Details

Subjects:

Henry IV, King of France, 1553-1610.
Ahmed I, Sultan of the Turks, 1590-1617.
Paul V, Pope, 1552-1621.
Charles V, Holy Roman Emperor, 1500-1558.
Francis I, King of France, 1494-1547.
Inquisition -- Spain -- Early works to 1800.
Forgery -- Early works to 1800.
Cryptography -- Early works to 1800.
Cryptography.
Ciphers -- Early works to 1800.
Ciphers.
Heresy -- Early works to 1800.
Relations.
International relations.
Heresy.
Forgery.
Inquisition.
Spain -- Foreign relations -- France.
Spain.
France.
France -- Foreign relations -- Spain.
Spain -- Relations -- Great Britain -- 17th century.
France -- Foreign relations -- Turkey.
Turkey.
Turkey -- Foreign relations -- France.
Venice (Italy) -- History -- 1508-1797.
Venice (Italy) -- Foreign relations -- Italy -- Papal States.
Great Britain.

Form/Genre:

Codices.
Prose poems.
Manuals (instructional materials)
Manuscripts, Italian.
Manuscripts, European.

Language:

Italian.

Summary:

Collection of 6 manuscript items related to Catholic faith. The first item is a historical essay on the Spanish superiority over France as a Catholic kingdom because in Spain the Catholic faith was established much earlier than in France, and it was Spain that discovered the Indies and made strenuous efforts in combating heresy. The second item is composed of 9 laments, prose poetry written partly in Italian and partly in Latin, in which the corruption of Venetian morals and its disobedience to the Papal States are discussed. Venice was interdicted by Paul V in 1606 for having passed two laws displeasing to the Church and, in the manuscript it is depicted using hellish images and historical figures famous for their evil deeds (including the Roman emperor Tiberius; the High Priest Caiaphas; and Nicolo Machiavelli). The third item, also written partly in Italian and partly in Latin, contains 14 documents related to the conflict between Charles the V, King of Spain and Francis I, King of France and the intervention of the Pope, including a description of the conditions of the Treaty of Cambrai. The fourth item contains a narrative description of the capitulation of Ahmed I, Sultan of the Ottoman Empire to Henry IV, King of France (1604). The fifth item consists of a historical account of the spread of heresy throughout Europe in the 17th century and a description of the principles that the Church has to enforce to prevent and repress it. The last item is a miscellaneous compilation of instructions and procedures primarily concerning to document forgery and the use of ciphers in times of war. Tricks of a different nature, including how to find an object on the bottom of a river or lake without effort, how to tell the time by looking at the sun, and how to pretend to be dead in a battlefield are also described.

Contents:

1. f.8r-40r: Discorso sopra la precendenza tra Spagna et Francia.
2. f.42r-89r: A Venetia. Ragionamenti in spirito della ruina sua propria, e d'Italia, e del Christianesimo, se Venetia persiste nella disobedienza di santa Chiesa cominciata nel primo anno del Santo Padre Paolo Quinto. A cui va aggiunto un altro libro di discorsi politici della medesima materia... Piu un libro di discorsi d'Astrologia che mostrano la ruina di Venetia.
3. f.90r-128v: Sommario de' capitolationi fatto fra diversi Pontifici et Principi Christiani.
4. f.130r-143v: Capitolationi che Sultan Amath Re de' Turchi promette di osservare e mantinere di buona amicitia col Re di Francia l'Anno 1604.
5. f.146r-168v: Humile Significatione a Nostro Signore del modo di conseguire la conversione de Principi Heretici alla Fede Cattolica.
6. 170r-194v: Come si possa contra fare le scritture per uso di guerra.

Notes:

Ms. codex.
Title supplied by cataloger.
Foliation: Paper, 204; 1-111, 111-127, [i], 128-182, [i], 183-201; contemporary foliation in ink, modern foliation in pencil, upper right recto. Catchwords, lower right corners.
Layout: Written in 18-19 long lines.
Script: Written in a cursive script, by multiple hands.
Watermark: Similar to Briquet, Oiseau 12209 (Rome, 1580), but with a treble tail and an angel's face above the circle.
Binding: Contemporary parchment; initials P.A.T.Z. and 1659 on upper cover.
Origin: Written in Italy, probably in 1659 (date on upper cover).

Penn Provenance:

Sold by Helmuth Domizlaff (Munich), 1964 (slip laid inside upper cover, now filed separately).

Cited in:

Described in Zacour, Norman P. and Hirsch, Rudolf. Catalogue of Manuscripts in the Libraries of the University of Pennsylvania to 1800: Supplement A (2), Library Chronicle 36 (1970), no. 1 p. 17 (Ms. Lea 405).

Cited as:

UPenn Ms. Codex 1449

OCLC:

314851756