Manuscripts of the Strozzi family

Collection

Identifier: S77699

Scope and content

This collection contains the call numbers W.b.132 (1-199, 169a).

Exactly how and why the collection was first put together, or for which member of the illustrious Strozzi family, are matters far from clear. Most of the items contained in it are not originals; they are, instead, transcripts made in the second half of the seventeenth century or in the first three decades of the eighteenth. Most of them are from the hands of professional copyists and are written in the beautiful cancelleresca script; only a few, by their crabbed irregularities, give any appearance of being originals. A few are printed broadsides or pamphlets (avvisi) contemporary with the events they concern. In a fairly large number of instances, irregularities of numeration, or even quite distinct systems and hands, indicate that the present volume binds together parts disassembled from earlier compilations. Dating of the transcripts, at least loosely, is occasionally helped by the internal evidence of a copyist who tells when his task was completed or by references to events so worded as to permit the assigning of a terminus ad quem.

A most helpful guide to the identification of individual items, and to assigning them a local habitation at least as early as 1728, is provided by the Indice, Folger MS W.b.132 (199). This is a catalogue, made in that year, of the manuscripts in the library of Lorenzo Strozzi, Duke of Bagnolo and Prince of Forano, an ancestor, presumably, of that 'Principe Strozzi' from whom the collection came into the hands of the Gonnelli firm (see Provenance, below). With a few exceptions, duly noted hereinafter, every separate item in the Folger's present set can be positively identified as coming from the library of that eighteenth-century nobleman. Occasionally the Indice provides useful information not to be gleaned from the Transcript volumes themselves; it also provides a record of items once in the Prince's library but not now to be found among the volumes of the Folger set. Mainly, these are titles of works we should much like to see: volumes of poetry or of plays or of other belles-lettres. Whether these missing volumes (or items) are now extant and whether, if so, they are preserved as a unit, I am unable to determine; but that they once formed part of the original collection throws a welcome light upon the mind and interests of that Strozzi, whoever he was, for whom the whole collection was transcribed.

The fact of transcription itself, at so late a date, raises an interesting question. Why should anyone, it may be asked, wish to have manuscript copies of works some of which were already in print, or wish to have an entire library of non-original manuscripts? We cannot be sure that the answers we supply correspond entirely with the motives bringing the collection into existence. Working through the set, however, and considering the highly sensitive nature of some of the contents, we can easily realize why no printed version existed--or could exist--at the end of the seventeenth century: the Church simply did not view with benign eye the candid revelation of such devious and reprehensible curial (papal) 'diplomacy' as these pages lay open. Further, for some of the material there probably existed only the original, not appropriable; and, before the days of quick and easy duplication by photo-stat, Xerox, or microfilm, the making of a manuscript copy was the only means of obtaining a version for one's own library. Some of the material, also, such as the Venetian relazioni, though unprinted, was so valuable and so widely disseminated in other manuscript copies, that no cultivated man (and particularly one of a political cast of mind) would have felt fully dressed without possessing an exemplar of his own. For his cabinet of 'curiosities' to have been lacking would have been too much like having no copy of Virgil or Petrarch--or of Shakespeare--in the house. But one of the most powerful persuasives, we may suspect, was the lingering aristocratic (i.e. snobbish) notion that a gentleman or nobleman should prefer manuscripts to the 'vulgar' printed books. They cost more and were custom-tailored, so to speak; and in their large format and uniform (or almost uniform) vellum bindings they made a handsome display on the shelves of one's study. It was becoming difficult to find a readier means to what Thorstein Veblen called "conspicuous consumption," that earmark of the rich and privileged.

Rich and privileged the Strozzi certainly were and had been since the fourteenth century. Of Florentine families they ranked among the most eminent, competing with, sometimes at war with, and occasionally intermarrying with the Medici themselves. In their beginnings they were tradesmen, merchants, bankers; in the sixteenth century and earlier they were notable 'patriots' (albeit expatriate), condottieri, capitani; and in the seventeenth century they supplied bishops, archbishops, and a cardinal or two to the Church. A few strays turn up along the way as artists, geographer-travelers, playwrights, poets. Many of them figure by name and record in the pages of these Transcripts, the most notable being, perhaps, Filippo (christened Giovanni Battista; 1488-1538); Lorenzo, his brother and a family biographer (b. 1482); Frá Leone, the famous Prior of Capua, Gerosolimitano, and a sea-marshal for France (1515-1554); Pietro (1510-1558), his brother, also a marshal for France; and Tito Vespasiano (15c.) and Ercole (murdered, 1508), father and son, Latin poets at the court of the Estensi in Ferrara. There is every reason why various Strozzi should figure largely in these accounts, as they do; but it is not a little surprising (and revelatory of a certain breadth of mind) that equal or even greater attention should be paid to the Medici family. A sense of history, and a just one, lies heavy on these pages. Which is one of the great virtues of the collection.

But another, and possibly greater, virtue is the range of matter which it assembles, conveniently, in one place under the general rubric of history-politics. What, in brief, may one expect to find in these 198 volumes of texts--texts public and texts arcane? In point of time, disregarding a few vapid 'general histories' which begin with Creation and meander haphazardly through all subsequent ages, they cover primarily the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries. We do not know for whom the collection was originally brought together, but judging from the great preponderance of materials dealing with ecclesiastical organization and administration, it seems reasonable to think that he was one already high in the Church or one deliberately preparing to enter a life of ecclesiastical affairs--a bishop or cardinal perhaps, or one intending to be a secretary to such a personage.

Significantly, the collection starts with Alessandro Tassoni's twelve-volume (actually ten volumes; two are missing, and were marked as being so in the 1728 catalogue) Annali ecclesiastici, a reduction and rectification (still unpublished) of Baronius. It then proceeds (vols. 11-13) to a set of annals by Giovanni Pietro Maffei covering the reign of Pope Gregory XIII and to Maffei's Life (vol. 14) of Sixtus V. Volumes 15-27 relate in considerable detail, and often in several versions, accounts of papal conclaves from the election (1305) of Clement V down to that (1700) of Clement XI. These accounts are interspersed with much consideration of the process itself. The accounts of the conclaves are followed (vols. 28-47) by a series of diaries and ceremoniali of the Roman Court, including those of Infessura, Burchard, di Grassi, Mucanzi, and Gualtieri. To these succeed (vols. 48-58) the secular histories of Varchi, Domenico de' Rossi, and Santori. With such a starting emphasis, it is not surprising to find the historical impulse strongly present throughout the Transcripts.

Without further pursuing the strictly numerical sequence of the volumes, we may now look briefly at the principal concentrations of subject-matter. Here, one of the most salient features must be the surprisingly large number of ambassadorial relazioni, Venetian and other, which are represented--sometimes by two copies. These contemporary eye-witness reports and estimates are of inestimable historical, social, economic, and political significance; and it is astounding that long before any printed collections of relazioni appeared, the original planner of this 'library' (as in truth its range entitles it to be called) should have recognized their value and assembled so many of them. That fact is, in itself, of historical importance. Even when such relations are not from the pen of an ambassador (or his secretary) they emanate from trained observers, follow a clearly established pattern, and carry with them that vivid air of on-the-spot reportage so useful to historian and novelist alike for recreating the atmosphere of a time long past. It is principally through these relazioni that the collection conveys its enormous mass of information concerning the civic organization, the economics, the military strength, and the political alliances of the important Italian city-states and of the major European countries during the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries.

This material is reinforced through the great number of papal 'instructions' given to nuncios and other official emissaries of the Church and, even more importantly, through the correspondence carried on between the nuncios or agents and the Home Office. In that segment of the Transcripts designated in the 1728 Indice by the letter L (for lettere), there are over 14,000 letters; and a great many others are scattered throughout other volumes. Although the reports of the nuncios were normally dispatched in weekly or bi-weekly packets, their accounts are closely detailed and mainly conducted on a day-to-day basis. It is possible, therefore, through them to keep one's finger constantly on the pulse of events in Paris, Madrid, Venice, the Emperor's Court, or even far-off Poland and England. Naturally, the nunciatures in France and Spain, the 'Most Christian' and 'Most Catholic' courts, supply the greatest body of information.

During the period mainly represented in these volumes, 1500-1700, one problem was never far from the mind of spiritual and temporal ruler alike: the Turkish problem or 'peril'. Besides the various accounts (vol. 86) devoted specifically to description and analysis of Turkish lands and customs, there are ubiquitous notices of Turkish incursions into Christian territory, notices of unexpected alliances and peace arrangements--such as those of Venice and Count Thoekoely--with the Turks, notices of papal crusading intentions or pleas for aid, as well as several accounts of Don John of Austria and the great victory of Lepanto. Turkish military might and aggressiveness kept Europe atremble for the greater part of three centuries.

But war against the Turks was not so obsessive a preoccupation of the militarily disposed as to preclude internecine struggle--slaughter would be a better word--in Christian lands. In fact, the various powers of Europe were no more successful in mounting a cooperative and unified attack against the Turk, than they were at keeping the peace among themselves. War between pope and emperor, between France and Spain, between Swedes and Germans, between Italian states, between orthodox and 'heretic;' the miseries of the Low Countries; sieges of town after town, with attendant massacre and pillage; the sack of Rome; revolutions or civil wars in Genoa, in Messina, in Naples, in Portugal, in England--everywhere there were wars and rumors of wars. Looming large through the years from 1618 to 1648 were the swirling eddies of the Thirty Years' War, with the much discussed 'problem' of the Valtellina and the Grisons. All these (and, alas, others) receive ample attention in the pages of these Transcriptions. In addition, several volumes are devoted to the theory and tactics of war. A glance at the entry 'war' in the Index to this Calendar will indicate the appalling extent of the coverage.

Wars and other activities of man's life do not get conducted without leaders, villains, and a cast of supporting characters. The Strozzi transcripts are rich in biographical information--not so much, perhaps, in the way of formal biographies, though these are present (see vols. 11-14, 68, 81-83, 88, 162, etc.)--as by way of letters, thumbnail sketches in the conclavi and relazioni, and incidental observations spread with liberal hand throughout the transcripts. Hundreds, probably thousands, of individuals important in their time (and many of continuing importance) are mentioned, often in some particularity. A thorough name index of the set, with appropriate identifications, would require one or more large volumes.

The Analytical Index provided below, though long, is not to the entire set but merely to such names and topics as figure in the present Calendar.

As with individuals and families, so with the separate cities of Italy and of the rest of Europe. There are well particularized accounts of Rome, Venice, Naples, Messina, Urbino, Florence, Siena, Mantua, Viterbo, Genoa, Geneva, Paris, Madrid, Cologne, Constantinople--even of London. In one or two instances (as for Viterbo) contemporary maps or charts accompany the account.

What is possibly the most surprising and unexpected aggregation of related materials in the Transcripts is the large number of works which may be described as conduct manuals or courtesy books, including how-to-do-it guides, some of which are merely theoretical, others grubbily practical. These are of extraordinary range, interest, and variety. Among them, by way of illustration, may be named a pope's advice to his nephew; several how-to-get-on-in-Rome discourses; an ambassador's advice to his successor in Venice; the proper training and entourage for an ambassador to Poland; Antonio Pérez on successful courtiership; directions for the governing of an ecclesiastical State; a Venetian father's instructions to his son on the choice of a cardinal- padrone; notes for Roman prelates on the use of law; and a complete encyclopedia (vol. 196) on materie cavalleresche. The various instructions and collections of advice directed to ambassadors are of particular interest and constitute almost a subgenre in this kind of literature.

