Cardinal Richelieu as a political mystery. fols. 235-8;-
(9) 'Notamento di tutto i mali, e scandali..'. An account of evils and scandals arising from neglect of the interdict (of Paul V, 1606) by preachers, theologians, lay powers, and people. fols. 239-44;-
(10) 'Informatione Contenuta nelle lettere scritte dal sige: Pietro della Valle.. del Modo di governarsi nel uiaggio di Turchia, e Persia'. Advice from the letters of Pietro della Valle (1586-1652). His Travels (1650, 1658) describe his travels in Turkey, 1614-15, and Persia, 1617-23. fols. 245-62;-
(11) 'A'I Popoli Diletti Del Regno II Popolo Napolitano tradito si raccomanda'. An appeal for help by the people of Naples at the time of the 1647 rebellion. fols. 263-7v;-
(12) 'Lettera Da incerto a Papa Pio V°:..', 1569. A letter to Pius V (1566-72) answering the arguments of Jews and prostitutes against their expulsion from Rome, with (fols. 275-9) reasons given by the Romans. fols. 268-79.
Previous reference number(s)
SAL/MS/62
Language
Italian; Latin