212 
Public Archives and Libraries in Rome 
2670 (X. VI. 37). No. 14. “ Istruzione dello Stato della medesima S. Cong ne 
de Propaganda con le Notizie delle particolari Missioni di tutto il 
Mondo, data ad Innocenzo XI.” This is the relation of Cerri so often 
cited. See Propaganda. 
2980 (XX. IV. 5). “Relatione di Spagna del Clarm 0 Sig. Michele Suriano, 
Amb re al Re Filippo, l’anno 1560.” 40 ft'. Found in nearly all li¬ 
braries of manuscripts; contains several pages on the Indies. 
4245 (XX. IV. 9). Instructions from Cardinal Barberini to Mgr. Sachetti, 
appointed nuncio for Spain; pp. 7-8 urge him to press the exercise 
of his functions in the Indies; p. 10 discusses the question of 
“ spoils ”; f. 14 defines the relations of the nuncio and the Congre¬ 
gation of the Propaganda. 
In addition, the following may contain pertinent material: 
145 (X. IV. 20). Consistorial acts. 1676-1680. 
746 , 2361 , 2440 - 2441 , 3454 , 3483 , 4321 - 4326 . Decrees, decisions, and 
resolutions of the Congregation of the Council of Trent. 
1024 , 2434 , 2437 - 2439 . Decrees of the Congregation of Bishops and Reg¬ 
ulars, from its foundation to 1656, and from 1700 to 1728, with many 
important papers relating to that congregation. 
2617 . “ Variarum Sac: Congregationum Decreta pro Missionariis instru- 
endis ab an. 1623 ad 1654 ”, pp. 659, with index. 
2618 - 2619 . “ Decreta Sacrae Congregation^ de Propaganda Fide pro 
Missionariis, Alumnis.” Codified about 1700. 
339 A. Decrees of the Congregation of Rites, in the seventeenth cen¬ 
tury. 
3492 . Decrees of the Congregation of Ecclesiastical Immunity. 
CORSINI LIBRARY. 
The Corsini library occupies a portion of the Corsini palace on the Lungara. 
It was founded by Clement XII. (Corsini, 1730-1740), and was added to by 
other princes of the Corsini family, from whom it was acquired by the national 
government. It is administered by the Royal Lyceum, which is correspondent 
of many learned societies, in whose publications of the last thirty years it is 
very rich. It contains a miscellaneous but valuable collection of about 2600 
manuscripts, in addition to those donated by Rossi which are separately cata¬ 
logued. This latter fondo contains nothing pertinent to the subject. For the 
main collection there is an index by authors, an index of subjects, and an in¬ 
ventory, which is not descriptive, but which it is necessary to use to collate the 
old numeration with the new. The library is open from 1 to 4, from Oct. 1 
to Mar. 31 ; and from 2 to 5, from Apr. 1 to June 30. It is closed during July, 
Aug., and Sept., and the customary holidays. It has been used by many 
students, of whom Laemmer has listed the consistorial material, 1 ' and Gachard 
that important for the history of Belgium. 18 In the search for American 
material, which was as exhaustive as possible, volumes 112 , 156 , 157 , 158 , 
172 , 244 , 245 , 360 , 371 , 457 , 467 , 470 , 473 , 479 , 504 , 505 , 585 , 680 , 682 , 686, 
687 , 689 , 713 , 718 , 722 , 742 , 818 , 822 , 894 , 944 , 1099 , 1184 , 1271 were found 
1 'Analecta Romana (Schaffhausen, 1861), p. 37. 
18 “ La Bibliotheque Corsini a Rome ”, in Bulletins de la Commission Royale d’His- 
toire, third series, vol. XI., no. 1 (Brussels, 1869). 