Mention of the last word in the preceding paragraph brings us to the consideration of one disappointing aspect of the Strozzi Transcripts, namely, the relative lack of works properly classifiable as 'literature' or belles-lettres. As the collection now stands in the Folger, about the only 'literary' works included--with the possible exceptions of Tassoni's Annali and Filippiche and Lelio Maretti's Ricordi -- are the letters and poems of Lorenzo Magalotti (vols. 138, 195, 198). That the library of the Prince of Forano was, however, once much richer in such works, the Indice adequately attests. It is not much to our present purpose to dwell upon what the Folger Transcripts do not contain, but it will certainly give a fairer view of that Strozzi mind which first envisaged the collection if we do briefly note a few representative items recorded in the Indice but not to be found among the Transcripts at the Folger. Here it may be observed that the Church Fathers, even in their more humane writings, are conspicuously absent. Nor are the classics at all well represented. The only Greek work is a Xenophon (one minor work) in Latin translation. Cicero ( Orations, Epistle to Quintus, Of Friendship) and Lucan are left in their original Latin. The Lucretius, Ovid ( Heroides), Sallust ( Catiline), and Seneca ( Epistles) are all in Italian translation. And Virgil-- non est inventus. We are dealing, evidently, with a less than avid Humanist.

Italian letters, on the other hand, fare somewhat better. There are present satires by Adimari, Testi, Ricciardi, and Salvatore Rosa; rime, sonetti, and canzoni by Dante and Petrarch (whose Trionfi, with comment, also appear), Cavalcanti, Cino da Pistoia, Fazio degli Uberti, Pulci, and half a dozen others. There are also three commedie, four or five tragedie, and what appears to be the complete canon of drammi ( per musica) of Giulio Rospigliosi--who was Pope Clement IX. Added to these are a miscellany of madrigals and several prose works by Boccaccio and by Sperone Speroni. Appropriately, the Eroticon of Tito Vespasiano Strozzi, sometimes called the best of the Italian neo-Latinists, is present; and there are listed numerous volumes of poems by Giovanni Battista Strozzi, who became blind. The selection, one sees, was not overwhelming. But neither was it despicable.

An Introduction is not the proper place to list all the collection's miscellaneous oddities and 'goodies'--such as the materials on the Council of Trent, the fascinating record left by a Governor of Rome during Milton's visit, the villainous life of the Abbot Piccini (a perfectly gorgeous prototype of today's Maffioso), or the atrocities attendant upon the taking of Acqui. These and other red-letter matters are all duly noted at their proper place in the ensuing Calendar.

--John L. Lievsay, 1977

Dates

17th and 18th century

Language of Materials

In Italian, with Latin, French and Spanish.

Availability

Collection is open for research.

Chronological Register

This Register must be used with caution: it is not a register dating all documents in the Strozzi transcripts (which would require a volume in itself), but a record of dates appearing in -- or, in a few instances, safely to be inferred from -- the selective materials in the present volume. Its usefulness is, accordingly, limited: it is suggestive, simply, not exhaustive. Furthermore, no attempt is here made to reconcile dates from the several calendar systems and practices of earlier centuries. The dates that are used here are given as they stand in the documents, where precise dating and full identifications are often woefully lacking.

The Register is divided into two sections, the first listing materials to which, in the present volume, only comprehensive dates may be assigned; the second, materials bearing more specific dates of year, month, day. Entries in the first section are arranged by the terminal date. In general, the location of particular letters, briefs, relazioni,or other items is indicated by reference to volume and folio of the transcripts. In most cases, for ready consultation, there is also added a page reference, parenthesized, to the text of this Calendar. Conjectural datings are clearly indicated by question marks, and corrected or supplied dates are enclosed in square brackets.

I Comprehensive Dates

? -- 1300
: Andrea Dandolo's history ( Cronicon) of Venice / vol. 69.
A.D. 1 -- 1400
: Tassoni's Annali ecclesiastici / vols. 1-10.
1305-1431
: Conclavi de' sommi Pontefici / vol. 15.
1371-1494
: Infessura's Diaria rerum Romanorum / vol. 28.
1484-1506
: Burchard's Diaria et Ceremoniale / vols. 29-33.
1504-1521
: Paris di Grassi, Diaria et Caeremoniale / vols. 34-42.
1526-1536
: Anon., Compendio Historico di varii avvertimenti / vol. 58.
1527-1536
: Benedetto Varchi, Historie di Firenze / vols. 48-52.
1547-1548
: Letters of Frà Leone Strozzi, sea -marshal for France / vol. 140, fols. 125-194 (p. 166).
1447-1555
: Conclavi de' Sommi Pontefici / vol. 16.
1527-1555
: Segni's Historia dell Città di Fiorenza / vols. 53-55.
(5 Sept.) 1556-1557 (May 14)
: Bernardo Navagero's letters from Rome to Venice / vol. 131 (pp. 145-146).
1555-1561
: Concerning the break between Paul IV and the Emperor / vol. 70.
755-1562
: Donatives, privileges, and investitures of the Duchy of Urbino; a list prepared for Urban VIII / vol. 143 (pp. 175-176).
1560-1563
: Miscellaneous records of the Council of Trent / vol. 61 fols. 190-413.
1562-1563
: Antonio Milledoni's journal (or Historia ) of the Council of Trent / vol. 63.
1565-1575
: Information (Tiepolo's relazione ) on papal revenue and expenses / vol. 139, fols. 13-17 (p. 158).
1572-1584
: Maffei's Annali of Gregory XIII / vols. 11-13.
1572-1585
: Francesco and Giovanni Paolo Mucanzio's Diariorum... index / vol. 44.
1585-1590
: Maffei's Vita of Sixtus V / vol. 14.
1555-1591
: Conclavi de' sommi Pontefici / vol. 17.
(10 Aug.) 1591-1595 (21 April)
: Letters of Giovanni Francesco Peranda to Camillo Gaetano / vol. 140, fols. 197-303 (pp. 166-167).
1596-1597 [1598]
: Letters from and to Card. of Florence ( Alessandro de' Medici), papal legate in France, to and from Card. Aldobrandini and others / vol. 187 (pp. 374-376).
(8 Sept.) 1597-1598 (16 May)
: Delfino's letters to Venice / vol. 134 (pp. 149-151).
1522-1600
: Anonymous and unnamed day-to-day account of the Court of Rome / vol. 43.
1607-1608
: Nuncio Bentivoglio's letters to Card. Borghese, written from Flanders / vol. 140, fols. 69-86 (p. 165).
1609-1611
: Letters from the papal secretariat to the nuncios in France / vol. 95 (pp. 92-93).
1607-1614
: Letters from the papal secretariat to the nuncios in France / vols. 94-96 (pp. 81-93).
1609, 1611, 1614
: Nuncio Gessi's letters from Venice to the Court of Rome / vol. 129 (pp. 116-117).
1612-1614
: Official letters to nuncios in France / vol. 96 (p. 93).
1613-1614
: Bentivoglio's letters concerning witchcraft in Lille / vol. 140, fols. 91-106 (p. 165).
1611-1615
: List of crimes committed by the Prince of Masserano / vol. 77, fols. 319b-325 (p. 80).
(17 Oct.) 1614-1616 (30 Jan.)
: Bentivoglio's letters from Flanders / vol. 140, fols. 106-125 (p. 165).
1617-1620
: Letters from Rome to Monsig. Bentivoglio, nuncio in France / vols. 97-98 (pp. 93-94).
1592-1623
: Conclavi de' Sommi Pontefici / vol. 19.
1621-1624
: Letters to Monsig. Corsini, nuncio in France / vol. 84 (pp. 85-86).
1535-1625
: Andrea Cardoino's relazione of the City of Geneva / vol. 141, fols. 7-125b (pp. 166-167).
1624-1626 (21 July)
: Letters from Rome to Sacchetti, nuncio in Spain / vols. 124-126 (pp. 111-114).
1624-1626 (19 Sept.)
: Letters from Card. Giovanni Francesco Sacchetti, nuncio in Spain / vols. 120-123 (pp. 109-111).
(25 Jan.) 1625-1626 (21 July)
: Letters to Card. Sacchetti, nuncio in Spain / vol. 126 (pp. 113-114).
1621-1632
: Letters to the Patriarch of Alessandria, nuncio in Spain / vol. 85 (p. 86).
1630-1635
: Discourses bearing on rumors and events in Italy, especially in the confrontations of Spain and France / vol. 172 (pp. 298-300).
1630-1636
: Letters written by Card. Mazarin / vol. 114, fols. 1-371 (pp. 104-105).
1634-1636 (28 Oct.)
: Letters of Card. Antonio Barberini to Card. Mazarin and others / vol. 114 (p. 104).
(May) 1634-1641 (March)
: Letters from Giovanni Francesco Passionei, nuncio in Tuscany / vol. 136 (pp. 152-153).
1639-1641
: Carlo Rossetti's letters from England / vol. 103 (p. 98).
1639-1642
: Letters to Gasparo Mattei while he was nuncio to the Imperial Court / vol. 102 (p. 97).
(18 Jan.) 1635-1643 (18 Sept.)
: Autobiographical account of events during the Governorship of Rome by Giovanni Battista Spada / vol. 175, fols. 66-155 (pp. 332-333).
1644-1645 (25 Aug.)
: Nuncio De Bagni's letters from France / vol. 106 (p. 100).
(1 Sept.) 1645-1646 (Dec.)
: Nuncio De Bagni's letters from France / vol. 107 (p. 100).
(4 Jan.) 1647-1648 (Dec.)
: Nuncio De Bagni's letters from France / vol. 108 (p. 101).
1647-1650
: Mazarin's letters to various princes and ministers in Italy / vols. 115-119 (pp. 105-109).
(1 Jan.) 1649-1650 (4 Nov.)
: Nuncio De Bagni's letters from France / vol. 109 (p. 101).
(11 Nov.) 1650-1651 (31 Dec.)
: Nuncio De Bagni's letters from France / vol. 110 (pp. 101-102).
(3 Jan.) 1652-1653 (28 Feb.)
: Nuncio De Bagni's letters from France / vol. 111 (p. 102).
(5 March) 1653-1654 (July 31)
: Nuncio De Bagni's letters from France / vol. 112 (pp. 102-103)
[1599]-1660
: Life of Fabio Chigi ( Alexander VII), written by Card. Sforza Pallavicino / vol. 194 (pp. 386-388).
1658-1666
: Letters to and from Monsig. Altoviti, nuncio in Venice / vol. 137 (pp. 153-155).
1668-169
: Letters involving Don John of Austria and Father Everardo (Nitardo), the Spanish Queen's Confessor / vol. 153, fols. 151-260b (p. 235).
1674-1675
: Various accounts of a quarrel between four royal ambassadors and the Cardinal 'Nephew', Altieri (= Paluzzi degli Albertoni) / vol. 159 (pp. 251-252).
(7 July) 1674-1675 (12 Feb.)
: Anonymous diary, or relazione, of the revolution in Messina / vol. 163 (pp. 263-264).
1679-1688
: Documents concerning the dispute between Rome and France over the régale / vols. 169, 169a (pp. 282-285).
1670-1700
: Conclaves from Clement X to Clement XI / vol. 24.
Creation -- 1724 [1727]
: Extracts from the general histories of Tarcagnotta, Mambrino Roseo, Dionigi da Fano, and others / vols. 160-161 (pp. 253-254).

