Alexander VI, Pope

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Accession date: 1492

Places: Rome

Title: Pope

British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000472.0x000097

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referencedIn PAPAL DISPENSATION to John Brereton, clerk in the see of Coventry and Lichfield, to hold two other benefices in addition to any living to which he may be appointed. Dat. at Rome, xii. Kal. Jun. 11 Alexand. VI. [21 May], 1503. Lat. Endorsed, "Introduc... British Library
referencedIn MISCELLANEOUS COLLECTION of tracts, relazioni, and discourses relating to Rome, Spain, Germany, Sweden, the League of Tuscany, Venice, Modena and Parma during the war of Castro, Ferrara, France, the Netherlands, and the Congress of Cologne; circa 153... British Library
referencedIn ACCOUNTS OF CONCLAVES FROM NICHOLAS V TO URBAN VIII, ADDING CLEMENT V AND OMITTING PAUL IV, PREFACED BY A PROCEDURAL MANUAL ON THE CONCLAVE AND FOLLOWED BY A DESCRIPTION OF THE DESIGN AND FURNISHINGS OF THE CONCLAVE; 1305-1740. Italian and Latin. Cop... British Library
referencedIn LETTERS and papers, principally addressed to Dukes of Milan; 1409-1656; viz.:-1. Articles of agreement for forming, a commercial partnership between Salvestro Boccha, of Pisa, Bartolomeo Chorbinelli and Giuliano Biliotti, of Florence, and others; 15..., 1409-1656 British Library
referencedIn AUTOGRAPH LETTERS of foreign princes and distinguished persons, viz. Various members of the family of Orsini, of Pitigliano, etc., 1425-1487, Ital., f. 1; Philip the Good, Duke of Burgundy; Bruges, 17 Jan. 1444/5 ; Signed. Fr., f. 18; Roderigo Borgi..., 1425-1762 British Library
referencedIn MISCELLANE0US LETTERS AND PAPERS, private and official; 13th-19th centt. English, Latin, French, Italian, Spanish, Dutch, German and Persian. Included are:-(1) Ten letters of Filippo del Benino, and one of Brancatio della Valle (cf. Add. MS. 10281, ..., 13th century-19th century British Library
referencedIn WRIOTHESLEY'S HERALDIC COLLECTIONS. Vol. IV. 'Writhe's Book of Knights': collections made apparently by John Writhe, Garter King of Arms 1478-1504, and his son Sir Thomas Wriothesley, Garter King of Arms 1505-1534, mainly consisting of lists of knigh..., 14th century-16th century British Library
referencedIn ACCOUNTS OF CONCLAVES FROM NICHOLAS V TO INNOCENT IX, ADDING CLEMENT V, URBAN VI, LEO XI, AND URBAN VIII, AND OMITTING PIUS V AND GREGORY XIII; 1305-1623. Italian and Latin. Copies. Contemporary tables of contents (f. 1-1v.); ff. 7v, 23v, 121, 166, 1... British Library
referencedIn LIFE OF POPE ALEXANDER VI: biography of Pope Alexander VI, Rodrigo Borgia (1431-1503), and his son, Cesare Borgia, Duc de Valentinois (1475-1507); 18th cent. Italian. This biography has the title, 'Vita di Don Rodrigo Borgia poi Pontefice Allesandro ... British Library
referencedIn MISCELLANEOUS legal and ecclesiastical tracts:-1. Extracts of law cases, f. 1. 2. "The certificat of Attorneys of the Court of Common pleas, presented the xvth of Febuary 1627 vnto his Majesties Commissioners for inquirie after new exacted fees, acc..., 17th century British Library
referencedIn VOL. X. Miscellaneous literary collections of Abbate Francesco Cancellieri, viz.: 1. "Vita dell' Ammiraglio [Giorgio] Anson," f. 6. 2. "Pesce Meridionale ove costellazione del Cielo Astronomico di Giordano Bruno," f. 12. 3. "Estratto di uno scritto d..., 18th century-19th century British Library
referencedIn Diary of Johannes Burchard, 25 Dec. 1499-24 Dec. 1502. Inc. 'Anno à Nativitate Domini 1500 feliciter inchoante Die Mercurii', expl. (f. 341v) 'qui cantavit secundas missam, et hec mihi retulit'. Followed, as in Add. 48077, ff. 289-301, by the text of... British Library
