Registro di lettere di mons[igno]re archivescovo di Rossana che fu poi Papa Urbano Settimo della sua nunciatura di Spagna sotto Pio Quarto, Pio Quinto, e Gregorio Decimoterzo

Name:

Castagna, Giovanni Battista; Pius V, Pope, 1504-1572; Charles Borromeo, Saint, 1538-1584; Bonelli, Michele, 1541-1598; Rusticucci, Geronimo, 1537?-1603

Date:

1572

Description:

Copies of diplomatic correspondence and other documents from Giovanni Battista Castagna (Archbishop of Rossano, later Pope Urban VII), to Cardinal Borromeo, to Cardinal Reomano, to Cardinal Alessandrino (Michele Bonelli), to Cardinal Rusticucci, to Monsignore Biglia (nuntio all'Imperatore) to and from King Philip II of Spain and a number of others, in chronological order dated September 1565-January 1569 (v. 1) and January 1569-September 1572 (v. 2), mostly from Madrid.

Language:

Italian

Provenance:

Formerly owned by Abb. Francisci de Fucciis (v. 1, f. v recto); ownership stamp in v. 1 erased, in v. 2 cut out.; Purchased, 1972.

Subject:

Gregory XIII, Pope, 1502-1585; Pius IV, Pope, 1499-1565; Urban VII, Pope, 1521-1590; Catholic Church -- Foreign relations -- Spain; Catholic Church; International relations

Resource Type:

Text

Form/Genre:

Codices; Manuscripts, Italian; Manuscripts, Renaissance

Physical Description:

2 volumes (386, 420 leaves) : paper; 298 x 218 (243 x 147) mm bound to 299 x 218 mm

Geographic Subject:

Spain -- Foreign relations -- Catholic Church; Spain

Rights:

http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/NoC-US/1.0/

Notes:

Ms. codex.; Title and attribution from title page (v. 1, f. i recto).; Foliation: V.1: Paper, i (contemporary paper) + 386; [v], 1-380, [i]; V. 2: Paper, 420; [iv], 1-416; contemporary foliation in ink, upper right recto; Script: Written in a cursive script by one hand.; Binding: Contemporary vellum, with complete title written on the spine of both volumes. Moderate to heavy oxidation of ink in sections of both volumes.; Origin: Written in Italy in the late 16th century.; Italian, with a few copies in Latin and Spanish.

Physical Location:

Kislak Center for Special Collections, Rare Books and Manuscripts, Manuscripts, Oversize Ms. Codex 698