II Annual and More Specific Dates

1316
: Conclave of John XXI (XXII) / vol. 15, fols. 13-15b.
1327
: Conclave of antipope Nicholas V / vol. 15, fols. 23-24.
1334
: Conclave electing Benedict XII / vol. 15, fols. 26-29.
1339
: Petrarch given laurel crown / vol. 160 (pp. 253-254).
1342
: Conclave and creation of Clement VI / vol. 15, fols. 34-37.
1352
: Creation of Innocent VI / vol. 15, fols. 40-43.
1362
: Creation of Urban VI / vol. 15, fols. 43-46b.
1371
: Creation of Gregory XI / vol. 15, fols. 53-56b.
1378
: Beginning of schism under Urban VI / vol. 15, fols. 97-112.
1389
: Conclave of Boniface IX / vol. 15, fols. 113-115b.
1389 -- 15 October
: Death of Urban VI / vol. 15, fols. 126-133.
1404
: Creation of Innocent VII / vol. 15, fols. 153-155b.
1406
: Conclave of Gregory XII / vol. 15, fols. 157-160b.
1410
: Creation of Pope John XXII (XXIII) / vol. 15, fols. 198-207b.
1447
: Conclave of Nicholas V / vol. 26, fols. 3-9.
1455
: Conclave of Calixtus III / vol. 26, fols. 9-12b.
1458
: Conclave of Pius II / vol. 26, fols. 14-33b.
1471
: Conclave of Sixtus IV / vol. 26, fols. 46-47b.
?1472 -- 20 May
: Card. San Marco, Legate designate to Hungary and Poland. (Document dated at end 20 May 1572 -- an impossible date) / vol. 72, fols. 225b-237.
1475
: Sixtus IV's instructions to the Bishop of Crete, legate to Köln / vol. 72 (p. 59).
1475 -- 13 August
: Sixtus IV sends Bishop Sandonnino to France / vol. 72, fols. 287b-297b.
1475 -- 15 December
: Sixtus IV's instructions to Bishop Orsini / vol. 72, fols. 237b-245b.
1476 -- 25 February
: Sixtus IV's instructions to the Bishop of Sebenico, nuncio to the Duke of Burgundy / vol. 72, fols. 271-281b.
1477
: Sixtus IV's instructions to visitors of German monasteries / vol. 72, fols. 282-283.; Visit of papal emissary, Bp. of Aleria, to Emperor / vol. 71, fols. 153b-162 (p. 56).
1478
: Sixtus IV's attempt to liberate the Bishop of Köln / vol. 72, fols. 253b-257.
1478 -- I December
: Instructions for papal orators sent to the Emperor / vol. 72, fols. 262-265b.
1500 -- 4 May
: Venetians holding Card. Ascanio Maria Sforza prisoner / vol. 72, fols. 332-338b.
1502
: Conclave of Pius III / vol. 26, fols. 64-74b.
1503
: Conclaves of Julius II / vol. 26, fols. 76-94, 98-103b.
1504 -- 14 March
: Julius II's instructions to the Bishop of Arezzo, legate to Spain / vol. 72, fols. 353-373b (p. 63).
1505 -- 16 May
: Death of John Burchard / vol. 26, fol. 94.
?1506
: Quirini's relazione of his embassy to Philip of Austria, king of Castile / vol. 174, fols. 2-38b (p. 322).
1510
: Ferdinand I invested by Julius II in the kingdom of Naples / vol. 152, fols. 244-262b (p. 224).
1521
: Leo X's prohibitions against Charles V's being Emperor / vol. 152, fols. 267-269 (p. 224).
1521 -- 1 December (Sunday)
: Conclave electing Adrian VI / vol. 16, fols. 119-139.
1522
: Roman diary / vol. 43, fol. 47 ff.
1527
: Accounts of the sack of Rome / vols. 56-58
1527
: Clement VII's emissary to Charles V after the sack of Rome / vol. 71, fols. 58-97b.
1529
: Clement VII confirms the election of Charles V as Emperor / vol. 152, fols. 264-266b (p. 224).
1531 -- 4 July
: Francesco Maria I della Rovere, Duke of Urbino, licensed to take salt where he pleases / vol. 152, fols. 288-289 (p. 225).
1537
: Niccolò Tiepolo's relazione of the Congress of Nice, involving Paul III, Charles V, and Francis I / vol. 165, fols. 37-47b (p. 270).
1539 -- 21 Jan., 10 February
: Agreements made between Julius III and Ercole II d'Este, Duke of Ferrara. Drawn up 21 January; ratified by the Duke 10 February / vol. 152, fols. 310-324 (pp. 226-227).
19 May
: Card. Farnese sent to condole death of Empress / vol. 71, fols. 131-134b.
1541 -- 25 January
: Instructions for legate to Germany / vol. 71, fols. 98-113.
1544
: Marino Cavalli's relazione of his embassy to france / vol. 166, fols. 140-172 (p. 277).; Claudio Tolomeo's discourse on the possible lines of alliance open to Paul III / vol. 165, fols. 9-35b (pp. 269-270).; Embassy of Marino Cavalli to Francis I, king of France / vol. 79, fols. 1-77 (pp. 81-82).
1548
: Investiture by Paul III of Guidobaldo II della Rovere as Duke of Urbino / vol. 152, fols. 290-309b (p. 226).; Transfer of the Council of Trent to Bologna / vol. 43, fols. 85-99.
1550
: Conclave electing Julius III / vol. 16, fols. 185-204b.
1551
: The relazione of Daniele Barbaro, Venetian ambassador to Edward VI of England / vol. 165, fols. 88-106b (p. 271).; Marino Cavalli's relazione of his embassy to Charles V / vol. 16 8, fols. 190-226 (pp. 281-282).
1551 -- 31 March
: Instructions to Monsig. d'Imola, papal emissary to the Emperor / vol. 71, fols. 1-8.
25 April
: Instructions given 'Signore Ascanio' (Colonna?), emissary to France / vol. 71, fols. 9-13.
31 May
: Instructions and letters carried by Giovanni Battista Monti / vol. 71, fols. 16b-17b.
22 June (July?)
: Instructions given 'Monsig. Montepulciano' vol. 71, fols. 18-23b, 24-25b ( Aggiunta).
6 July
: 'Informatione' given Montluc for the French king / vol. 71, fols. 13-16b.
14 July
: Joint memorial by the Duke of Florence and Diego Hurtado de Mendoza / vol. 71, fols. 25-26b.
23 August
: Instructions given Achille de Grassi, sent to Venice / vol. 71, fols. 31-41.
3 October
: Julius III's instructions to Card. Verallo / vol. 71, fols 44b-47, 47-51b.
8 October
: Julius III's instructions to Monsig. Camaiano, chamberlain / vol. 71, fols. 51b-57b.
10 October
: List of persons at Imperial Court / vol. 71, fols. 41b-44b.
1552
: Anonymous relazione by a Venetian Bailo of the court and empire of Suleiman II, the Grand Turk / vol. 166, fols. 27-58b (p. 276).
1553
: Card. Reginald Pole negotiator for the Pope in England and France / vol. 78 (pp. 80-81).
1554
: Transfer of the rule of Naples from Charles V to Philip II / vol. 152, fols. 269b-276 (p. 225).
1554 -- February-April
: Marshal Pietro Strozzi's letters from Montalcino concerning the siege of Siena / vol. 186 (pp. 373-374).
22 October
: Julius III's investiture of Philip II as ruler of the kingdom of Naples / vol. 152, fols. 278-286 (p. 225).
1555
: Diary of events during Sede vacante / vol. 47. [UNK ]; Letters of Venetian ambassador Navagero from Rome / vol. 130, fols. 1-132.
2 October
: Venetian delegation leaves Rome; Navagero praises his predecessor / vol. 130 (p. 118).
4 October
: Navagero's letters -- pope and emperor at odds; war matters discussed / vol. 130 (p. 118).
5 October
: Navagero's letters -- N. pays a courtesy call on Pope Paul IV / vol. 130 (p. 118).
5 October (2nd letter of this date)
: Navagero's letters -- Pope Paul IV talks of peace / vol. 130 (pp. 118-119).
8 October
: Navagero's letters -- Paul IV meets with Venetian and English ambassadors / vol. 130 (p. 119).
9 October
: Navagero's letters -- discussion of peace, interception of letters / vol. 130 (p. 119).
11 October
: Navagero's letters -- raising of funds to aid pest-ridden Padua; death of Card. Verallo; peace negotiations / vol. 130 (p. 119).
11 October (2nd letter of this date)
: Navagero's letters -- peace between Pope and Emperor / vol. 130 (p. 119).
12 October
: Navagero's letters -- N. meets with the Pope / vol. 130 (p. 120).
18 October
: Navagero's letters -- miscellaneous news of Rome and of Paul IV / vol. 130 (p. 120).
19 October
: Navagero's letters -- N. reports rumors that Charles V expects to abdicate / vol. 130 (p. 120).
19 October (2nd letter of this date)
: Navagero's letters -- N. in good grace at papal Court; Lutheran leanings in Bavaria / vol. 130 (p. 120).
-- October (between 19th and 26th)
: Navagero's letters -- newsy letter discussing peace, Neapolitan troops, French ecclesiastical matters, Bavarian Lutheranism / vol. 130 (pp. 120-121).
25 October
: Navagero's letters -- Departure of the Duke of Urbino with his troops; dealings with the French; pope to say Sunday Mass in St. John Lateran; grain for Tuscany; Roman youth form guard for pope / vol. 130 (p. 121).
1 November
: Navagero's letters -- Pope's ceremonies at St. John Lateran postponed; procession and disturbance; Pope entertaining dignitaries at dinner; arrival of Garcilaso de la Vega; French troops in Tuscany / vol. 130 (pp. 121-122).
2 November
: Navagero's letters -- N. has audience with Paul IV, gets favorable response regarding question of the Romagna / vol. 130 (p. 122).
8 November
: Navagero's letters -- N. reports that on 3 Nov. Paul IV reviewed the Roman troops in the rain / vol. 130 (p. 122).
9 November
: Navagero's letters -- concerning Santa Fiore, French cardinals, French-Genoese seafights, Turks in Africa, Portuguese complaints / vol. 130 (pp. 122-123).
9 November (2nd letter of this date)
: Navagero's letters -- N. asked to intercede for Hierosolimitani; is visited by Garcilasso de la Vega and Lansac; has patronage request from Card. Carafa / vol. 130 (p. 123).
13 November
: Navagero's letters -- N. has friendly audience with the Pope / vol. 130 (p. 123).
16 November
: Navagero's letters -- a newsy letter of affairs in and out of Rome / vol. 130 (p. 124).
16 November (2nd letter of this date)
: Navagero's letters -- Pope Paul discusses prospects for peace, Garcilasso, and the restitution of the Colonna estates / vol. 130 (p. 124).
23 November
: Navagero's letters -- Imperial troops still in papal territory; French cardinals finally arrive in Rome; movements of various persons / vol. 130 (pp. 124-125).
30 November
: Navagero's letters -- long, newsy letter concerning Roman and other affairs / vol. 130 (pp. 125-126).
30 November (2nd letter of this date)
: Navagero's letters -- French cardinals offer pope support of the French king; Corsican bishops' non-residency discussed / vol. 130 (pp. 126-127).
30 November (3rd letter of this date)
: N. reports to the Republic on the Cambiano and Commendone affairs / vol. 130 (p. 127).
30 November (4th letter of this date)
: Navagero's letters -- N. encloses a late poliza of Card. Carafa's / vol. 130 (p. 127).
4 December
