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Milledonne Manuscript

IDENTITY STATEMENT

Reference code(s): GB 0103 MS ITALIAN 5

Held at: University College London

Title: Milledonne Manuscript

Date(s): [17th century]

Level of description: Collection (fonds)

Extent: 1 volume containing 110 leaves

Name of creator(s): Unknown

CONTEXT

Administrative/Biographical history:

Antonio Milledonne: born, 1522; secretary of the Council of Ten in Venice; the Republic's observer at the Council of Trent (1545-1563), whose account of the Council was never published (although a French translation appeared in Paris in 1870); died, 1588.

CONTENT

Scope and content/abstract:

Manuscript volume [17th century] containing Antonio Milledonne's 'Historia de sacri concili divisa in due libri ... ' (history of the holy council [presumably the Council of Trent] in two volumes).

ACCESS AND USE

Language/scripts of material: Italian. Cursive script.

System of arrangement:

Conditions governing access:

Open.

Conditions governing reproduction:

Normal copyright restrictions apply.

Physical characteristics:

Paper manuscript in vellum binding. One hand throughout. 29cm.

Finding aids:

List at University College London Special Collections.

ARCHIVAL INFORMATION

Appraisal, destruction and scheduling information:

Accruals:

Archival history:

From the St John Brooks Collection. Various pressmarks.

Immediate source of acquisition:

Unknown.

ALLIED MATERIALS

Existence and location of originals:

Existence and location of copies:

Related material:

Cf Oxford University, Bodleian Library, Special Collections and Western Manuscripts, MS 24396. McGill University Archives, Montreal, Canada, Rare Book Department, holds a manuscript copy, c1680, of Milledonne's 'Gionale del Concilio Tridentino' (Ref: H80.Bd119).

Publication note:

DESCRIPTION NOTES

Note:

Archivist's note: Source: website of McGill University Archives, Montreal, Canada, at http://www.archives.mcgill.ca. Compiled by Rachel Kemsley as part of the RSLP AIM25 project.