Bolognini, Emerico; Bufalini, Pietro Andrea; Zanoli, Tomasso; Cappucini, Giuseppe; Lancisi, Giovanni Maria, 1654-1720
Timespan:
Early works to 1800
Date:
1586
Description:
Large, mid-18th-century compilation of records on 2 subjects: first, manuscript and printed texts on the reclamation (bonificazione) of the Pontine Marshes (Paludi Pontine) and the cutting of the forests of Sermoneta and Cisterna di Latina, and second, mostly manuscript records of the Maestri delle Strade or Congregazione delle Strade, the municipal body in charge of the streets of Rome, and particularly of Pietro Millini, one of the Maestri delle Strade. The materials on the Pontine Marshes range from 16th-century manuscripts (f. 3r-19v), to 3 engraved maps from the late 17th and 18th centuries (f. 145r, 184r, 333r), to substantial printed texts from the 18th century. 2 texts printed ca. 1715, which present arguments about the cutting of the forests of Sermoneta and Cisterna di Latina, have parchment finding tabs (f. 146r, 307r) that correspond to a partial table of contents at the beginning of the volume (f. 1r-1v), which notes that the 2 items are related. The records of the Maestri delle Strade are a group of late 17th-century manuscripts in the middle of the volume (f. 185r-306v) including correspondence, reports of street inspections (many signed by the architects Pietro Andrea Bufalini and Tomasso Zanoli), and a single printed edict (f. 233r).
Language:
Italian; Latin
Provenance:
Several component items formerly owned by Pietro Millini; the volume formerly in the archives of the Millini, a noble family of Rome (Kraus), and in the Colonna Biblioteca (Phillipps).; Formerly owned by Frederick North, Earl of Guilford; sold at auction at Messrs. Evans (London) as part of his collection, 8 Dec. 1830, lot 289, vol. 16, to bookseller Thomas Thorpe.; Sold by Thorpe to Sir Thomas Phillipps, ms. 7636 (label on spine).; Sold as part of the residue of the Phillipps collection first to William H. Robinson Ltd., 1945, and again to Hans Peter Kraus, Mar. 1978.; Sold by Hans Peter Kraus, List 204 (1982), no. 74, to John D. Stanitz (Cleveland, Ohio), Ms. 8.; Acquired by Lawrence J. Schoenberg with other Stanitz manuscripts, Sept. 1997.; Deposit by Lawrence J. Schoenberg and Barbara Brizdle, 2012.; Gift of Barbara Brizdle Schoenberg, 2021.; Millini, Pietro, former owner.; North, Frederick, Earl of Guilford, 1766-1827, former owner.; Phillipps, Thomas, Sir, 1792-1872, former owner.; Stanitz, John D., former owner.
Relation:
The Lawrence J. Schoenberg and Barbara Brizdle Manuscript Initiative Fund Home Page: http://hdl.library.upenn.edu/1017.12/366278; Digital facsimile for download (OPenn): https://openn.library.upenn.edu/Data/0001/html/ljs177.html
356 leaves : parchment and paper; 275 x 205 mm bound to 292 x 215 mm (with folded-out documents and maps up to 427 x 600 mm) + 1 note
Geographic Subject:
Pontine Marshes (Italy); Sermoneta (Italy); Cisterna di Latina (Italy); Italy -- Rome
Rights:
http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/NoC-US/1.0/
Notes:
Ms. codex.; Title from spine.; Table of contents: 1. f.1r-1v: [18th-century table of contents for groups of documents]; Table of contents: 2. f.3r-4v: [Italian manuscript regarding the marshes dated 1586]; Table of contents: 3. f.5r-8v: Privilegii che desiderano li bonificatori delle Paludi Pontine.; Table of contents: 4. f.9r: Quando la commenda di [?] ad instigatione ...; Table of contents: 5. f.11r-12v: Relatione ... della bonificatione, 1594.; Table of contents: 6. f.13r-14v: Mario Macealli, dottor di leggi, nelle cause della bonificatione delle Paludi Pontine, 1589.; Table of contents: 7. f.15r-15v: [Manuscript copy of Latin letter to Flaminio Piatti (Cardinal Platto), after 1591]; Table of contents: 8. f.16r-16v: Fabius Ursinus ... in negocio bonificationis paludum Pontinarum, 1587; Table of contents: 9. f.18r-19v: [Italian letter to a cardinal concerning Giovanni Battista Garzoni and the reclamation of the marshes, after 1582]; Table of contents: 10. f.20r-20v: [Latin official document on parchment with signature and seal of Flaminio Piatti (Cardinal Plato) concerning the reclamation of the marshes, 1604]; Table of contents: 11. f.21r-26r: [Accounts and records of the reclamation in Italian]; Table of contents: 12. f.28r-92v: Istoria antica, e moderna: stato presente, rimedi, e mezzia disseccar le Paludi Pontine: utile pubblico, e privato a derivarne, [after 1742]; Table of contents: 13. f.95r-144v: Memorie dell'antico, e presente stato delle Paludi Pontine: rimedi, mezzi per disseccarle a pubblico, e privato vantaggio; opera / di Emerico Bolognini, governatore generale di marittima, e campagna [printed in Rome: Eredi Barbiellini a Pasquino, 1759]; Table of contents: 14. f.145r: Pianta delle Paludi Pontine / ordinata da monsignore illustrissimo e reverendissimo Emerico Bolognini, governatore generale di marittima, e campagna, 1759 [printed foldout map laid in]; Table of contents: 15. f.146r-169v: [Unidentified printed work in Italian and Latin against the cutting