: Navagero's letters -- Archbishop of Canterbury deprived / vol. 130 (p. 128).
5 December
: Navagero's letters -- Romans rejoice over some restored privileges; pope's datario jailed; Archbishop of Canterbury deprived; pope's dealings with various cardinals; papal-French entente viewed suspiciously by Imperials / vol. 130 (p. 128).
6(?) December
: Navagero's letters -- Concerning the Aquilea appointment and the securing of supplies from the Romagna vol. 130 (p. 127).
7 December
: Navagero's letters -- concerning the pope's efforts towards peace (and war); grain from the Romagna; movement of troops from Naples / vol. 130 (p. 129).
14 December
: Navagero's letters -- N. gives news of a Turkish armada; pope still favors Venice and the French; Pope Paul still alarmed over troop movements of the Duke of Tuscany / vol. 130 (p. 130).
18 December
: Navagero's letters -- long, newsy letter on a wide range of topics: arrival of two cardinals; military movements; internal Church concerns; personalities / vol. 130 (p. 130).
19 December
: Navagero's letters -- N. recounts an intimate visit with his Holiness / vol. 130 (pp. 131-132).
20 December
: Navagero's letters -- Much about Ascanio della Cornia's soldiering and opinions; news of Spanish losses at sea; more on Romagnese grain and Card. Commendone / vol. 130 (p. 132).
25 December
: Navagero's letters -- Concerning appointment of the Count of Montorio as Captain General of the forces of the Church / vol. 130 (pp. 132-133).
28 December
: Navagero's letters -- Concerning ceremonies in Rome; change of papal Treasurers; troop movements; Turks threatening of Ancona; prospective visit of the Cardinal of Lorraine to Venice / vol. 130 (pp. 133-134).
1556
: Letters of Bernardo Navagero from Rome / vol. 130, fols. 133-467.
4 January
: Navagero's letters -- French cardinals dispatch Piovena to France; Santa Fiore has taken Sartiano / vol. 130 (p. 134).
4 January (2nd letter of this date)
: Navagero's letters -- military and ecclesiastical news; escape of Giovanna of Aragon and her daughters vexes the pope / vol. 130 (pp. 134-135).
4 January (3rd letter of this date)
: Navagero's letters -- News of Church happenings in and out of Rome; Sartiano taken; other troop movements; N. pestered by an inventor; some of the new cardinals now housed in Palazzo Belvedere / vol. 130 (pp. 135-136).
11 January
: Navagero's letters -- More about the escape of Giovanna Colonna; military moves by Paul IV; arrival of Florentine emissaries; papal finances / vol. 130 (pp. 136-137).
11 January (2nd letter of this date)
: Navagero's letters -- News of various warring activities in Italy; Church appointments; visitors from Venice / vol. 130 (pp. 137-138).
18 January
: Navagero's letters -- N., recovered from his illness, has a long private session with Paul IV, who talks (at length) of peace and Church reforms / vol. 130 (p. 138).
18 January (2nd letter of this date)
: Navagero's letters -- Increasing war actions all around; Rome tightly guarded; N. attempts, unsuccessfully, to see Montorio; comings and goings of Church dignitaries / vol. 130 (pp. 139-140).
21 January
: Navagero's letters -- Much about doings at the Court of Rome; news of French troops in Tuscany; Paul IV still talking reform and bearing down of the Orsini and Colonna families / vol. 130 (pp. 140-141).
25 January
: Navagero's letters -- N. proceeding cautiously with the Pope and Card. Carafa; estimates of the forces of Spanish and French in Tuscany / vol. 130 (pp. 141-142).
25 January (2nd letter of this date)
: Navagero's letters -- N. has audience with Paul IV and discusses the new Patriarch, the Turk, and other matters concerning Rome and Venice / vol. 130 (p. 142).
1 February
: Navagero's letters -- N. has audience with the pope; notes that the Serenissima has conferred nobility on some of the pope's nipoti; the pope's sister accompanied out of Rome; Card. Carafa meets with Marshal Strozzi outside Rome; military movements causing concern / vol. 130 (pp. 142-143).
1 February (2nd letter of this date)
: Navagero's letters -- N. visits the Card. de Tournon, hears that the Card. of Lorraine has left Venice; hears that the French and the Imperials in Flanders reach no truce; and has other visitors / vol. 130 (pp. 143-144).
8 February
: Navagero's letters -- Mostly about war-like activities, the pope's enemies, and proposed reformations / vol. 130 (pp. 144-145).
1557
: Federico Badoero's relazione of his embassy to the Courts of Charles V and Philip II of Spain / vol. 166, fols. 59-138 (p. 277).; Federico Badoero's relazione of his embassy to Charles V / vol. 168, fols. 61-188 (p. 281).; Michele Soriano's relazione of his embassy to Ferdinand, King of the Romans / vol. 168, fols. 1-6 0 (pp. 280-281).
15 May-6 October
: Navagero's letters to Venice / vol. 132 (pp. 146-148).
1558
: Bernardo Navagero's relazione of his embassy to Paul IV in Rome / vol. 171, fols. 26-55 (p. 294); same account, vol. 166, fols. 1-25 (p. 276).
1559
: Michele Soriano's relazione of his embassy to the Court of Philip II / vol. 166, fols. 173-201 (p. 277); same account, vol. 174, fols. 109-156b (pp. 323-324).
26 December
: Election of Pius IV /
1560
: Remarks of the Card. of Augsburg on the Council of Trent / vol. 61, fols. 190-194.; Pius IV's instructions to special nuncio Delfino / vol. 73, fols. 187-204.
2 September
: Philip II's instructions to Antonio de Toledo for the Council of Trent / vol. 61, fols. 348-353.
20 September
: Concerning the diversion of a national Council in France / vol. 61, fols. 354-362b.
1561
: Michele Soriano Venetian ambassador to Charles IX, king of France / vol. 79, fols. 81-140 (p. 82).
5-6 March
: Execution of Carlo Carafa and other Carafeschi / vol. 62, fols. 259-262b.
1562
: Anonymous brief relazione of Tuscany under Duke Cosimo / vol. 165, fols. 1-8 (p. 269).
5 March
: Proposals of Imperial ambassadors to Tridentine legates / vol. 61, fols. 214-216.
5 March
: Proposals of Imperial ambassadors for reforms at the Council of Trent / vol. 61, fol. 216b.
9 March
: Legates' reply to Imperial proposals at Council of Trent / vol. 61, fols. 218a-b.
30 March
: Philip II on the Tridentine principle de Proponentibus Legatii / vol. 61, fols. 284-289.; Philip's letter on continuation of the Council / vol. 6 1, fols. 294-295b.
2 April
: Notes given Monsig. Delfino by the Tridentine legates / vol. 61, fols. 208-211b (p. 45).
7 April
: Articles of the legates for nuncio Delfino at the Council of Trent / vol. 61, fols. 220-226b.
2 May
: Letter of the Tridentine legates to the king of Spain / vol. 61, fols. 298-309b.
June
: Papal legates deny the requests of the Emperor at the Council of Trent / vol. 61, fols. 228-233b.
22 June
: Lorenzo Pérez defends the de Proponentibus Legatii / vol. 61, fols. 310-314.
23 June
: Declaration by the Spanish and Portuguese bishops at the Council of Trent / vol. 61, fols. 316-317.
9 July
: The Emperor's communication to the Tridentine legates / vol. 61, fols. 234-249b.
22 July
: The Tridentine legates' reply to the Emperor / vol. 61, fols. 250-254.
24 July
: Letter of Lorenzo Pérez to Philip II, from the Council of Trent / vol. 61, fols. 318-333.
10 August
: Lansac's writing to the legates at Trent / vol. 61, fols. 256-257.; Letter from the Spanish prelates at Trent to K. Philip II / vol. 61, fols. 334-339.
2 September
: Reply of Pius IV to the Portuguese at the Council of Trent / vol. 61, fols. 342-347b.
1563 -- 19 February
: Monsig. Commendone's account of negotiations with Emperor Charles V / vol. 61, fols. 196-206b.
1563 -- 23 September
: Summary of the French ambassador's speech at the Council of Trent / vol. 61, fols. 258-259b; and Bishop Grassi's reply to the ambassador's speech / fols. 260 -263b.
1564 -- May
: Augusto Craveliz dates his signature in his Discorso frà le due Corone di Spagna, e di Francia / vol. 165, fols. 163-183b (p. 273).
1568
: Giovanni Correro Venetian ambassador to Charles IX, king of France / vol. 79, fols. 141-189b (p. 82).
27 July
: Letters to Card. Alessandrino from the papal nuncio in Madrid concerning the imprisonment and death of Prince Carlos, son of Philip II / vol. 173, fols. 1-7b (pp. 303-304).
1570
: Giovanni Correr's relazione of his embassy to France / vol. 166, fols. 202-226b (p. 278).
1570 (or 1571)
: Lazaro Mocenigo's relazione of Urbino / vol. 139, fols. 260-281 (pp. 162-163).
1572
: Letters of Card. Flavio Orsini during his mission to France / vol. 140, fols. 1-65 (pp. 164-165).; Gio. Pietro Maffei's Annali of Gregory XIII, Bk. I / vol. 11, fols. 3-55 (p. 2).
23 May
: Letter about the conclave of Gregory XIII / vol. 26, fols. 104-108.
1573
: Description (or relazione) of Tunis and Biserta / vol. 80, fols. 329-335 (p. 84).; Concerning a grant made to Francesco Barberini, uncle of the future Pope Urban VIII / vol. 152, fols. 367-370b (pp. 227-228).; Maffei's Annali of Gregory XIII, Bk. II / vol. 11, fols. 56-92b (p. 2).
1574
: Maffei's Annali of Gregory XIII, Bk. III / vol. 11, fols. 93-122b (p. 2).
1575
: Girolamo Lippomanni's relazione of his embassy to Poland / vol. 80, fols. 211-301 (pp. 83-84).; Lippomanni's relazione of his mission to Naples and Don John of Austria / vol. 139 (pp. 159-160); same account, vol. 174, fols. 168-215 (pp. 325-326).; Maffei's Annali of Gregory XIII, Bk. IV / vol. 11, fols. 123-178 (p. 2).
13 October
: Letter from the GrandDuke of Tuscany (Francesco I) asking Gio. Andrea Doria to aid in quieting a Genoese uprising / vol. 165, fols. 215-219 (p. 274).
1576
: The relazione of Francesco Molino, Venetian ambassador, to the Court of Savoy / vol. 139 (pp. 160-161).; Maffei's Annali of Gregory XIII, Bk. V / vol. 11, fols. 178b-221 (p. 2).
1577
: Maffei's Annali of Gregory XIII, Bk. VI / vol. 12, fols. 3-52 (p. 2).
1578
: Maffei's Annali of Gregory XIII, Bk. VII / vol. 12, fols. 52b-106b (p. 2).; Brief anonymous (Venetian?) relazione of Flanders under Philip II / vol. 174, fols. 157-167b (pp. 324-325).
1579
