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PwV - Literary Manuscripts in the Portland (Welbeck) Collection, 16th-19th centuries
Document Reference
Pw V 223
Title
MS poem, entitled 'S'allude alla gran potenza... Sonetto', by Antonio Fiorentino, addressed to Queen Anne; n.d.
Extent
2 ff
Level
Item/file
Content Description
Text consists of 13 lines.
Addressed to Queen Anne on the general peace.
The document is endorsed with a short Latin version of the Italian dedication.
Title Of Work
S'allude alla gran potenza e ualor di sua Maesta, La Regina della gran Brettagna per La Pace Generale, conuantaggio d'ogn'uno pro Curata ualorosamente per allegrezza commune. E pendo Specchio di Prudenza Lume di tutti i Prencipi e Splendore Vniuersale del Mondo. Temuta in Guerra e riccerita in pace. Dedicato all'incomparabile merito di tanta e tal Mta:= Dall'= SONettO
First Line of Poem
Serrena Dea anzi Celeste Atlante
Last Line of Poem
e dar alla tua Fama un Nome eterno
Language
Italian
Physical Description
One folio folded once to form two quartos
Physical match: Pw V 220 (page, paper, watermark, script) & Pw V 221 (page, paper, watermark, script) & Pw V 222 (page, paper, watermark, script)
Condition
Good
Descriptive Features
Watermark: Post Horn within crowned shield, under the shield monogram 4WR, approx. 120 x 55 mm
Watermark
Horn (crowned shield)
Related Material
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Persons
Code
PersonName
Dates of existence
NA18608
Anne (1665-1714); Queen of Great Britain and Ireland
1665-1714
NA74447
Fiorentino; Antonio
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