Instructions to the Ambassador to the Court of Spain (DS9934) (Q43806)
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Manuscript metadata collected by Digital Scriptorium from The Huntington Library, Art Museum, and Botanical Gardens (.b18621661, https://catalog.huntington.org/record=b1862166, mssHM 1316)
| Language | Label | Description | Also known as |
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| English | Instructions to the Ambassador to the Court of Spain (DS9934) |
Manuscript metadata collected by Digital Scriptorium from The Huntington Library, Art Museum, and Botanical Gardens (.b18621661, https://catalog.huntington.org/record=b1862166, mssHM 1316) |
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Instructions to the Ambassador to the Court of Spain
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Spain--Foreign relations--Italy--Early works to 1800
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Italy--Foreign relations--Spain--Early works to 1800
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between 1585 and 1599
16. century
1585
1599
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Extent: ff. 9 : paper ; 210 x 302 mm
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Instructions to Ludovico Orsini, to be sent as Ambassador to Spain by Paolo Giordano Orsini, Duke of Bracciano, who desires the title of "Generale d'Italiani" (f. 9). Text dates from 1567-1579, when Antonio Perez was the Spanish minister in charge of the affairs of Italy (f. 3v). This seems a later fine copy made to win patronage, written in Italy at the end of the sixteenth century.
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Span folios: ff. 1-9v. Support: Paper. Watermark(s): Not dissimilar from Briquet, Arbalète, 731, but with small mountains as countermark, Laibach 1591, var. ident. Reggio Emilia 1592. Layout: 1 quire of 8 leaves with an additional leaf at the beginning (possibly the missing last leaf of HM 1313). 20 long lines with vertical bounding lines produced by folding. Written in an italic script, the...
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Input into Digital Scriptorium by: C. W. Dutschke, 7/31/2012.
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The manuscript belonged to H. F. House; his sale, Sotheby's, 21 January 1924, lot 948 to Rosenbach. Acquired by Henry E. Huntington. In 1929 the large volume which had constituted lot 948 was disbound and its component parts given separate numbers: HM 770, HM 771, HM 772, HM 773, HM 1313, HM 1316, HM 1405, HM 774, HM 775, HM 776, RB 180507.
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22 July 2024
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22 July 2024
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