: Filippo Prenestan's relazione of the Russian Court, made to the Emperor / vol. 80, fols. 305-325 (p. 84).; Lando's (?) relazione of Naples -- probably written to rather than by him / vol. 174, fols. 216-239 (pp. 326-327).; Maffei's Annali of Gregory XIII, Bk. VIII / vol. 12, fols. 107-173b (p. 2).
1580
: Maffei's Annali of Gregory XIII, Bk. IX / vol. 12, fols. 174-238b (p. 2).
1581
: Maffei's Annali of Gregory XIII, Bk. X / vol. 12, fols. 239-313b (p. 2); Bk. XI / vol. 13, fols. 3-54b (p. 2).
1582
: Maffei's Annali of Gregory XIII, Bk. XII / vol. 13, fols. 55-114 (p. 2).
1583
: Maffei's Annali of Gregory XIII, Bk. XIII / vol. 13, fols. 114-167b (p. 2).
1584
: Maffei's Annali of Gregory XIII, Bk. XIV / vol. 13, fols. 168-218b (p. 2).
1585
: Beginning of Gualtieri's Diaria, sive Efemerides Pont-IFICATUS Papae Sixti V / vol. 45, fol. 12.
1590
: Creation of Gregory XIV / vol. 17, fols. 127-186b, 187-232b; vol. 18, fols 1-184 (Maretti account).
1592
: Election of Clement VIII / vol. 18, fols. 185-316b.
1593
: Last will and testament of Card. Antonio Maria Salviati (which proved premature) / vol. 151, fols. 320-341 (p. 221).
12 September
: Instructions for Card. Lodovico Madruzzo, legate to Germany / vol. 74, fols. 153-164.
6 October
: Clement VIII's instructions to Monsig. Camillo Borghese, special envoy to Spain / vol. 73, fols. 166-186.
1596
: A relazione of the Card. of Florence's travel from Rome to Paris / vol. 188, fols. 147-173b (p. 377).; Letters from Card. Gaetano, legate in Poland, to Card. San Giorgio at Rome / vol. 189 (pp. 378-380).
11 April
: Instructions for Card. Gaetano, legate to Poland / vol. 74, fols. 132-152.
19 October
: First of Card. Aldobrandini's letters from Rome to the Card. of Florence, legate in Paris / vol. 187 (p. 375).
1597
: Anonymous relazione of Genoa / vol. 87 (p. 88).
1597 -- 4 January-30 August
: Letters of Giovanni Delfino, Venetian ambassador to Clement VIII / vol. 133 (pp. 148-149).
18 January
: Final letter by Card. Gaetano from Poland / vol. 189 (p. 379).
1598
: Account of the lives and deaths of various members of the Cenci family / vol. 175, fols. 1-14b (p. 331).; Relatione della recuperatione di Ferrara / vol. 46.
July (post 20th)
: The Card. of Florence's last letter from France to Card. Aldobrandini in Rome / vol. 187, fols. 162-164b (p. 375).
1599 -- 14 November
: Francesco Gregorio de Terni's dedicatory epistle to Alessandro de' Medici's relazione of his legation and travels in France / vol. 188, fols. 145a-b (p. 377).
1601 -- 5 November
: Dedicatory letter (to Card. Federico Borromeo) accompanying an oration in praise of (then B.) Carlo Borromeo / vol. 150, fols. 222-243 (pp. 210-211).
1603
: List of noble Genoese families / vol. 87, fols. 249-253b (p. 88).
1605
: A 'particular' account of the Venetian-papal disagreement / vol. 144 (p. 180).
1 April:
: Election of Leo XI / vol. 19, fols. 35-51b, 53-66b.
1606 -- 13 May
: Letter from Ferrara, written by the head of the Jesuit Order in Venice and describing to his General the manner of their departure / vol. 173, fols. 89-94b (pp. 309-310).
2 July
: Monsig. Decio Carafa, Abp. of Damascus, sent nuncio to Flanders / vol. 74, fols. 1-9b.
1607
: Letters to Card. Barberini, nuncio in France / vol. 94 (p. 92).
9 June-31 December
: Letters from nuncio Gessi in Venice / vol. 127 (pp. 114-115).
1608
: Letters to Card. Ubaldini, nuncio in France / vol. 94 (p. 92).
28 May
: Paul V's instructions to Decio Carafa, nuncio to Philip III of Spain / vol. 74, fols. 10-27b.
1610
: Cardinal Ubaldini's letters from France / vol. 89 (pp. 89-90).; Nuncio Gessi's letters to Rome / vol. 128 (pp. 115-116).
1611
: Cardinal Ubaldini's letters from France / vol. 90, fols. 1-188 (p. 90).
20 December (letter, not reply)
: Letter by an unknown author written to Card. Michel Angelo Tonti after his fall -- with the Cardinal's reply / vol. 173, fols. 61-71; reply, 73-79b (pp. 308-309).
1612
: Cardinal Ubaldini's letters from France / vol. 90, fols. 192-406 (p. 90).
1612 -- 11 September
: Letter concerning Paolo Sarpi / vol. 90 (p. 90).
1613
: Cardinal Ubaldini's letters from France / vol. 91 (p. 90).
18 April
: Instructions from Paul V to Card. Madruzzo for Diet of Ratisbon / vol. 74, fols. 41-58b.
1614
: Cardinal Ubaldini's letters from France / vol. 92 (p. 91).
9 August-18 October
: Letters of Bentivoglio from Brussels / vol. 140, fols. 86b-91 (p. 165).
2 September
: Paul V's instructions for nuncio to Switzerland / vol. 74, fols. 59-114b.
1615
: Letters of Card. Ubaldini from France / vol. 93, fols. 4-261 (p. 91).
1616
: Paul V's instructions to his nuncio and Apostolic Collector for Naples / vol. 74, fols. 115-122b.; Letters of Card. Ubaldini from France / vol. 93, fols. 265-389 (p. 91).
1617:-- 24 June
: Instructions for Monsig. Gesualdo, nuncio to the Emperor Matthias / vol. 74, fols. 123-131b.
1619
: Notice of the publication (in England) of Sarpi's Historia del Concilio Tridentino / vol. 100 (p. 94).; Letters written by Guido Bentivoglio / vol. 100, pp. 1-615 (p. 95).
1620
: Letters written by Guido Bentivoglio / vol. 100, pp. 620-1043 (p. 95).
1621
: Letters written by Guido Bentivoglio / vol. 100, pp. 1044-1078 (p. 95).
January
: Some letters to Guido Bentivoglio, nuncio in France / vol. 98, fols. 346-360b (p. 94).
25 March
: Instructions to Monsig. di Massini, nuncio to Tuscany / vol. 76, fols. 1-13 (p. 73).
26 March
: Gregory XV's instructions to his nuncio for Naples / vol. 75, fols. 72-87 (p. 70).
4 April
: Instructions to Monsig. Corsini, nuncio to France / vol. 76, fols. 13b-71b (p. 73).
?5 April
: (See 1623 -- 5 April).
5 April
: Instructions to Alessandro di Sangro, nuncio to Philip IV of Spain / vol. 75, fols. 192b-238 (p. 71).
12 April
: Instructions for the Bishop of Aversa, nuncio to Ferdinand II / vol. 75, fols. 87-146 (p. 71).
13 April
: Instructions for the Abp. of Seleucia ( in partibus infidelium), vice-legate to Avignon / vol. 75, fols. 238b-248 (p. 71).
1 May
: Instructions to Abp. of Patras going nuncio to Flanders / vol. 75, fols. 248-279b (p. 72).
12 May
: Bishop of Campagna sent nuncio to the seven Catholic Cantons of Switzerland / vol. 75, fols. 280-313 (p. 72).
30 May
: Instructions for Monsig. de Torres, nuncio to Poland / vol. 75, fols. 1-44b.
1 June
: Instructions for Monsig. Zacchia, sent resident nuncio to Venice / vol. 75, 313-348b (p. 72).
1 June
: Gregory XV instructs Pietro Aldobrandini to raise Catholic infantry in Germany against the Turks / vol. 75, fols. 348b-355b (p. 72).
1 June
: Instructions to Matteo Pini, papal paymaster for German Catholic troops to aid Emperor Ferdinand against the Turks / vol. 75. fols. 355b-359b (p. 73).
18 July
: Instructions for Don Tobia, Regular of St. Paul, emissary to the king of France and the Duke of Savoy / vol. 76, fols. 251-279b (p. 75).
31 July
: Instructions for nuncio to Köln / vol. 76, fols. 97-134 (p. 74).
16 October
: Abp. of Thebes (nominal) sent nuncio extraordinary to Philip III of Spain to discuss German affairs / vol. 76, fols. 298b-315 (p. 76).
16 December?; probably 16 October
: Nuncio to Spain to treat of league against the Turks / vol. 76, fols. 315b-338b (p. 76).
1622
: Letters from the Court of Rome to Lodovico Zacchia, Bishop of Montefiascone, nuncio in Venice / vol. 135 (pp. 151-152).
13 January
: Monsig. Verospi, Auditor of the Rota, sent to congratulate the Emperor and Empress on their wedding / vol. 75, fols. 59b-64.
13 January
: (2) Instructions to Monsig. Verospi, nuncio to Ferdinand II, for release of imprisoned Card. Klesl / vol. 76, fols. 134b-171b; 172-177b (p. 74).
4 March
: Instructions for Monsig. Albergati, papal Collector for Portugal / vol. 76, fols. 72-96b (p. 74).
1 April
: Advice, given at first orally, by Gregory XV to his nephew Card. Ludovisi, and now written down in its present form / vol. 173, fols. 111-130b (p. 311).
20 August
: Instructions for nuncio to Tuscany / vol. 75, fols. 45-59b.
23 October
: Instructions for Dr. Leone Allacci, on papal business in Germany / vol. 76, fols. 208-250b (p. 75).
10 December
: Instructions to G.-B. Lancelotti, nuncio to Poland / vol. 76, fols. 208-250b (p. 75).
1623
: Conclavi diversi di Papa Urbano VIII / vol. 20.
January
: Letter of Card. Ludovisi to Henri II de Bourbon, Prince of Condé, urging support of Catholic cause against the Huguenots and other 'heretics' / vol. 173, fols. 101-106b (p. 310).
1 April
: Instructions to Matteo Baglioni, papal paymaster for troops in the Valtellina / vol. 75, fols. 64b-72 (p. 70).
5 April (possibly of 1621)
: Instructions to the Duke of Fiano for taking possession of strongholds in the Valtellina / vol. 75, fols. 146-192 (p. 71).
12 April
: Instructions to Monsig. di Massini concerning papal dispensation for Spanish-English royal marriage / vol. 76, fols. 356-367 (p. 77).
27 April
: Papal brief giving dispensation for Spanish-English royal marriage / vol. 154, fols. 134b-135b (p. 237).
28 October
: Pope opposes decent burial for Paolo Sarpi / vol. 84, fols. 201b-203 (p. 86).
4 November
: Duke of Urbino acknowledges his feudatory relation to Rome in a letter to Urban VIII / vol. 152, fol. 380 (p. 229).
16 November
: Series of letters by the GrandDuke and GrandDuchess of Austria, and the GrandDuchess of Tuscany concerning papal property rights in the Duchy of Urbino / vol. 152, fols. 380-386b (pp. 229-230).
1624
: Instructions for Decio Carafa, nuncio for Köln / vol. 77, fols. 263b-297 (p. 79).; Various letters to Card. Sacchetti, nuncio in Spain / vol. 124 (pp. 112-113).
23 January
: Monsig. Spada sent nuncio to France / vol. 77, fols. 7-47b (p. 78).
27 September
: Letter concerning the death of M.A. de Dominis / vol. 124 (p. 112).
10 December
: Urban VIII's brief to the Duke of Urbino / vol. 143, fols. 106b-108 (p. 175).
21 December
: Another letter concerning the death of M.A. de Dominis /, (vol. 124, (p. 112).
1625
: Letters from Card. Sacchetti, nuncio in Spain / vols. 121-122 (pp. 110-111).; Letters to Card. Sacchetti, nuncio in Spain / vol. 125 (p. 113).
