Varii opuscol[i]

Date:

1700

Description:

Miscellany containing three different historical works. Includes a list of contents in a later hand (recto of the unnumbered folio before f. 1).

Language:

Italian

Provenance:

Acquired, 1959.

Subject:

Clement XII, Pope, 1652-1740; Catholic Church -- Discipline; Catholic Church; Discipline; Christian saints -- Biography; Popes -- Election

Resource Type:

Text

Form/Genre:

Codices; Manuscripts, Italian; Manuscripts, European; Biographies; manuscripts (documents)

Physical Description:

144 leaves : paper; 262 x 201 (222 x 147) mm bound to 269 x 210 mm

Geographic Subject:

Rome (Italy) -- History; Siena (Tuscany) -- History -- Religious aspects

Rights:

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

Notes:

Ms. codex.; Table of contents: 1. f.1r-45v: Istoria del sacco di Roma, e sua Origine, scritta da persona presente all'ora in Roma. -- 2. f.49r-98r: Vita, Profezie, Miracoli, e Morte del Ven. Bartolomeo Carosi Eremita Senese cognominato Brandano, e dal volgo detto il Pazzo di Cristo, ò il Contadino di Petroio, il tutto fedelmente raccolto da quello che di lui si trova scritto nell'Archivio della Città di Siena. -- 3. f.100r-142v: Discorso dell'Ambasciatore dello Stato Ecclesiastico al Conclave per la Sede vacante di Clemente XII fatto partitamente in otto distinte udienze a Lui date dal Sagro Collegio.; Title from spine label.; After the title of the first item, the phrase "in tempo di Clemente VII." is added in a later hand (f. 1r).; Foliation: Paper, i (contemporary paper) + 144 + i (contemporary paper); [i], 1-143; modern foliation in pencil, upper right recto.; Script: Written in a cursive script by what appears to be a single hand, or in a few hands that are very similar in appearance.; Binding: Contemporary parchment. A few stains. Some leaves fraying at the edges. Some damage due to oxidation of ink.; Origin: Written in Italy in the 18th century (Zacour-Hirsch).; A different version of item 2, the life of Bartolomeo Carosi (also known as Garosi) can be found in UPenn Ms. Codex 597, p. 1-51.; Italian.

Physical Location:

Kislak Center for Special Collections, Rare Books and Manuscripts, Manuscripts, Ms. Codex 287