Anglerius, Peter Martyr (1455-1526)
Identity Statement
Reference code(s) | : GB 0120 MS.8462 |
Held at | : Wellcome Library Click here to find out how to view this collection at http://wellcomelibrary.org/ › |
Full title | : Anglerius, Peter Martyr (1455-1526) |
Date(s) | : c1855 |
Level of description | : Collection (fonds) |
Extent | : 7 volumes and 1 loose-leaf binder |
Name of creator(s) | : D'anghiera | Pietro Martire | 1457-1526 | historian x Martire D'anghiera |
Detailed catalogue | : Click here to view repository detailed catalogue |
Context
Administrative/Biographical history:
Peter Martyr of Anghiera (in Italian, Pietro Martire D'anghiera; in Spanish Pedro Mįrtir De Anghiera, Latin, Petrus Martyr Anglerius or ab Angleria) was an Italian-born historian of Spain, particularly of its discoveries during the Age of Exploration. Born, 1457; gave the first accounts of Spanish expeditions in Central and South America in letters and reports that were published, in Latin, during 1511-1530, grouped into sets of ten chapters called 'Decades'; his De Orbe Novo (published posthumously in 1530) describes the first contacts of Europeans and native Americans. Opus epistolarum, also published posthumously in 1530, is a collection of letters to or from ecclesiastical dignitaries, generals, and statesmen of Spain and Italy, dealing with contemporary events and particularly with the history of Spain during the years of exploration. Died, 1526.
Content
Scope and content/abstract:
Manuscript translation into English, by an unknown hand, of Petrus Martyr Anglerius, Opus epistolarum ... Cui accesserunt epistolę Ferdinandi de Pulgar, Latinę pariter atque Hispanicę (in Latinum idioma conuersę a J. Magon), cum tractatu Hispanico de viris Castellę illustribus, edited by C. Patin, (Elsevir, Amsterdam, 1670) 'The Work of the Letters of Peter Martyr of Angleria, a Milanese...to which are added the letters of Fernandez de Pulgar....'.
Access & Use
Language/scripts of material:
English
System of arrangement:
Chronologically
Conditions governing access:
The papers are available subject to the usual conditions of access to Archives and Manuscripts material, after the completion of a Reader's Undertaking.
Conditions governing reproduction:
Photocopies/photographs/microfilm are supplied for private research only at the Archivist's discretion. Please note that material may be unsuitable for copying on conservation grounds, and that photographs cannot be photocopied in any circumstances. Readers are restricted to 100 photocopies in twelve months. Researchers who wish to publish material must seek copyright permission from the copyright owner.
Finding aids:
Described in Richard Aspin and Christopher Hilton's typescript supplement to S.A.J Moorat's Catalogue of Western Manuscripts, drawing upon card index descriptions.
Archival Information
Archival history:
Immediate source of acquisition:
Purchased from F. Norman, July 1972.
Allied Materials
Related material:
Publication note:
Description Notes
Archivist's note:
Entry compiled by Sarah Drewery.
Rules or conventions:
Compiled in compliance with General International Standard Archival Description, ISAD(G), second edition, 2000; National Council on Archives Rules for the Construction of Personal, Place and Corporate Names, 1997.
Date(s) of descriptions:
Jul 2008
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