Collection of three Italian, Latin and Spanish items
MS. Cherry 5
Bodleian Libraries, University of Oxford
Description
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Title
Collection of three Italian, Latin and Spanish items
Shelfmark
MS. Cherry 5
Summary
Fol. 7. Communications between the kingdom of Sicily and especially Palermo and the Popes of Rome, on ecclesiastical affairs, chiefly in the second half of the 16th cent., and with reference to an ecclesiastical census or tax imposed on the kingdom. The collection is chiefly in Italian or Latin and appears to have been formed and annotated by Franciscus Penia, probably at Palermo, in 1610-11
Fol. 84. Papers connected with a dispute between the archbp. of Besançon and the Parliament of Dole on a matter of jurisdiction, 1572- about 1600: partly in Spanish, but chiefly Latin and Italian
Fol. 188. 'De vita et obitu ... domini Henrici Scrimgeri ...', an elegiac poem, signed 'A. Meluinus', followed by an epitaph on Scrimger (d. 1572?) by his nephew Melvin
Date
Written in the 17th century
Language
Spanish
Latin
Multiple languages
Italian
Physical facet
On paper
Physical extent
192 Leaves
Custodial history
'No. 2;' 'Stretton MSS.;' 'MSS. in H ... w ... s auction', nearly erased.
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Collection contents
Collection of three Italian, Latin and Spanish items
