Diplomatic Documents, 1404-1781, 1404-1781

Summary

Title:

Diplomatic documents

Dates:

1404-1781

Extent:

0.5 Linear feet 34 manuscript documents

Language:

Preferred citation:

[identification of item], Diplomatic Manuscript Documents, 1404-1781, M1814. Dept. of Special Collections, Stanford University Libraries, Stanford, Calif.

Background

Scope and content:

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.

Acquisition information:

Purchased, 2011. Accession 2011-042.

Custodial history:

An artificial collection created by the dealer, Bernard M. Rosenthal.

Processing information:

Handwritten dealer notes by Bernard Rosenthal are included with the document when they include more information than written on each folder.

Rules or conventions:

Describing Archives: A Content Standard

Indexed terms

Subjects:

Manuscripts, Italian.
Manuscripts, Latin (Medieval and modern).
Manuscripts, Medieval.
Paleography.
Papacy--History--Sources.
Popes--Correspondence.
Medieval and Renaissance studies--Czech Republic--18th century.
Medieval and Renaissance studies--England16th 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--Spain16th century.

Names:

Bernard M. Rosenthal, Inc., Booksellers
Ricci, Scipione de', 1741-1810.

About this collection guide

Collection Guide Author:

Finding aid prepared by Sara Timby

Date Prepared:

2011-06-13

Date Encoded:

This finding aid was produced using the Archivists' Toolkit 2011-06-13T09:37-0700

Restrictions:

Open for research.

Preferred citation:

[identification of item], Diplomatic Manuscript Documents, 1404-1781, M1814. Dept. of Special Collections, Stanford University Libraries, Stanford, Calif.

Location of this collection:

Stanford University, Manuscripts Division

Department of Special Collections, Green Library

557 Escondido Mall

Stanford, CA 94305-6004, US

Contact:

(650) 725-1022

specialcollections@stanford.edu

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