Diplomatic manuscript documents, 1404-1781
- Physical description
- 1 linear foot (1 manuscript box of 30 documents and 1 print box of 4 documents and vellum cover)
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Special Collections
Finding aid
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| Call number | Status |
|---|---|
| M1814 | |
| M1814 FLAT BOX 2 | |
| M1814 HALF BOX 1 |
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Description
Creators/Contributors
- Contributor
- Rosenthal, Bernard M.
Contents/Summary
- Finding aid
- Finding aid available online (html)
- Organization & arrangement
- Oversize items are in the print box; regular are in the manuscript box. Within each box arrangement is by date.
- Summary
- Included are 34 diplomatic documents from Italy (predominantly), France, Spain, England, and Czechoslovakia. Of particular note is an 1772 Papal indulgence from Olomouc, in the Czech Republic, and a 1781 letter addressed by Pope Pius VI to Scipione de' Ricci, bishop of Pistoia-Prato, in reply to the bishop's complaint about two nuns of the Monastery of Santa Caterina who are on the road to perdition and whose heresies and misdeeds border on the incredible.
Subjects
- Subject
- Ricci, Scipione de', 1741-1810.
- Manuscripts, Italian.
- Manuscripts, Latin (Medieval and modern)
- Manuscripts, Medieval.
- Paleography.
- Papacy > History > Sources.
- Popes > Correspondence.
- Local subject
- Medieval and Renaissance studies > Czech Republic > 18th century.
- Medieval and Renaissance studies > England > 16th century.
- Medieval and Renaissance studies > France > 15th century.
- Medieval and Renaissance studies > Italy > 15th century.
- Medieval and Renaissance studies > Italy > 16th century.
- Medieval and Renaissance studies > Italy > 17th century.
- Medieval and Renaissance studies > Italy > 18th century.
- Medieval and Renaissance studies > Spain > 16th century.
Bibliographic information
- Earliest date
- 1404
- Latest date
- 1781
- Note
- Handwritten dealer notes by Bernard Rosenthal are included with the document when they include more information than written on each folder.
- Access
- Open for research; material must be requested at least 24 hours in advance of intended use.
- Source
- Purchased, 2011. Accession 2011-042.
- Note
- An artificial collection created by the dealer, Bernard M. Rosenthal.
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