of the forests of Cisterna and Sermoneta, between the Pontine Marshes and Rome, ca. 1715]; Table of contents: 16. f.170r-174v: [Unidentified printed collection of 7 15th-century papal bulls in Latin concerning Cisterna and Sermoneta and 2 edicts in Italian concerning the cutting of forests]; Table of contents: 17. f.176r-183v: [2 printed works in Italian, containing reports and accounts concerning the delivery of water to Rome, printed in Rome: Stamperia della Rev. Camera Apostolica, 1695]; Table of contents: 18. f.184r: Planta del nuovo aquedotto che conduce l'acqua civita vechia fabricato in parte sopra la ruuine dell'antico construtto da Traiano imperatore / Cintius Florus, Alexander Specchi, [printed foldout map, between 1691 and 1700]; Table of contents: 19. f.185r-188r: Bando generale delli signori mastri di strade [printed in Rome: Stamperia della Rev. Camera Apostolica, 1681, with manuscript note, Maestri delle strade consolari, visita, 1681, laid in]; Table of contents: 20. f.189v-190v: Obligho di Pietro Antonio Leone, 1682; Table of contents: 21. f.191r-196v: Romana taxae viarum: Resolutio [printed in Rome: Typis Reverendae Camerae Apostolicae, 1678]; Table of contents: 22. f.197r-199r: Nota dell'augumento fà la tabella de casali [accounts]; Table of contents: 23. f.200r-212r: [Street inspection reports, many signed by architects Pietro Andrea Bufalini Tomasso Zanoli], 1686.; Table of contents: 24. f.214r-215v: [Letter from the residents of Strada Baccina to the Monsignor Presidente delle Strade, undated]; Table of contents: 25. f.216r-217v: [Letter in Latin from Petrus Grossus and Joseph Chiorrius to the Viarum Praesidi, undated]; Table of contents: 26. f.218r-219r: [Brief records of meetings held 11 June and 2 July 1686]; Table of contents: 27. f.221r-232v: [Undated letter and summarium (accounts, latest date 1686) from Christoforo Cappellone to the Congregatione delle Strade]; Table of contents: 28. f.233r: Editto che si nettano le case, cantine, e strade dall'acque, & immonditie del fiume [printed edict from Pietro Millini, Maestro di Strade, and others], 1686.; Table of contents: 29. f.234r: [Manuscript document concerning the Maestri di Strade, undated]; Table of contents: 30. f.236r-236v: [Manuscript report concerning walls, signed by Pietro Millini, Maestro di Strade], 1686.; Table of contents: 31. f.238r-239v: Romana taxa extra Portam S. Ioannis in Laterano / Congregatione Viarum, 1684.; Table of contents: 32. f.240r-241v: [Letter from Onofrio Colorossi to Pietro Mollini, Maestro delle Strade, undated]; Table of contents: 33. f.242r-245v: Capitoli sopra lo spurgo della citta di Roma [undated]; Table of contents: 34. f.246r-253v: Capitoli sopra l'appalto delle strade dentro Roma [undated]; Table of contents: 35. f.254r-263r: [Street inspection reports, later ones signed by architects Pietro Andrea Bufalini and Tomasso Zanoli], 1683, 1686.; Table of contents: 36. f.265r-266v: [Letter from the padroni delle vigne di Roma (owners of vineyards) to Pietro Mellini, Maestro di Strade, internal date of 1684]; Table of contents: 37. f.267r-306v: [Street inspection reports, some addressed to Pietro Millini and some signed by architects Pietro Andrea Bufalini and Tomasso Zanoli], 1685-1686.; Table of contents: 38. f.307r: [Title page for Secondo ragionamento / di Monsignor Propspero Lambertini, avvocato concistoriale, nel quale oltre alcune nuove ragioni s'espongono all Sacra Congregationae deputata le repliche alla risposta del Sig. Gioseppe Cappuccini sopra il taglio delle Macchie di Sermoneta, e Cisterna, printed in 1715; possibly the title page for Item 15]; Table of contents: 39. f.308r-332v: Risposta al ragionamento di Monsignor Lambertini sopra il taglio delle macchie di Sermoneta, e Cisterna / Giuseppe Cappucini [printed in Palestrina: Stamperia Barberina per Gio. Domenico Masci, 1715]; Table of contents: 40. f.333r: [Printed map showing the Paludi Pontine / Giovanni Maria Lancisi, 1717]; Table of contents: 41. f.334r-352r: [4 printed Italian texts on Sermoneta and Cisterna], 1714-1715; Table of contents: 42. f.353r-356v: Memoriale [printed report in Italian concerning Sermoneta and Cisterna], 1714.; Foliation: Paper, i + 356 + i; printed items have individual signatures and some have pagination; items are numbered in pencil, with later numbers not always corresponding to this record.; Script: Written in cursive script by many hands.; Decoration: 2 engraved maps of the Pontine Marshes (f. 145r, 333r), 1 of Roman aqueducts (f. 184r).; Binding: 18th-century parchment, lacking one pair of ties out of 2, title Paludi Pontine, visita delle strade di Roma and shelf number 142 in ink on spine.; Origin: Written in Italy, mostly in Rome, between 1586 and 1760.; Lawrence J. Schoenberg & Barbara Brizdle Manuscript Initiative.; Italian and Latin.
Physical Location:
Kislak Center for Special Collections, Rare Books and Manuscripts, Manuscripts, Oversize LJS 177
Collection:
Lawrence J. Schoenberg Collection (University of Pennsylvania)
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