[Instruttioni diverse]
- Description
- Seventeenth-century copies of 11 ambassadorial instructions for legations to Emperor Charles V; to his brother Ferdinand, King Sigismund I of Poland; and to the delegates to the Council of Trent, dated 1534-1548. Most are related to Germany, a few to Spain. Instructions are directed to Cardinal Farnese, to abbate Girolamo Martinengo, to Cardinal Contareno, and others.
- Creator
- Paul III, Pope, 1468-1549
- Martinengo, Girolamo, 1504-1569
- Farnese, Cardinal
- Contareno, Cardinal
- Catholic Church. Apostolic Nunciature (Holy Roman Empire)
- Form
- manuscripts (documents)
- codices (bound manuscripts)
- Manuscripts, Latin
- Manuscripts, European
- Date
- 1600
- Language
- Latin
- Italian
- Subject
- Charles V, Holy Roman Emperor, 1500-1558
- Sigismund I, King of Poland, 1467-1548
- Catholic Church -- Foreign relations -- Holy Roman Empire
- Catholic Church -- Foreign relations -- Germany
- Catholic Church -- Foreign relations -- Poland
- Catholic Church
- International relations
- Geographic Subject
- Poland
- Germany
- Extent
- 134 leaves : paper ; 297 x 207 (203 x 125) mm bound to 296 x 210 mm
- Notes
- Ms. codex.
- Title supplied by cataloger (Zacour-Hirsch).
- Foliation: Paper, 134; 23-28, 31-44, 47-52, 55-70, 73-94, 97-112, 115-137, 141-152, 155-160, 163-169, 173-177, contemporary foliation in ink, [1-134], modern foliation in pencil, upper right recto; missing folios between each item, final folio numbered 178 is blank.
- Script: Written in one hand in a cursive script; one item (f. 73-94) may be in a second hand; a few marginal notes are in another hand.
- Binding: Contemporary boards, parchment removed from spine, label removed from upper cover.
- Origin: Written in Italy[?] in the 17th century.
- Seven items are in Latin, four items in Italian.
- Related works
- Digital facsimile for browsing (Colenda)
- Also listed in
- Penn Libraries Catalog
- Physical Location
- Kislak Center for Special Collections, Rare Books and Manuscripts, Manuscripts, Oversize Ms. Codex 668
- Provenance
- Purchased, 1963.
- Rights
- http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/NoC-US/1.0/
- Resource Type
- Text
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