‘Dello Stato della Regina di Scozia`, written by a Florentine official named Francesco Marcaldi, apparently as propaganda in Mary Queen of Scots’ favour.
Scope and Contents
The preface is dated at Bologna, 2 December 1581, and this autograph copy is addressed to Signor Alberto Cospi, probably the secretary to the Grand Duke of Tuscany.
This is one of about 30 copies of the work, each written in Marcaldi`s hand, but each with a different date and a different dedication.
In an inserted letter, Professor Karl Pearson, University College, University of London, points out the manuscript’s interest as recording the beliefs of a contemporary Italian Catholic on the course of events in Scotland.
Dates
- Creation: 1581.
Extent
0.00 Linear metres (iv + 34 folios. Octavo.)
Language of Materials
English
Custodial History
The manuscript was presented to the Advocates’ Library in 1925 with Adv.MS.54.1.7.
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Presented, 1925, by the Faculty of Advocates to the nation on the foundation of the National Library of Scotland.
Bibliography
Genre / Form
- Title
- National Library of Scotland Catalogue of Manuscripts
- Author
- National Library of Scotland
- Date
- 01 09 2015
- Description rules
- Finding Aid Prepared Using Local Descriptive Rules
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Latin
Repository Details
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