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seizure by the state, and by which its documents are cited in all older works. 
Its entrance is at number 52 Via S. Ignazio, and the public rooms are on the 
second floor. The open hours are from 9 to 2, every day except festivals, 
national or religious, and except the first fortnight in October, when it is 
closed for cleaning. Its use is public. There is an alphabetical index to the 
manuscripts, in which they are referred to by an old numeration, and a con¬ 
cordance between the old and new numerations. 11 
The present name is derived from that of Cardinal Casanate of the Domini¬ 
can order, who served in the sacred college from 1673 to 1700, and who col¬ 
lected many of the manuscripts. He was for years a member of the congrega¬ 
tions of the Inquisition, Propaganda, Immunity, Bishops and Regulars, the 
Council, and Rites, and the library is rich in documents appertaining to them. 
There is also much diplomatic material. The whole collection was carefully 
examined in so far as the index served, and many volumes were examined in¬ 
dividually, which proved to have nothing on the subject. 18 References to the 
material found follow: 
1570 (X. VII. 42). ff. 161-192. “ Apocalipsi d’Olanda di Bambone.” About 
1630. A few references to the Indies. 
2046 . ff. 171-192. Instructions to Mgr. Sachetti, bishop of Gravina, nuncio in 
Spain, from Urban VIII. Refers to the Indies and the Congregation 
of the Propaganda. See no. 4245 . 
f. 262. Instructions to the Archbishop of Patras, nuncio in Spain, from 
Urban VIII. On the effect of the marriage of a French princess to 
Charles I., with relation to the Spanish empire, 
f. 319. “ Memorie a V. S. Ill mo S. Cardinal Barberini destinato Legato 
de latere a due Re per andare prime in Ragione di Negotio e di 
Viaggio al Christianissimo, raccolte da proprii Ragionamenti di Nso 
Sig re et di V. S. Ill 010 .” Discusses the dependence of Spain on the 
commerce of the new world. 
2097 . ff. 193-218. “ Relatione di Spagna, et del Viaggio fatta per Mons. 
Borghese, auditor della R. Camera, l’anno 1594.” Gives an account 
of the officers of the Indies, and a few general statements as to the 
revenues thereof. 
2324 . (XX. V.) “ Relazione riguardante le Svolgimenti d’Europa per la Mon- 
archia delle Spagne pretesa con diversi motivi dalle Case d’Austria 
e di Borbone.” 47 ff., of which f. 4 gives a brief analysis of the 
Spanish empire. 
2375 (XX. VI. 30). ff. 65-107. “Breve Raguaglio d’alcuni Abusi introdotti 
nella Chiesa Anglicana, delle Cause di essi, et del modo d’estirparli, 
dal quale si raccoglie il miserissimo Stato di Cattolici in Inghilterra 
sinche saranno senza Vescovi.” ff. 87-88, on the marriage of Lord 
Baltimore. This is copied in Pub. Rec. Off. Transcripts, 108 , p. 
35 seq. 
2659 . P. F. Navarrette, “ Conservazione delle Monarchic e Discorsi Politici, 
sopra la gran Consulta fatta dal Consiglio Supremo di Castiglia, 
d’ordine del Re Don Filippo III. Per trovar rimedio alia Spopola- 
zione di quel Regno ”. From the Spanish, which was printed 1625 ; 
pp. 422, 34. Some mention of the Indies. 
115 “ Nuove Segnature di Manoscritti, Biblioteca Casanatense, Roma.” 
10 Codices 1616, 2304, 2385, 2394, 2435, 2672, 4203. 
