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561
Foliophiles
Santa Fe, N.M.
Nov. '01
$40.00

Italian MSS. ca. 1650. f^0
Written by Theodorus Amydenius, a lawyer (Advocate)
in the Roman Curia. p. 231-2.

In this book the author sets forth "the lives +
praises of the most high Popes + of their Eminences,
the Cardinals* living at that time": rather a loose
description, inasmuch as the dates of their deaths
range from 1600 to 1653.

8 1/2 x 12 1/2." 20 lines, single column, folio, catchwords.
Written in Latin by one hand on smoot laid
paper in dark brown ink. Italian cursive script.
(Amydenus) Thoedor von Meyden
Theodorus Amydenius (1586-1656).
Theodor Ameyden Thodorus Amidenus
Theodoro Disk Ameyden

- a Netherlander, born Herzogenbusch; with
Cardinal Audrea Austriaco he went as a "page"
to Italy. When the Cardinal died (1600) Amydenus
came back again to Holland + Germany. Thereupon
he again travelled to Rome, enrolled in the German
Seminary + became an advocate in the Roman Curia.
In the year 1628 he wrote a treatise "de pietate
Romana Audrea"

Andreas von Austria (1558-1600) son of Archduke
Ferdinand of Austria. Created a Cardinal by
Pope Gregory XIII (1572-1585) on Nov. 19, 1576.
(Tuschi, Tuschus)
* Domenico Tosco (or Toschi) bishop of Tivoli. Created
a Cardinal by Clement VIII (1592-1605) Died
March 26, 1620