Opinione ... In qual modo debba governarsi la republica Venezia internamente et esternamente per haver[e] perpetuo dominio : con la quale si ponderano l'interessi di tutti i prencipi da lui descritta per publica com[m]is[s]ione l'anno 1615

Alternate Title:

Come debba gouernarsi internamente et esternamente la Republica Venetiana

Contributor:

Sarpi, Paolo, 1552-1623 (attributed name)

Timespan:

17th century

Date:

1615

Description:

Work on the government of Venice, questionably attributed to the Venetian Servite monk Paolo Sarpi and supposedly written by him for the Inquistori di Stato, the highest decision-making body in the Venetian Republic. First published in 1681 under title: Opinione del padre Paolo servita, come debba governarsi la Republica veneziana per haverse il perpetuo dominio.

Language:

Italian

Provenance:

Purchased, 1952.

Resource Type:

Text

Form/Genre:

Codices; Manuscripts, Italian; Manuscripts, European

Physical Description:

84 leaves : paper; 196 x 140 (175 x 102) mm bound to 200 x 145 mm

Geographic Subject:

Venice (Italy) -- Politics and government -- 17th century

Rights:

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

Notes:

Ms. codex.; Title from caption title (f. 1r), where work is ascribed to Padre Frà Paolo Servita.; Foliation: Paper, i (contemporary paper) + 84; 1-84; contemporary foliation in ink, upper right recto (some numerals trimmed off).; Script: Written in a cursive script by a single hand.; Binding: Contemporary vellum (Zacour-Hirsch) with village scene painted on lower cover; faint ink sketches of human figures on upper cover.; Origin: Written in Italy after 1615 (f. 1r).; Same text as UPenn Ms. Codex 559.; Italian.

Physical Location:

Kislak Center for Special Collections, Rare Books and Manuscripts, Manuscripts, Ms. Codex 499