28 April
: Letter on the death of James I of England and the Spanish reaction to it / vol. 122 (pp. 110-111).
10 May
: Part of a letter left in cipher / vol. 125 (p. 113).
1626 -- January 1-19 September
: Card. Sacchetti's letters from Spain / vol. 123 (p. 111).
15 May
: Urban VIII's orders to subcollectors / vol. 77, fols. 246-263 (p. 79).
1627
: Conspiracy of the Vaccheri against the Genoese nobility / vol. 144 (p. 180).
1 March
: Instructions to Card. de Bagni going nuncio to France / vol. 77, fols. 50-142b (p. 78).
1628
: Visit of the GrandDuke of Tuscany and his brother to Rome / vol. 143 (p. 177).; Raniero Zeno's relazione of the Court of Rome / vol. 146, (pp. 184-185.
15 June
: Brief of Urban VIII to the Bishop of Alessandria / vol. 152, fols. 236-243 (pp. 223-224).
1629
: An anonymous account of discussions held by the papal nuncios Pamphili and Monti at the Spanish Court on the question of succession in the Duchy of Mantua / vol. 142, fols. 1-106b (pp. 170-171).; A 'prognostication' for the year -- 'which proved false' / vol. 151, fols 231a-b (p. 219).
?1629 (probably 1579: see text and comment)
: Anonymous relazione concerning Constantinople and the Court of the Grand Turk / vol. 86, fols 1-109 (pp. 86-87).
1630 -- 12 June
: Urban VIII bestows title of 'Eminence' on the Duke of Savoy / vol. 173, fols. 173-175 (p. 313).
15 June
: D'Aglie's letter to cardinals in Rome concerning Urban VIII's bestowal of title of 'Eminence' on the Duke of Savoy his master / vol. 173, fols. 173-175 (p. 313).
1631 -- February 23 (?25)
: Letter written by Louis XIII, king of France, concerning his departure from Compiï¿½gne / vol. 170, fols. 202-205b (p. 289).
1632
: Tax figures on certain imports in Tuscany / vol. 136 (p. 153).; Venice urged by Spanish ambassador-extraordinary from Milan to form a league for defense of Italy (with the Venetian reply) / vol. 170, fols. 104-113b (p. 286).
15 November
: Date (perhaps fictitious) of an anonymous Discorso politico (satiric) involving a Venetian, a Spaniard, and a Frenchman / vol. 172, fols. 1-51b (p. 298).
17 November
: Account of an armed engagement between Swedes and Imperials / vol. 170, fols. 266-280b (p. 290).
1633 -- 10 November
: Instructions for Dr. Vincenzo Alessi, Castellan of Riviera d'Orta / vol. 77, fols. 326-329b (p. 80).
12 November
: Letter of Card. Francesco Barberini for Dr. Vincenzo Alessi / vol. 77, fols. 328b-329b (p. 80).
1634 -- 18 January
: Proclamation of Louis XIII concerning the return of his brother, the Duke of Orleans, the easing of taxes, and other matters / vol. 170, fols. 171-185b (p. 288).
18 April
: A discourse concerning a resolution lately taken by Thomas, Prince of Savoy / vol. 170, fols. 156-162b (p. 287).
22 April
: Letter from the Duchess of Savoy to her husband, Vittorio Amadeo I, justifying her reception of the Duke of Lorraine / vol. 173, fols. 53-54.
10 May
: Discourse following upon the giving to Card. Antonio Barberini the 'comprotection' of France / vol. 173, fols. 195-200b (p. 314).
2 September
: News of a bloody street quarrel occurring in Rome between Don Carlo Colonna and Don Gregorio Caetano, with an added discourse / vol. 173, fols. 153-172 (p. 313).
5 September
: Various actions of the Court of Parlement of Paris against several members of the royal family / vol. 170, fols. 186-195 (pp. 288-289).
5 September
: Decrees of the Court of the Parlement of Paris annulling the marriage of Monsieur and Marguerite of Lorraine, with other actions against the House of Lorraine vol. 173, fols. 13-21 (p. 304).
4 October
: A relazione of the celebrating in Torino over renewal of the league between Savoy and the Catholic cantons of Switzerland / vol. 170, fols. 208-245b (p. 289).
1635 -- 16 June
: A relazione of the visit and reception of Mattia de' Medici in Perugia / vol. 152, fols. 388-390b (pp. 230-231).
18 June
: Manifesto of Louis XIII in Parlement justifying his declaration of war against Spain / vol. 172, fols. 94-114b (p. 301).
9 September
: Letter of Pietro Coretini concerning Viterbo, written to his friend Jacomo Cohelli in Rome / vol. 151, fols. 235-239b (p. 220).
[1635] (1675, in error) -- 29 October
: One date in the protracted quarrel between the Governor of Rome and the Maltese ambassador / vol. 173 (p. 312).
4 November
: Grifoni's relazione of the quarrel between the Governor of Rome and the Maltese ambassador / vol. 173, fols. 137-139 (p. 312).
9 November
: Transcript date of the account of the quarrel between the Governor of Rome and the ambassador of Malta / fols. 131-136 (pp. 311-312).
1636
: Urban VIII sends Card. Ginnetti to treat of peace at Köln / vol. 73, fols. 1-165.
5 July
: Copy of a manifesto which Ferdinand, Card. Infante of Spain, caused to be printed on his entry into France / vol. 173, fols. 27-28 (p. 305).
August
: Letter signed by Francesco de Baschi / vol. 152, fol. 221b (p. 223).
1637
: Satire against Spanish character and policies / vol. 150, fols. 258-271b (p. 212).
22 August
: A satirical anti-Spanish letter about the illness of Urban VIII / vol. 142, fols. 177-207b (p. 172).
30 October
: Summary of what happened while the Duke of Modena was entertained by the Spanish Court in Madrid / vol. 173, fols. 9-12b (p. 304).
1640
: Various writings regarding Portugal and the delegation of the Bishop of Lamego to Urban VIII / vol. 147 (pp. 188-192).
1 December
: Coronation of the Duke of Braganza as John IV of Portugal / vol. 147 (p. 189).
1641 -- 28 January
: Acts of the Parliament of the Three Estates of Portugal (a Stabilimento concerning the election of the new king, John IV) / vol. 147 (pp. 189-190).
5 March
: Stabilimento for the new Portuguese kingdom drawn up in Lisbon by Don Sebastiï¿½n Cï¿½sar de Menezes / vol. 147, fol. 26 (p. 190).
1642
: Agreements of several Italian states allied against the military power of Urban VIII / vol. 173, fols. 297-298b 9p. 318).
September-October
: News of troop movements (of the Duke of Parma) in the States of the Church / vol. 173, fols. 299-303 (p. 318).
17 September
: Parma's troop movements from Modena to Forli minutely recorded / vol. 173, fols. 306-310 (p. 318).
1643
: Nuncio Gasparo Mattei's letters to Rome from the Imperial Court / vols. 101-102 (pp. 96-97).
1643 -- July-August
: Gasparo Mattei's thank-you letters to those congratulating him on his promotion to the cardinalate / vol. 102 (p. 97).
1644
: Conclaves at the election of Innocent X / vol. 21, fols. 1-130, 133-k74b.; Capitula facta a S. Re Cardinalibus / vol. 25, fols. 3-9b.; Agreements sworn to by the cardinals before the conclave electing Innocent X / vol. 147, fols. 81-88, 89-92 (p. 194).
11 October
: The French king's reply to his ambassador Chaumont's account of the election of Innocent X / vol. 147 (p. 195).
1645 -- 10 November
: Latin petition from the Earl of Arundel to the pope in behalf of English Catholics / vol. 107 (p. 100).
1646 -- 19 February
: Bull of Innocent X on residence of cardinals (in France) / vol. 173, fols. 331-338b (p. 319).
20 April
: Parlement of Paris blocks Innocent X's Bull on residence of his cardinals and protests his persecution of the Barberini / vol. 173, fols. 331-338b (p. 319).
1647
: Mazarin's letters written from France / vol. 115 (pp. 105-106).
31 August
: Letter to Kenelm Digby / vol. 115, fols. 270-271 (p. 106).
[1648]
: Anonymous and undated relazione of the Court of Mantua / vol. 139 (p. 162).; Venetian ambassador Contarini's relazione of the Court of Rome under Innocent X / vol. 146, fols. 115-144b (p. 185); vol. 171, fols. 56-116b (pp. 294-295).
January-29 May
: Mazarin's letters to various people / vol. 116 (pp. 106-107).
June-December
: Letters of Card. Mazarin / vol. 117 (p. 107).
1649
: Pretended instructions from Philip IV to the Count of Oï¿½ate on the government of Naples (satirical) / vol. 153, fols. 115-140b (p. 234).; Mazarin's letters (third part) / vol. 118 (pp. 107-108).; A pretended invitation to Don John of Austria to govern the Two Sicilies / vol. 153, fols. 141-149b (p. 235).
1650
: Mazarin's letters (fourth part) / vol. 119 (pp. 108-109).
19 January
: A long letter concerning the imprisonment of the Prince of Condé and others / vol. 119 (p. 108).
20 April
: (Mazarin's?) discourse on a future conclave / vol. 119 (p. 108).
1651
: Nicolò Sagredo'srelazione of his embassy to Rome / vol. 59, fols. 261-271b.; Eighteen letters by Mazarin / vol. 119 (p. 108).
1652 -- 19 December
: Account of the arrest and imprisonment of Cardinal de Retz / vol. 111 (p. 102).
1654
: Giovanni Sagredo's Relazione d'Inghilterra / vol. 59, fols. 1-22b.; Letters concerning Cardinal de Retz / vol. 113 (p. 104).
3 January-28 December
: Letters from the papal secretariat to De Bagni, nuncio in France / vol. 113 (p. 103).
March
: Death of the Archbishop of Paris / vol. 112 (p. 103).
6 March
: Cardinal Chigi succeeds Cardinal Pamphili as papal secretary / vol. 112 (p. 103).
12 October
: Letter of Cardinal Chigi to De Bagni / vol. 113 (p. 104).
1655
: Letters from papal secretary Rospigliosi to nuncio De Bagni in France / vol. 113 (p. 103).; Conclave electing Alexander VII / vol. 171, fols. 182-188b (p. 296).
1656
: Giovanni da Pesaro's relazione of Rome under Alexander VII vol. 146, fols. 145-204 (pp. 186-187).; A memorial by Don Francisco de Souza Coutinho, Portuguese ambassador, presented to Alexander VII / vol. 147, fols. 287-317b (p. 192).
12 September
: Letter from the Duke of Modena, written in camp 'sotto Valenza' / vol. 173, fols. 51-52 (p. 307).
1659
: Trial and condemnation of Francesco Giuseppe Borri for heresy / vol. 143 (p. 177).
7 November
: Accord reached between France and Spain by the plenipotentiaries Card. Mazarin and Luis de Haro / vol. 149, fols. 410a-b (p. 207).
1662
: Relazione of Antonio Minutoli of the Court of Philip IV, king of Spain / vol. 80, fols. 103-207 (p. 83).
20 August
