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By Rawlinson, to which he has prefixed the following title: "Original letters or explanations of severall antient Roman inscriptions and other subjects of antiquity, by celebrated hands, translated from the Italian".

To this title he subjoins a table of contents.

  1. (fol. 4) i. A defence of Montfaucon’s Diarium against Ficoroni, by Romecaldo Riccobaldi, alias Alessandro Maffei, published at Venice in 1710, and translated by Rawlinson in 1725.
  2. (fols. 76, 88) ii. Two letters of Michel Agnolo de la Chausse respecting a pillar found in the Campus Martius at Rome, erected in memory of Antoninus Pius, published by Nich. Bulifoni at Naples in 1704–5 and translated in 1723–4.
  3. (fol. 96) iii. Comparison of Julius Caesar and Alexander the Great, from the Lettere of Adr. Politi published in 1634.
  4. (fol. 120) iv. "Instructions to travellers, by Francis Gemelli".
  5. (fol. 125) v. "Some instructions for Protestant gentlemen who travel in Roman Catholic countries, by Gregorio Leti".
  6. (fol. 129) vi. "Some advice proper for noblemen who travel abroad," by Gregorio Leti.
  7. (fol. 135) vii. "The tragical end of conspiracies proved in that which was contrived against Claudius Nero", by Marco Ant. Nicolicchia, printed at Messina in 1708.
  8. (fol. 175) viii. A letter concerning medals, from the Lettere familiari of Giov. Bonifaccio printed in 1627, part i. p. 215.
  9. (fol. 176) ix. A letter from Ant. Dom. Andr. de Milo to Ant. Magliabecchi, concerning the mummies and lamps of the ancient sepulchres; from the Lettere memorabili published by Ant. Bulifoni.
  10. (fol. 179) x. A letter of Rimerville St. Quintin to Piganiol della Force, concerning two statues found at Apt in France, 4 Feb. 1722.
  11. (fol. 181) xi. Copy, not translated, of a letter from K. Henry VIII to the Franciscans at Jerusalem [Latin ?]
  12. (fol. 183) xii. "Whether blushing be a sign of modesty"; a speech.
  13. (fol. 185) xiii. Letter from Laurence Panciatichi, at Florence, to the abbate Octavio Falconieri, at Rome, concerning the signification of the Latin word 'cisium'.
  14. (fol. 189) xiv. Letter from Fiorniceto Carini to Giov. Carignani, in answer to the signification of the Latin word 'cisium'; Rome, 25 Sept. 1694.
  15. (fol. 197) xv. Letter from the canon Ignazio di Costanza to Ant. Bolifoni concerning a gold plate found in an old tomb near the Citta Vecchia in Malta; 18 Dec. 1694.
  16. (fol. 203) xvi. Letter from Dr. Giuseppe Lanzoni to sig. Anello at Naples concerning the drinking of the ancients; Ferrara, 29 Nov. 1695.
  17. (fol. 205) xvii. Letter from Card. Virginio Orsini to abb. Mich. Giustiniani about the old city of Palus. "From the first volume of letters published by Giustiniani, page 446".
  18. (fol. 210b) xviii. Letter from Gius. Battista to Ovidio Montalbani at Bologna concerning Posilipo and its grotto.
  19. (fol. 213) xix. Letter from Jos. Maria Suarez, bishop of Vascon, to Franc. Gothofredo, about a medal of Lepidus, 9 June, 1657. Guistiniani’s Lettere, i. 180.
  20. (fol. 216) xx. Description of the Chapel of the Font in St. Peter’s at Rome, by sig. Fontana.
  21. (fol. 218) xxi. Account of a bas-relief of a man on horseback from the Parma Giornale de Letterati for 1686, p. 13.
  22. (fol. 220) xxii. Account of a sarcophagus, etc., found in the village of Ramoscello; from the Parma Giornale de Letterati for 1686, p. 27.
  23. (fol. 223) xxiii. Account of a Roman inscription on a sarcophagus found near Pavia; from the Parma Giornale de Letterati for 1686, p. 126.
  24. (fol. 225b) xxiv. Account of a Christian inscription found at Vaprio Casale in the duchy of Milan, by conte Mezzabarba Birago; from the Parma Giornale de Letterati for 1686, p. 177.
  25. (fol. 228) xxv. Account of an old monument found at Cremona, by Franc. Arisi; from the Parma Giornale de Letterati for 1687, p. 175.
  26. (fol. 229b) xxvi. Account of a cippus, or columna milliaria, found at Parma, with a drawing; from the Parma Giornale de Letterati for 1689, p. 25.
  27. (fol. 230) xxvii. Letter from Greg. Calprese to Nich. Cajetano d’ Arragona, concerning phenomena at the Monte della Solfonaria near Pozzuoli. From vol. iv. of Bulifon’s collection of letters, p. 177.
  28. (fol. 235) xxviii. Letter from Gius. Battista to Giov. Franc. Bonomi of Bologna, concerning the native country of the poet Ennius. From Giustiniani’s Lettere, i. 39.
  29. (fol. 242b) xxix. Letter from Gius. Maria Suarez to Nich. Balducci, concerning a piece of money, or medal, found in a cemetery in 1657. from Giustiniani's Lettere, i. 224.
  30. (fol. 245) xxx. Lettera del Card. Lodovico Lodovisio a mons. Innoc. de Massimi, vesc. di Bertinora, sopra la dispensa del matrimonio di Maria d’ Austria, Infanta di Spagna, e Carlo prencipe d’Inghilterra; Roma, 12 Apr. 1623. Italian.
  31. (fol. 247) xxxi. Letter from [the Chev.] Ramsay to James II when in exile, being, apparently, the translation of a dedication of a work designed "to maintain your rights, and to undeceive my country of their errours".

Dates

  • Creation: 18th century

Extent

248 Leaves

Language of Materials

  • English
  • Italian
  • Latin

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MS. Rawl. D. 1198

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