referencedIn ACCOUNTS OF CONCLAVES FROM NICHOLAS V TO GREGORY XIII, ADDING CLEMENT V AND URBAN VI, AND OMITTING PIUS II, MOST FOLLOWED BY THE LIFE OF THE POPE ELECTED; 1305-1572. Italian. Copies. Owned by Frederick North, 5th Earl of Guilford, but lacking his arm... British Library
referencedIn ACCOUNTS OF CONCLAVES FROM NICHOLAS V TO MARCELLUS II, ADDING URBAN VI, AND THE ANTIPOPES ALEXANDER V AND JOHN XXIII, TOGETHER WITH WORKS ON THE ORGANISATION AND PROCEDURE OF THE CONCLAVE; 1378-1555. Italian and Latin. Copies, woodcut portraits. Eigh... British Library
referencedIn DIPLOMATIC PAPERS, relating particularly to Burgundy, France and Switzerland; c. 1477-c. 1590. Latin, English, French, and German. Chiefly copies, 16th cent. 1. ff. 1-6b. Letters of James IV of Scotland agreeing to observe treaties concluded by his p..., 1472-1599 British Library
referencedIn PAPAL CONCLAVES, etc.: the Epitome of O. Panvinio's Treatise on Papal elections, together with accounts of Papal conclaves 1271-1559. Latin and Italian. Copies, late 16th-early 17th centt. 1. ff. 2-55. 'Modus eligendi Pontifices ab ellectione Beati P... British Library
referencedIn ELECTROTYPE in copper of a bulla of Pope Alexander VI, found on an allotment near Bristol. Made by permission of the Bristol Museum.Alexander VI; Pope: Bulla: [1492-1503].: Electrotype. British Library
referencedIn JOHANNIS BURCHARDI Diarium rerum notabilium Pontificatus Alexandri VI., Papæ; from 12 May, 1500, to 25 Dec. 1502. Imperfect. Paper. Small Folio. British Library
referencedIn VOL. I. Copy of the bull of Alexander VI. for the demarcation of the discoveries and possessions of the Spanish and Portuguese, 1493, f. 1 ;-Two copies of the Letter of Christoval Colon [Columbus] to Ferdinand and Isabella of Spain, projecting the r..., 18th century British Library
creatorOf MISCELLANEOUS COLLECTION of relazioni, letters, tracts and orations relating to the Papacy, Spain, France, Venice, the German Empire, Austria, Dalmatia, Turkey, Savoy, Florence, Naples, Genoa, and Ethiopia; circa 1494-1585. Italian, Latin, and Spanis... British Library
referencedIn COPIES of instructions to Papal Nuncios, discourses on the Papal power of conferring dignities, and on the ceremonials of the courts of Rome, France, and Germany, historical accounts of the reception of ambassadors, etc.; 1494-1698. Lat., Ital., Fr.,..., 1494-1698 British Library
referencedIn PAPELES VARIOS de Indias ; a similar collection of Papers in Spanish, relating to the following subjects :-Copies of the bulls of Alexander VI. and Paul III., conveying the sovereignty of the Indies to the kings of Spain, 1493, 1537, with a translat..., 1589-1648 British Library
creatorOf INSTRUCTIONS TO PAPAL LEGATES; 1472-1504. Latin. Copies, early 17th cent. For documents of Pope Sixtus IV see J. Schlecht, Andrea Zamometic und der Basler Konzilsversuch vom Jahre 1482, 1903, pp. 151-168 passim, from which dates have been supplied wh..., 1472-1504 British Library
referencedIn ORIGINAL proceedings of the Papal Commissioners appointed to examine the claims of Louis XII. of France for a dissolution of his marriage with Jeanne, daughter of Louis XI.; Tours and Amboise, Aug. Dec. 1498. Lat. Vellum. Folio.Alexander VI; Pope: Pr... British Library
creatorOf MISCELLANEOUS COLLECTION of relazioni, letters, manifesto, and peace treaties relating to the Papacy, Spain, Malta, England, France, the Council of Trent, Austria, Venice, the German Empire, Turkey, and Scotland; circa 1458-1570. Latin and Italian. C... British Library
referencedIn "RELATIONE del Ponteficato di Papa Alessandro Sesto [Roderigo Borgia, 1492-1503]; con uarie notitie notabilissime non deseritte da scrittori, che sono esentiali; raccolte fedelmente da B Gaddi." Imperfect. Paper; XVIIth cent. With book-plate of the a..., 17th century British Library
