'II Mercurio ò Vero, la verita smascherata sopra l'elettione del presente presente [sic] pontefice Alessandro settimo'
MS. Barlow 17
Bodleian Libraries, University of Oxford
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Title
'II Mercurio ò Vero, la verita smascherata sopra l'elettione del presente presente [sic] pontefice Alessandro settimo'
Shelfmark
MS. Barlow 17
Summary
'II Mercurio ò Vero, la verita smascherata sopra l'elettione del presente presente [sic] pontefice Alessandro settimo', who was elected Apr. 7, 1655, and died May 22, 1666. At fol. 69 is a list in four columns, headed 'Numero de cardinali che sono intervenuti nel conclave: fattione Barberina, squadron volante, fattione Spagnola, fattione Francese'.
Fols. 41-58 should be read between fols. 12v-13. beg. 'Quanta è grande la curiosità' (fol. 2).
Date
Written 1653-1666 in Italy
Language
Italian
Physical facet
On paper, binding, brown leather, with roll-produced borders, late 17th-cent. work
Physical extent
62 Leaves
Custodial history
'Liber Tho: Barlow è Coll. Reg. Oxon., ex dono viri et amici optimi domini Roberti Southwell ejusdem collegii alumni olim meritissimi' (fol. 1).
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Collection contents
'II Mercurio ò Vero, la verita smascherata sopra l'elettione del presente presente [sic] pontefice Alessandro settimo'