: Corsican soldiers of the papal Guard mistreat the Duke of Créqui, French ambassador, and the members of his 'family' / vol. 176, fols. 241-246b (p. 351).
25 September
: An account of the nuncio Piccolomini's expulsion from Paris, read in Consistory / vol. 149, fols. 393-395b (p. 206).
1664
: A Pasquin-Marforio satiric dialogue on the present state of Europe / vol. 157, fols. 195-233 (p. 246).
12 February
: Agreements reached by French and papal plenipotentiaries in Pisa concerning transfer of control of Castro, Ronciglione, and Avignon / vol. 176, fols. 237-240b (pp. 350-351).
18 February
: Terms of settlement between Alexander VII and France in the matter of the Crï¿½qui-Piccolomini squabble / vol. 149, fols. 398-409 (p. 207).
18 February
: In secret consistory Alexander VII unwillingly ratifies agreement of Franco-papal plenipotentiaries on the disposal of Castro, Ronciglione, and Avignon / vol. 176, fols. 237-240b (p. 350).
15 June
: A satirical letter (attributed to Card. Giulio Cesare Sacchetti) to Alexander VII / vol. 143 (p. 173).
1665
: Giovanni Sagredo's relazione of Vienna / vol. 59, fols. 23-44b.; Fullest set of letters to and from Monsig. Altoviti / vol. 137 (p. 154).; An anonymous account of all the states and forms of government in Italy / vol. 141, fols. 126-181 (pp. 168-169).; Signor Cefali's politico-military relazione of Poland / vol. 163 (pp. 261-262).
1666
: Catarin Belegno's relazione of Savoy / vol. 59, fols. 45-69b.
16 August
: Anonymous discourse on the form of Jesuit discipline, dated from Torino / vol. 141, fols. 185-214b (p. 169).
1667
: 'De quibus supplicandum futuro Pontifici' / vol. 25, fols. 11-13 (p. 20).; Conclave capitoli and diary / vol. 25, fols. 42-63b.; Map of quarters for the conclave / vol. 25, fol. 80.
2 June
: Conclave following death of Alexander VII / vol. 25, fol. 80.
1668
: Various writings concerning Spain after the fall of the Queen's Father Confessor / vol. 153, fols. 151-260 (pp. 231-232).
1669
: Monsig. Bargellini's account of the invasion of Lorraine / vol. 149 (p. 202).
1670
: Capitoli for the conclave of 1670 / vol. 25, fols. 19-26b.; Giovanni Morosini's relazione of his embassy to France / vol. 163 (pp. 262-263).
1671
: Giovanni ('Zuanne') Morosini's relazione of France made to the Venetian Senate / vol. 149, fols. 316-335b (pp. 204-205).
1672
: A discourse on the conclave to follow upon the expected imminent decease of Clement X / vol. 147 (pp. 196-197).; Briefs of Clement X, urging peace, written to the Emperor, the king of France, and the Catholic Electors on occasion of the French invasion of the United Provinces / vol. 163 (p. 262).
September
: Oration made by the Count d'Avaux, French ambassador, to the Venetian Senate / vol. 149, fols. 288-290b (pp. 202-203).
1673
: Russian czar appeals to Clement X for aid of the Polish-Russian allies against the Turks, Cossacks, and Tartars / vol. 176, fols. 213-217b (pp. 246-247).
1674: -- 10 March
: An epistolary discussion of political and religious problems in parts of Germany / vol. 176, fols. 199-211 (p. 346).
1675
: Federico Rozzoni's relazione of Rome, made to Prince de Ligne, governor of Milan / vol. 149, fols. 292-300 (p. 203).
November
: Pietro Mocenigo's Relazione della Corte di Roma / vol. 59, fols. 143-208.
1676
: Capitula Conclavis anni 1676 / vol. 25, fols. 27-36.; Three sets of speculations on the future election following the death of Clement X / vol. 147 (p. 197).; Monsig. Bargellini's relazione of his nunciature in France, presented to Card. Cibo / vol. 149, fols. 230-283 (pp. 201-202).; Complaint of the Portuguese ambassador against the sbirri of Rome for violating his ambassadorial privilege / vol. 149, fols. 303-311b (pp. 203-204).
22 July
: Death of Clement X / vol. 24, fols. 99-115.
1679
: Card. Ludovisi's discussion of the proposed Bull on nepotism / vol. 176, fols. 151-171b (p. 344).
1679 -- 14 May
: Terms of agreement in the marriage arrangement between the Infanta of Portugal and Victor Amadeus II of Savoy / vol. 176, fols. 194-197 (p. 346).
1681 -- 31 March
: Address of Charles II to both houses of Parliament at the opening in Oxford / vol. 176, fols. 256-257b (p. 352).
30 September
: Articles of agreement between city officials and Louis XIV in the transfer of Strasbourg to French 'protection' / vol. 176, fols. 297a-b (p. 357).
18 October
: Innocent XI writes to officials of the Collegio Balia in Siena concerning promotion of Card. Flaminio del Taia / vol. 176, fol. 276 (p. 355).
27 December
: Letter by Monsig. Favoriti clearing himself of accusations made by Card. Giambattista de Luca / vol. 176, fols. 309-310 (pp. 358-359).
1682
: Assembly of French clergy, some of whom were afterwards nominated by Louis XIV to bishoprics not confirmed by Rome / vol. 169a, fols. 1-26 (p. 284).
24 September
: Speech in confirmation of peace and in commendation of Venice made in the Venetian 'Collegio' by the French ambassador, Amelot de la Houssaie / vol. 176, fols. 230-231b (pp. 348-349).
1683 -- 20 January
: Letter (or brief) of Innocent XI to Louis XIV urging him to keep the peace in Christendom but to join others in repelling the Turks from Hungary / vol. 176, fols. 269a-b (p. 354).
12 February
: Letter of Louis XIV in reply to Innocent XI in which he says that others, not he, are to blame for the present warring / vol. 176, fols. 270-271b (pp. 354-355).
March
: Letter of the King of Poland to Louis XIV concerning a legation / vol. 176, fols. 229a-b (p. 348).
10 August
: Innocent XI again asks Louis XIV to help repel the Turks, now near Vienna / vol. 176, fols. 274-275 (p. 355).
1685 -- 2 September
: A letter commenting on a recently published book defending the 'rights' of the Gallican Church / vol. 176, fols. 129-145 (pp. 343-344).
4 October
: James II writes (from Windsor) to Innocent XI advocating the promotion of Reginaldo d'Este to a cardinalate / vol. 176, fols. 265a-b (p. 353).
24 November
: The Guï¿½a espiritual of Dr. Miguel de Molinos, a famous Quietist book, is condemned by the Inquisition in Aragon / vol. 176, fols. 329a-b (pp. 359-360).
?1686
: Antonio Ottoboni's letter of instructions to his son, Pietro, in Rome / vol. 176, fols. 14-25b (p. 338).
1687 -- 16 June
: James II joins the Earl of Sunderland in urging Innocent XI to promote the Jesuit Father Edward Peter / vol. 176, fols. 264a-b (p. 353).
[Beginning of] July
: Suleiman II's letters to the Emperor, to Poland, and to France announcing his coronation / vol. 176, fols. 233a-b (p. 349).
1688
: Relazione of Sebastiano Foscarini's embassy to France / vol. 59, fols. 217-230b.; An account of the disputed election to the archbishopric of Köln (Cologna) / vol. 176, fols. 117-123b (pp. 342-343).
24 September
: A 'memorial' of Louis XIV's reasons (i.e., for 'public tranquillity') in resuming arms; dated from Versailles / vol. 176, fols. 96-105 (pp. 341-342).
20 November
: Bull of Innocent XI, Coelestis Pastor, condemns the doctrines of Dr. Miguel de Molinos / vol. 176 (p. 360).
20, 28 December
: News from London (Dec. 20) and Paris (Dec. 28) concerning the flight of James II and his Queen from London to France / vol. 176, fols. 266-267 (pp. 353-354).
27 December
: Statement of the Elector of Saxony against the bad faith of France and in defense of William of Orange / vol. 176, fols. 227-228b (p. 348).
1689
: Girolamo Veniero's Relazione di Francia / vol. 59, fols. 352-386.; Calculation of the revenues presently at the disposal of the Apostolic Camera / vol. 176, fols. 295a-b (p. 357).
14 June
: Reply of Francesco Maria Vaini (? and his brother, Antonio) to a Manifesto of the Marchese Ottavio del Bufalo dealing with the code of honor / vol. 176, fols. 304-306b (p. 358).
6 October
: Election of Alexander VIII / vol. 24, fols. 117-148.
7 October
: Letter of Card. Delfino congratulating the Doge and the Republic of Venice on the election of Card. Ottoboni as pope / vol. 176, fol. 26 (p. 339).
22, 29 October
: Oration of Antonio Ottoboni in connection with his being made honorary Procurator of San Marco / vol. 176, fols. 28-29 (p. 339).
1690 -- February
: Emperor Leopold I: three Latin letters, two to Card. de' Medici, one to Card. Rubino (on promotions) / vol. 176, fols. 9-12 (pp. 337-338).
25 February
: Transmittal date of a copied letter to one of the Strozzi ('Monsignor Illustrissimo') in Rome / vol. 176 (p. 338).
5 September
: Lorenzo Magalotti's letter to Paolo Falconieri with the author's La Donna Immaginaria / vol. 198, fols. 1-5b (p. 398).
('Nel fine dell'anno')
: General Antonio Carafa's defense in a letter against charges of mismanagement and ineptitude / vol. 176, fols. 355-382 (p. 361).
1691
: 'Discorso politico' for the Sede vacante / vol. 24, fols. 172-179.; Reply (anon.) to efforts of Card. Le Camus in behalf of the unconfirmed bishops nominated by Louis XIV / vol. 169a, fols. 26b-33b (p. 284).
23 November
: A reply to a request of French agents presented to Innocent XI, written (?) by Padre Sfondrati, Abbot of St. Gall / vol. 169a, fols. 36-48 (p. 284).
1692
: Reflections on the cardinals 'papabili' / vol. 24, fols. 168-171b.
?1695
: Magalotti's letters to the Marquess Strozzi concerning the buccheri, or odorous clays, of Mexico and Europe / vol. 195 (pp. 388-391).
1700
: Speech of a 'zealous subject' to the future pope / vol. 24, fols. 192-198b.
1702 -- 31 August
: One item so dated in the Raccolta di... materie Cavalleresche / vol. 196 (p. 391).
1703
: Erizzo's embassy to Innocent XII and Clement XI / vol. 59, fols. 388-415.
9 March
: One item so dated in the Raccolta di... materie Cavalleresche / vol. 196 (p. 391).
1726 -- 19 November
: Letter of Louis XV, king of France, to Lorenzo Strozzi, Prince of Forano / vol. 186, fol. 16 (p. 373).
1728
: Date of the Indice de' Manoscritti in the library of the Duke of Bagnolo and Prince of Forano, Don Lorenzo Strozzi / vol. 199 (pp. 400-401).
1730 -- 12 July
: Conclave electing Clement XII upon the death of Benedict XIII / vol. 167 (pp. 279-280).

