Details

Subjects:

Alexander VII, Pope, 1599-1667.
John IV, King of Portugal, 1604-1656.
Leopold I, Holy Roman Emperor, 1640-1705.
Venice.
Catholic Church -- Foreign relations.
Catholic Church.
International relations.
Bragança (Portugal) -- History -- 17th century.
Portugal -- Foreign relations -- Catholic Church.
Portugal -- Foreign relations -- Italy -- Venice.
Venice (Italy) -- Foreign relations -- Germany.
Venice (Italy) -- Foreign relations -- Portugal.
Portugal.
Italy.
Italy -- Venice.

Form/Genre:

Codices.
Reports.
Manuscripts, Italian.
Manuscripts, European.

Language:

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

Contributor:

Contarini, Cavaliere.

OCLC:

155968733