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Document Reference	Pw V 676
Title	MS poems, addressed to Queen Anne, celebrating the raising of the siege of Barcelona and English participation in the War of the Spanish Succession, by Brother Basilio Affatighi; n.d. [1706]
Date	1706
Extent	2 ff
Level	Item/file
Content Description	Text consists of 7 poems, for detailed descriptions of which, see Pw V 676/1-7. The address is: Ad Purpurae Regalis oram in genua prouolutus humillimi obsequij sui ergo minimus inter Dominicanos Sanctae Mariae Novellae de Florentia Coenobitas offert, Frater Basilius Affatighi. The poems celebrate the raising of the siege of Barcelona and the English contribution to the War of the Spanish succession in support of the Archduke Charles ('Charles III' of Spain). The dorse is annotated: Verses to ye Queen by Basilius Affatighi a Florentine Dominicain. R<eceived> Jul. 22 1706.
Title Of Work	Invictissimae Anglorum Regnatrici
Language	Latin
Term	wars, War of the Spanish Succession 1701-13
Physical Description	One sheet folded once to form two folios
Condition	Good
Descriptive Features	Watermark: Post Horn within ornate, crowned shield, 90 x 60 mm Countermark: Mounds, three small, 35 x 18 mm
Watermark	Horn (crowned shield)
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Persons

Code	PersonName	Dates of existence
NA18608	Anne (1665-1714); Queen of Great Britain and Ireland	1665-1714
NA18634	Charles VI (1685-1740); Holy Roman Emperor	1685-1740
NA72758	Affatighi; Basilio (fl 1706); Br.; Dominican from S. Maria Nuova in Florence	fl 1706