referencedIn TREATISE ON DIPLOMACY AND ACCOUNTS OF PAPAL CONCLAVES, etc.; 1492-1629, n.d. Latin, French and Italian. Copies, 17th cent. Partly printed. 1. ff. 5-24b. Treatise on diplomacy: 'Ricordi per Ministri de Principi che negotiano presso un altro Principe p..., 1492-1699 British Library
creatorOf RELAZIONI and other diplomatic material, chiefly relating to Italy; 1494-1621. Italian. Copies. 1. ff. 2-35b. 'Instruttione data della . . . ', instructions from Pope Gregory XV to Charles Caraffa, Bishop of Aversa, upon his departure as nuncio to th..., 1494-1699 British Library
referencedIn Diary of Johannes Burchard, 1 Jan. 1497-24 Dec. 1499. Inc. 'Incipit Liber Notarum per me Joannem Bruchardum Argentin', expl. 'Ludovicus Episcopus Cabbalicensis more suo, Cantores non dixerunt laudes'. '42' in black ink in lower left corner of front p... British Library
referencedIn Alexander VI; Pope: Mandate relating to the see of Hildersheim: 1495.: Lat.Mayence, Germany: Papal mandate to St. James's Abbey: 1495.: Lat.Halberstadt; Abbey: Papal commission to the Abbat: 1495.Erfurt Abbey; Prussia: Mandate to the Abbat: 1495.Brun... British Library
referencedIn VITA d'Alessandro Papa VI. [1492-1508] e di suoi figliuoli; del Conte Alfonso Loschi;-Vita di Papa Pio V. [1566-1572], scritta da Agostino da Somma. xviiith cent. Small Quarto. [Bibl. Eg. 1097.], 18th century British Library
creatorOf RELAZIONI, documents relative to France, etc.; 1494-1589. Latin, French and Italian. Copies, late 16th cent. 1. ff. 11-15b. Instructions from Pope Alexander VI (1492-1503) to Georgio Buzardo as nuncio to the Grand Turk, Sultan Baiazet, requesting Tur..., 1553-1599 British Library
referencedIn Dispensation for illegitimacy granted by Pope Alexander VI to David Nortaphowel (?= North ap Howell), scholar of the diocese of Bangor, a candidate for Holy Orders; 27 Oct. 1500. Latin. Signed by A. de Ballapanibus, A. de Buccabellis, and A. Vines; e... British Library
referencedIn CLASSICAL and other works, with marginal and interlinear glosses, in Latin, viz..-1. Q. Horatii Flacei liber de Arte Poetica. f. 2. 2. M. T. Ciceronis Cato Major vel De Senectute. f. 13;-Somnium Scipionis. f. 36 ;-Paradoxa. f. 42 b;-Liber de Amiciti... British Library
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Bologna, Italy
Newent, Gloucestershire
Nombre de Dios, Mexico
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Castle Combe, Wiltshire
Vaucelles, the Netherlands
Levant, Asia Minor
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Chucuyto, Peru
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Zurich, Switzerland
Windward Isles, West Indies
Malta, Europe
Tuscany, Italy
South America, Americas
Peru, South America
Larecaja, Bolivia
London, England
Lucca, Italy
London, England
Romagna, Italy
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Oxenhall with Pauntley, Gloucestershire
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Berne, Switzerland
California, U.S.A.
Venice, Italy
Geneva, Switzerland
Heavitree, Devon
Saint Domingo, the Carribean
Cateau Cambrésis, France
Dalmatia, Croatia
Venice, Republic of, Europe
Danby, Yorkshire
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Ancona, Italy
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Marañon River, South America
Naples, Italy
Germany, Europe
Brunswick, Lower Saxony
Europe, Europe
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Cyprus, Asia Minor
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Tenerife, New Granada
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Switzerland, Europe
Nice, Alpes-Maritimes
Paris, France
Castro, Italy
Senlis, France
Brenzett, Kent
Berne, Canton of, Switzerland
Mayence, Germany
Naples and Sicily, Kingdom of, Italy
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Potosi, South America
Geneva, Switzerland
Königsberg, Brandenburg
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