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Vatican Archives 
INSTRUMENTA MONASTICA . 12 
This collection consists of documents placed on deposit for safe-keeping in 
the Vatican archives at the time of Napoleon I. No inventory exists and the 
indict contain no reference to its existence, but it is being ordered by F. Me- 
lampo. There are documents belonging to the Augustinians, Basilians, Do¬ 
minicans, and Franciscans. Of these, those belonging to the latter order only 
were examined. 
Fondo Francescano. This collection consists of thirteen volumes and pamph¬ 
let cases, containing a great variety of material, chiefly of the eighteenth cen¬ 
tury, but with one volume from the archives of St. Isidor, arm. 2 , no. 23 , re¬ 
lating to 1464-1488. There is also a collection of “ instrument Francescani ” 
in the Archivio Castello, caps. 81 , but these are all of date previous to the 
discovery of America. No manuscripts seemed relevant to the subject, but 
the following pamphlet is of interest: 
Tabula, et Constitutiones per Celebris Capituli Generalis totius Ordinis Fra- 
trum Minorum, celebrati in Vigilio Sacri Festi Pentecostes, juxta Praescrip- 
turn Seraphicae Regulae S. P. N. Francisci, anno Jubilari Universalis 1700, 
die 29. Maij, Romae. 40 pp., of which 23-27 are “ pro Natione Hispaniae ”. 
BIBLIOTECA PIO. 
This library is placed with the Miscellanea but is not inventoried by De 
Pretis. An inventory is, however, found in indice 219, 13 and an index in 
Carpegna 65 , pp. 193 and following. 14 It once consisted of nearly 500 volumes, 
but many have been removed to complete regular series, and are now sched¬ 
uled elsewhere, so that there are said at present to be 281 only. 15 The num¬ 
bering has not been changed, so that references extend to a much higher 
figure. Changes of location are not specifically noted. It was collected by 
Cardinal Pio, who flourished 1654-1689, 16 was annexed to the Archivio in 1798, 
and is very rich in documentary material, particularly diplomatic. Compara¬ 
tively few volumes were called for— 72 , 78 , 79 , 85 , 245 , 246 , 255 —as most of 
the material consists of copies, and the greater portion of that which does 
not duplicate the regular series has been removed. Of the volumes called for, 
78 was missing—that is, probably, placed elsewhere—while 85 and 255 con¬ 
tained nothing relevant. The material discovered, and the volumes possibly 
containing items, are roughly classified as follows: 
Consistorial Acts. 
17 . “ Acta Concistorialia.” 1490-1564. 
20 . “ Acta Concistorialia ” of Cardinal Caraffa. 1552-1584. 
22 . “ Acta Concistorialia ” of Cardinal S. Severina. 1570-1595. 
“ Acta Concistorialia ” of Cardinal S. Severina. 1590-1600. 
23 . “ Acta Concistorialia.” 1623-1644. 
28 . “ Decreta Concistorialia.” 1498-1644. 
29 . “ Acta Concistorialia.” 1559-1568. 
12 P. Kehr, “ Papsturkunden in Rom ”, in Nachrichten der K. Gesellschaft der Wis- 
senschaften zu Gottingen (1900), pp. 390-391. 
13 “ Reportorio di Manuscritti dell’ Em mo Sig r Cardinale Pio.” 20 ff. 
11 “ Indice de’ MSS. del Cardinale Pio.” 1686. See also indice 168 - 184 , the chrono¬ 
logical index of Garampi. 
33 G. Bourgin, Archives Pontificales, pp. 69-70. 
13 W. Friedensburg, Das Koniglich Preussische Historische Institut in Rom, p. 16; P. 
Kehr, “ Papsturkunden in Rom ”, l. c., p. 394. 
