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Document Reference	Pw V 220
Title	MS poem, entitled 'Sallude la gran benignita... Sonetto', by Antonio Fiorentino addressed to Robert Harley, Earl of Oxford; n.d.
Extent	2 ff
Level	Item/file
Content Description	Text consists of 14 lines. One of three sonnets addressed to Robert Harley (see Pw V 221-22). The document is endorsed with a Latin version of the Italian dedication
Title Of Work	Sallude la gran benignita uirtu, e ualor dell'Eccmo: ed'Illmo: Sigr: Conte=DOxford, Erario Begnissmo: e supremo Tesoriere di sua Maesta Brettanica. Lume de Sign: Splendore dell'Europa, e Gloria del nostro Secolo. Dedi=cato al suo incomparabile merito = - Sonetto
First Line of Poem	O di scettro degnissimo, e d'Impero
Last Line of Poem	O piu d'ogri altro florioso e degno
Language	Italian
Language	Latin
Physical Description	One folio folded once to form two quartos Physical match: Pw V 221 (page, paper, watermark, script) & Pw V 222 (page, paper, watermark, script) & Pw V 223 (page, paper, watermark, script)
Condition	Good
Descriptive Features	Watermark: Post Horn within crowned shield with insignia 4WR suspended under the shield, approx. 115 x 54 mm
Watermark	Horn (crowned shield)
Related Material	University of Nottingham Library:
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Persons

Code	PersonName	Dates of existence
NA893	Harley; Robert (1661-1724); 1st Earl of Oxford and Mortimer; M.P.; speaker 1701-1705; P.M. 1711-1714	1661-1724
NA74447	Fiorentino; Antonio

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