Report on the conclave electing Alexander VII (DS9897) (Q43695)
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Manuscript metadata collected by Digital Scriptorium from The Huntington Library, Art Museum, and Botanical Gardens (.b18621296, https://catalog.huntington.org/record=b1862129, mssHM 772)
| Language | Label | Description | Also known as |
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| English | Report on the conclave electing Alexander VII (DS9897) |
Manuscript metadata collected by Digital Scriptorium from The Huntington Library, Art Museum, and Botanical Gardens (.b18621296, https://catalog.huntington.org/record=b1862129, mssHM 772) |
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Report on the conclave electing Alexander VII
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17th century
17. century
1600
1699
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Extent: ff. 60 : paper ; 200 x 265 mm
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Title from printed catalog.
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Report, beginning defectively, on the conclave which elected as pope Fabio Chigi who took the name Alexander VII (April 1655-May 1666); although the author of the report frequently refers to himself in the first person, it remains uncertain if he is speaking strictly as an author, or as a participant in the events.
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Support: Paper.
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Script: Cursive.
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Layout: Collation impracticable; catchwords irregularly placed on the verso referring to the facing recto, and on the recto referring to its own verso. 19-22 long lines; vertical rules produced by folding.
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Watermark(s): Not in Briquet, but of the same type as Etoile 6088.
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HM 770, formerly part of the same larger volume as HM 772, contains Don Phoebo's Triumph, 1645, in the hand of Mildmay Fane, 2nd Earl of Westmoreland.
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Assigned Date: s. XVII.
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Input into Digital Scriptorium by: C. W. Dutschke, 7/29/2012.
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In 1929 the large volume which had constituted lot 948 was disbound and its component parts given separate numbers. They are in their original order: HM 770, Don Phoebo's Triumph, 1645, in the hand of Mildmay Fane, 2nd Earl of Westmoreland, ff. 9; HM 771, Candia Restaurata, 1640, with notes in the hand of Fane, ff. 23; HM 772, Report on the Conclave electing Alexander VII, the present...
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22 July 2024
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22 July 2024
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