Extent

200.0 Volumes

Additional Description

Abstract

Collection of 17th and 18th century transcripts made for the Strozzi family of Florence of political and religious material, relating to papal diplomacy, etc., of documents dating from the 14th century through the 17th century, with the bulk dating from the 16th and 17th centuries. A note in volume 1 states that the manuscripts came from Rome, from the archives of the Strozzi house, and indicates that the series is incomplete, as may be seen from the lower series of numbers on the spines of the volumes. A note at the end of volume 7 may indicate that the Barberini family also had some part in the collection of these manuscripts. The date of the making of these transcripts is not recorded. An indice de manoscritti, che sono nella libreria dell'Illustrissimo ... Lorenzo Strozzi, duca di Bagnolo e principe di Torano compilati per ordine di Alfabeto, 1728, (volume 199) reveals that the collection at the Folger Shakespeare Library forms a large part of the manuscripts listed in it. The call numbers in the index refer to the upper initial (each of which represents a certain class of document) and the lowest numeral on the spine and a comparative list of the former and present call numbers is tipped into the back of this index. Volumes 1-185 were already so numbered when received. Volumes 186 -199 have since been assigned these numbers arbitrarily, as those they had sometimes overlapped with the first series.

Arrangement

The volumes of the Transcripts, when they came to the Folger, bore the numeration and classification that appear in the Indice. As they were accessioned and catalogued, a new marking system was devised and a record kept to identify each volume by its old and its new number. This typed record of corresponding numbers is preserved at the end of volume 199. Because many of the volumes had been assembled from pieces detached from earlier bound collections, the component pieces often bore separate and uncoordinated numberings, either by pagination or by foliation. And some were not numbered in any way. Where the earlier system was adequate for proper reference and identification, it was allowed to stand; but where confusion might arise, each dubious volume was given a new consecutive (penciled) foliation.

Entries in this Calendar follow the numbered sequence of volumes for MS Folger W.b. 132.

The order of entry normally (but not invariably) followed is this:

Author, if known or conjecturally assignable, and transcription of general title page, where one exists. Otherwise, a bracketed short descriptive label of contents is provided.
Brief statement of pagination, noting any peculiarities and, if warranted, a further statement as to the present condition of the manuscript. Generally speaking, the items in each volume, even when written in different hands, are readily legible, the bindings sound, and the quality of the paper and inking good. Exceptions to these normal conditions are noted.
A statement concerning the language(s) involved. Roughly, a third of the Transcripts are in Latin; two-thirds in Italian; a small number in French; and an even smaller number in Spanish.
A transcription (sometimes abbreviated) of the entry for each item as it is given in the 1728 Indice. The parenthesized final part of this entry identifies the item by the shelf-or call-number assigned it in 1728. This is the number which still appears on the spine of the volume.
If the volume contains more than one item, the total contents, in sequence, are normally listed. In a few instances, where a volume contains several dozen different items, a general description of contents may be substituted for the complete listing. If the volume consists entirely--or mostly--of letters, the number of letters is indicated. But the user of the Calendar should bear in mind that the count may be approximate, not necessarily exact.
The final part of the entry (which may sometimes be combined with the preceding or 'Contents' part) is reserved for comment on the item. This may be chiefly evaluative; but it may also attempt to indicate something of the history of the document, the present location of its original and/or of other copies, and whether or not it has been printed. Inasmuch as it is expected that most users of this Calendar will be, like the compiler, interested in English affairs, the 'Comment' section of the entry offers some guidance with respect to these.

The Calendar itself is followed by a Chronological Register and by an Analytical Index, instruments which, it is hoped, will facilitate ready access to special topics and periods covered by the Transcripts.

Other Finding Aids

John L. Lievsay, 1977 (original typescript finding aid available in Reading Room).

Each volume has also been cataloged separately (search the catalog under W.b.132 ([item number])).

Acquisition Information

In the late summer of 1958 the Folger Shakespeare Library purchased from the Florentine antiquarian shop of Luigi Gonnelli & Figli a collection of manuscripts which consisted of 185 folio volumes, mostly bound in vellum. According to a letter (2 September 1958) from that firm, these manuscripts had, some years earlier, been acquired directly from Prince Strozzi, had been kept together as an unpublicized collection, and had at some unspecified time been for nearly a century a part of the library in the Strozzi palace of Florence. Subsequent purchases (in 1959-60) of strayed or clearly related additional volumes from Gonnelli, now Folger MSS W.b.132 (187-199), including the Indice, MS W.b.132 (199), and of one volume from the firm of Leo Olschki, now Folger MS W.b.132 (186), also of Florence, brought the number of volumes to its present count of 199.

Other Formats

Portions of this collection also available on microfilm:

Film Fo. 4447.6 Microfilm copy of W.b.132 (25) (reduction ratio 13:1, 34 feet)

Film Fo. 677 Microfilm copy of W.b.132 (46) (reduction ratio 12:1, 19 feet)

Film Fo. 3095 Microfilm copy of W.b.132 (120) (reduction ratio 15:1, 44 feet)

Film Fo. 3096 Microfilm copy of W.b.132 (121-122) (reduction ratio 17:1, 71 feet)

Film Fo. 3758 Microfilm copy of W.b.132 (123) (reduction ratio 15:1, 32 feet)

Film Fo. 3103 Microfilm copy of W.b.132 (124-126) (reduction ratio 15:1, 99 feet)

Film Fo. 4.9a Microfilm copy of W.b.132 (127-129) (reduction ratio 15:1, 31 feet)

Film Fo. 3093 Microfilm copy of W.b.132 (132) (reduction ratio 14:1, 40 feet)

Related Materials

L'isola Britanniche, [1691?] (Folger MS V.a.449)

Strozzi, Tito Vespasiano, 1425?-1505. Copy of Borsias in 10 books, 15th century?, 1761 (Folger MS V.a.463)

Bibliography

For identification of persons and works, the setting of exact (or even approximate) dates, and the interpretation of some of the documents, in addition to such standard works of reference as the printed catalogues of the Library of Congress, the British Museum, the Bibliothèque Nationale, and the Folger Library; the Encyclopedia Britannica and the Dictionary of National Biography for British-related matters; and the great national encyclopedias of Italy (Treccani), Spain (Calpe-Espasa), and France ( La Grande Encyclopedie ), the following more specialized works (among many consulted) have been especially useful:

F.L. Cross, ed. The Oxford Dictionary of the Christian Church, 2nd. ed. London, New York, Toronto: Oxford University Press, 1974.
Dizionario Letterario Bompiani , 12 vols. Milano: Bompiani, 1955-1957. Useful mainly in the three-volume 'Autori' section.
New Catholic Encyclopedia , 15 vols. New York: McGraw-Hill, 1967.
Eugenio Albèri, ed. Relazioni degli ambasciatori Veneti , 11 vols. Firenze, 1839-1858.
Giuseppe Alberigo. I Vescovi Italiani al Concilio di Trento (1545-1547) . Firenze: G.C. Sansoni, 1959.
Corrado Argegni, ed. Condottieri, Capitani, Tribuni , 3 vols. In Enciclopedia biografica e bibliografica 'Italiana' , ser. XIX. Milano, 1937.
Baleoneus Astur. I Baglioni . Prato: Tipografica Pratese, 1964.
Mariano d'Ayala. Bibliografia militare-Italiana antica e moderna . Torino: Stamperia Reale, 1854.
Tullio Bulgarelli. Gli avvisi a stampa in Roma nel cinquecento . Roma: Istituto di Studi Romani, 1967.
La Civiltà Veneziana del Rinascimento (1958) and La Civiltà Veneziana nell'età barocca (1959). Venezia, Sansoni.
Luigi Ferrari. Onomasticon. Repertorio biobibliografico degli scrittori Italiani dal 1501 al 1850 . Milano: Hoepli, 1947.
P. B. Gams. Series Episcoporum Ecclesiae Catholicae . Ratisbon: G.J. Manz, 1873. Indispensable for bishops and archbishops referred to only by the names of their sees.
Arthur Erwin Imhof. Der Friede von Vervins 1598 . Aarau: Keller Verlag, 1966.
Robert O. Lindsay and John Neu, compilers. French Political Pamphlets, 1547-1648 . Madison-Milwaukee-London: University of Wisconsin Press, 1969.
Arnaldo Segarizzi, ed. Relazioni degli ambasciatori Veneti al Senato . Bari: Laterza, 1914-1916. 3 vols.
Piero Strozzi and Arnaldo Pozzolini, eds. Memorie per la vita di Fra , Priore di Capua . Firenze, 1890. A 'per nozze' volume, celebrating the wedding of normal="Strozzi, Leone">Leone Strozzi, Duke of Bagnolo, and Donna Maria Clementina Corsini. Piero, one of the editors, was Leone's brother.
Giuseppe Toffanin. Machiavelli e il 'Tacitismo' . Padova: Angelo Draghi, 1921. This has a good section on Lelio Maretti.
M. N. Tommaseo, ed. and trans. Relations des Ambassadeurs Vénitiens sur les affaires de France . 2 vols. Paris, 1838. Confined to the sixteenth century.

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Title: Guide to the Manuscripts of the Strozzi Family, 17th and 18th century Folger MS W.b.132 (1-199, 169a)
Status: Completed
Author: Finding aid prepared by John L. Lievsay
Date: 1977
Language of description: English
Script of description: Latin
Sponsor: Project partially funded by The Gladys Kreble Delmas Foundation, in collaboration with the Research Libraries Group.

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