202 
Other Ecclesiastical Collections in Rome 
Camera Apostolica. 
It is not quite clear whether the archives of this office taken by the Italian 
government include all its records. Some series extend to the date of the 
seizure, others apparently do not. 28 At the present time its duty is the care 
and administration of papal goods and lands during vacancies in the Holy See. 
Secretaria Status. 29 
With this office is now united that of the secretary of briefs. 30 All the essen¬ 
tial archives of both seem to be in the Archivio down to 1815. Those of the 
secretary of state down to 1850 are also actually there though not yet generally 
accessible. These latter are in the same room as the consistorial archives and 
the room preceding. These later records are not in registers, but in loose 
covers or mazzi, of which there are about 425 for the period between 1815 and 
1850. They run in series labelled: “ Nunziature ”, “ Ministri ”, “ Consoli ”, 
some having in addition the name of the country, and others being marked 
miscellaneous. 
Secretariae Brevium ad Principes et Epistolarum Latinarum. 
I know nothing in addition to what has already been said 31 of the archives 
of these two departments which have long been joined. It seems probable 
that the recent transfers of records include all of historical importance. 
ARCHIVIO DEI MAESTRI DELLE CEREMONIE. 32 
The Master of Ceremonies is a very important officer of the papal court, 
and many who have occupied the office have been men of much weight outside 
their regular functions. The archives are preserved beneath the Sistine Chapel, 
and are under the direct control of the Master. There are about 650 volumes, 
among them four manuscript volumes of indexes. 33 There is also an inventory 
by Fornici, printed in 1803, Ristretto delle principali Indicazioni sotto le quali 
sono raccolte in molti Volumi e descritte con Indici tutte le Istruzioni, Me- 
morie e Manuscritti che si conservano ne IP Archivio dei Maestri delle Cere- 
monie Pontihcie—a tutto Vanno 1803. This was reprinted and brought to 
date by Palmieri in 1893. 34 Also indice 148 of the Vatican archives by Bis- 
saigha is: “ Index Rerum Notabilium collectarum ex viginti sex libris Diario- 
rum Pontificum ”, 1489-1644. 
The material consists of accounts of funerals of popes, kings, etc.; recep¬ 
tions of kings and viceroys ; controversies regarding the treatment of cardinals 
by temporal powers; voyages of the popes; and diaries of popes, conclaves, 
the Council of Trent, and other councils, 1294-1799. The diaries are the most 
29 C* 
bee page 34. 
29 See page 52. 
30 The archives of the secretary of briefs have been at his office near the Amina, in the 
Borgo. Such archives as remained after the transfer of the register of briefs and bulls 
mentioned on pages 42 and 43, were unimportant. Hinojosa, Los Despachos, p. lii; 
Wirz, Bullen und Breven, p. xxvii. 
81 See pages 30-31. 
52 Abbe G. Constant, “ Les Maitres de Ceremonies du XVI e Siecle: Leurs Diaires ”, 
Melanges d’Arch. et d’Hist., XXIII. 161-290, 319-345; Ehrle, “ Zur Geschichte des 
Papstlichen Hofceremoniells im 14. Jahrhundert; das Archiv des Papstlichen Cerimo- 
nienmeisters ”, in Archiv fur Litteratur- und Kirchengeschichte des Mittelalters, V. 565, 
602 (gives list of material) ; Hinojosa, Los Despachos, pp. li, lii. 
33 Hinojosa, Los Despachos, p. li, gives 653. 
34 Gregorio Palmieri, Brevis Notitia et Catalogus Archivi Sacrae Congregations Cae - 
remonialis (Rome, 1893, pp. 49). 
