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it still remains as a separate collection in the Vatican Library. The manu¬ 
scripts , 4 except the Greek, are inventoried in the library indice 14, “ Index 
Codicum Manuscriptorum Latinorum Reginae Suecorum ”. The volumesof 
this collection are noticeably small and easy to handle, evincing the feminine 
taste of the queen. References to material relating to the subject follow: 
603. Correr, “ Relazione dellTsola e Regno d’Inghilterra ”. See page 92 . 
650. “ Relazione delle Dignita, Consigli, ecc. e tutt’altro spettante alia Corte 
e Regno di Spagna fatta nel Senato Veneto l’anno ” 1620 , ff. 1 - 128 . 
ff. 32-34 on the Council of the Indies. 
651. Relation of Spain by Leonardo Moro, Venetian ambassador. 1627 . ff. 
55 - 61 . “ DeirAmerica 6 Mondo Nuovo.” 
659. “ Indiarum Occidentalium, quae Hispanorum Regi parent, Descriptio 
et de Americanorum Politica ac Moribus; adjecta resolutione cu- 
jusdam casus. Apologetica Historia Summaria . . . de las Gentes de 
las Indias Occidentales y Meridionales, cuyo Imperio Soberano 
pertenece a los Reyes Catholicos.” 216 ff. 
793. “ Indiarum Novarum Rectorum aliorumq ab Hispaniarum Regibus eo 
missorum ab anno 1496 ad annum 1591 .” 51 ff. 
1608. “ Illm° et Rm° Card 11 Baronio . . . dedit Doctor Gerardus Vossius.” 
1606 . This volume contains various philological notes, among which 
on ff. 23-25 is, “ Quaedam Vocabula Linguae indoru occidentaliu 
nnper inventoru, q’ sunt in regione et insula quae Nova Hispania 
appellatur; carent alphabeto ”. 
URBINATE COLLECTION . 5 
This collection, the great majority of whose volumes belonged to the dukes 
of Urbino and were brought to Rome shortly after the incorporation of that 
duchy with the Papal States, is preserved in the Vatican Library as a separate 
entity. It is elaborately indexed in Vatican indice 17, compiled in 1797 by 
Maurus Coster, and transcribed in 1875. 6 The Latin codices, that is, those 
in Latin script, are inventoried in three volumes . 7 The collection is miscel¬ 
laneous in character, its excellent collection of news-letters being perhaps 
its leading feature. It was exhaustively studied for American material by 
means of both index and inventory, and many volumes were called for which 
proved on examination to contain nothing of value . 8 The references to mate¬ 
rial found follow: 
696. “ Nota di quanto importa tutta la Collettoria di Spagna dal primo d’Ago- 
sto 1572 in tutto il tempo che ristretto il Vescovo di Padova.” Men¬ 
tion of America. 
829. pp. 596 - 602 . “ Regni et Stati del Re Filippo, et del Gran Turco, con le 
loro Etffrate, et Spese, et altre cose notabile.” Mention of America, 
pp. 636 - 640 . “ Entrate del Re di Spagna et del Re di Portogallo et del 
Turco.” Mention of America. 
4 These do not include her personal manuscripts or archives, which are now in the 
college of medicine of the University of Montpellier. See “ Catalogue des MSS. de 
la Reine Christina ”, by W. I. L. Westzynthius, Nov. 8, 1881, among the Vatican Lib¬ 
rary inventories. 
5 “ Vaticano-Urbinas.” 
Compilavit Maurus Coster Bibliothecae Vaticanae, Latinae linguae Scriptor Anno 
Domini MDCCIIIC. Codicium Manuscriptorum index.” 
' Cosimus Stornajolo, Codices Urbinates Latini, vol. I., 1-500 (Rome, 1902). Other 
volumes with similar titles. 
8 853 , 855 , 862 , 863 , 864 , 1020 , 1702 , 1705 , 1731 . 
