Reports by Venetian ambassadors, and similar papers, as follows:
- Fol. 1. 'Discorso di terra de' Svizzeri': beg. 'Terra de' Svizzeri é una regione posta in Germania'.
- Fol. 177. 'Descrittione delta guerra seguita tra'l Turco et Persiano' (1578): beg. 'Tachmas Ré di Persia'.
- Fol. 229. 'Relatione di Persia di M. Vincenzo di Alessandri ritornato á Venetia 1' anno 1574'.
- Fol. 267. 'Relatione delle cose del Regno d' Inghilterra, scritta per Petruccio Vbaldino Fiorentino nel M.D.Li'.
- Fol. 371. 'Relatione di Sauoia di ... Andrea Boldú, fatta al senato Venetiano l' anno 1562'.
- Fol. 403. 'Relatione d' Inghilterra di ... signor Giouanni Michele dell' anno 1557'.
- Fol. 479. 'Relatione di ... signor Marc'antonio Barbaro ritornato Bailo da Constantinopoli 1' anno 1573'.
- Fol. 523. 'Discorso della Moscouia': beg. 'Fú già la Moscouia un Ducato'.
- Fol. 542. 'Relatione di ... Emiliano Manolesso ritornato da Ferrara 1' anno 1575'.
- Fol. 566. 'Relatione di ... Francesco Molino ritornato di Sauoia l' anno 1576'.
- Fol. 590. 'Relatione di Fiorenza di ... [Andrea] Gussoni dell' anno 1576'.
- Fol. 623. 'Relatione della Signoria di Venetia, diuisa in tré parti', 1569, followed (fol. 646) by some supplementary documents of 1571, 1572 and 1582.
Dates
- Creation: Written in the last quarter of the 16th century in several hands
Extent
657 Leaves
Language of Materials
- Italian
Preferred Citation
Oxford, Bodleian Libraries [followed by shelfmark and folio or page reference, e.g. MS. Bodl. 880, fols. 1-2]
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Shelfmark:
MS. Bodl. 880
Collection ID (for staff)
CMD ID 18092
Abstract
Reports by Venetian ambassadors
Biographical / Historical
Biographical details unknown.
Other Finding Aids
Falconer Madan, et al., A summary catalogue of western manuscripts in the Bodleian Library at Oxford which have not hitherto been catalogued in the Quarto series (7 vols. in 8 [vol. II in 2 parts], Oxford, 1895-1953; reprinted, with corrections in vols. I and VII, Munich, 1980), vol. II, no. 3017
Custodial History
Manuscript 2* acquired by the Bodleian Library
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Presented by William Gent, esq., in 1600.
Physical Facet
On paper
Dimensions
12 1/4 × 9 in.
- Title
- Reports by Venetian ambassadors
- Status
- Published
- Date
- EAD version 2020 by Alice Whichelow
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Latin
Repository Details
Part of the Bodleian Libraries Repository
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