[Seventeenth-century diplomatic relations collection].

Format:

Book

Manuscript

Contributor:

Contarini, Cavaliere.

Language:

Italian

Subjects (All):

Alexander VII, Pope, 1599-1667.

Alexander.

John IV, King of Portugal, 1604-1656.

John.

Leopold I, Holy Roman Emperor, 1640-1705.

Leopold.

Venice.

Catholic Church--Foreign relations.

Catholic Church.

International relations.

Bragança (Portugal)--History--17th century.

Bragança (Portugal).

Portugal--Foreign relations--Catholic Church.

Portugal.

Portugal--Foreign relations--Italy--Venice.

Venice (Italy)--Foreign relations--Germany.

Venice (Italy).

Venice (Italy)--Foreign relations--Portugal.

Italy.

Italy--Venice.

Genre:

codices (bound manuscripts)

reports

Manuscripts, Italian.

Manuscripts, European.

Physical Description:

136 leaves : paper ; 256 x 194 (235 x 162) mm bound to 259 x 205 mm

Place of Publication:

[Italy], [between 1600 and 1699]

Language Note:

Italian.

Summary:

Miscellany consisting of copies of diplomatic reports, etc. pertaining to diplomatic relations among various European powers, particularly the Holy See and the Republic of Venice.

Contents:

1. f.2r-12v: Relatione della corte di Roma nell'anno 1648 descritta dal cavaliere Contarini ambasciatore della republica di venetia.

2. f.16r-23v: Avertimenti politici da osservarsi per chi vol servire in corte.

3. f.25r-65r: Relatione di Roma.

4. f.66r-86v: Relatione della Germania ... dalla sua ambascieria appresso la Maestà di Leopoldo Primo per la ... Republica di Venetia / Battista Nani.

5. f.89r-105v: Relatione delle potenze e forze delli principi d'Italia.

6. f.108r-123r: Raggioni state presentate ad instanza del Rè di Portugallo alla Santità ... Alessandro VII ....

7. f.125v-136r: Memoriale presentato dal Duca di Terra Nuova, amb. cattolico à nome di quella Maestà alla Santità di Alesandro Settimo contro le pretentioni del Duca di Braganza, preteso Rè di Portugallo del'1656.

Notes:

Ms. codex.

Title supplied by cataloger (Zacour-Hirsch).

Foliation: Paper, i (contemporary paper) + 136; [1-136]; modern foliation in pencil, upper right recto.

Script: Written in a cursive script by one hand.

Binding: Contemporary parchment. Some oxidation of ink.

Origin: Written in Italy in the 17th century.

Parts 1, 3-7 are the same as UPenn Ms. Codex 286, parts 1-6.

Cited in:

Described in Zacour, Norman P. and Hirsch, Rudolf. Catalogue of Manuscripts in the Libraries of the University of Pennsylvania to 1800 (Philadelphia: University of Pennsylvania Press, 1965), p. 130 (Ms. Italian 184).

Cited as:

UPenn Ms. Codex 414

OCLC:

155968733