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25 items extracted from SP 9/203 (no. 21). Folios 1, 3 and 5: an account (in French)...
Catalogue reference: EXT 9/57
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This record is about the 25 items extracted from SP 9/203 (no. 21). Folios 1, 3 and 5: an account (in French)... dating from 1666-1667 in the series Public Record Office: Items extracted to flat storage from various classes of records.... It is held at The National Archives, Kew.
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- EXT 9/57
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Date (When the record was created)
- 1666-1667
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Description (What the record is about)
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25 items extracted from SP 9/203 (no. 21). Folios 1, 3 and 5: an account (in French) of 14 cardinals appointed in 1666-1667; folio 11: lists of cardinals and papal nuncios; folios 2-4, 6-8, and 12-19: copper plate engravings of 14 cardinals appointed in 1666-1667 by Pope Alexander VII, engraved by Joseph Testana and printed by Jo. Jacobus de Rubeis Formis; folio 20: woodcuts of the arms of 8 non-Italian cardinals; folio 21: single sheet engraving showing the funeral procession of Pope Alexander VII from the Vatican to St Peter's, the conclave for the election of Pope Clement IX, and portraits of the two popes; folio 22: note of a prophecy of St Malachy (primate of Ireland, died 1148); folios 23-25: three engraved portraits of Pope Clement IX by Rospigliosi (23 and 24 identical). French and Italian.
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Held by (Who holds the record)
- The National Archives, Kew
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Former reference (Former reference given to the record)
- MPM 91
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- Public Record(s)
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Language (The language of the record)
- French and Italian
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- Open Document, Open Description
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- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C11111025/
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