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L. 22 . ff. 135-136. Brief of Pius IV. on oil in baptism in the Western Indies, 
ff. 179-180. Relation of war in Peru. 1615. 
ff. 252-256. Catechism adopted in 1585 bv the provincial council of 
Mexico. This copy, or the one from which it was made, was taken 
May 11, 1586. 
f. 283. July 27, 1592. Grant of the pallium to the Archbishop of Santo 
Domingo. 
N. 30 . f. 2. Jacomo Romallotto, “ Notitiae Historicae spectantes ad Mexi- 
canum, et Regiones adnexas ”, written for the Duchess Sforza. Un¬ 
important. 
N. 32 . ff. 15, 24. “ De Redditibus Regum Hispaniarum, qui colliguntur ex 
Regnis et Provinciis Europae, ac etiam ex Indiis Orientalibus et 
Occidentalibus.” 
f. 125. Instructions of Charles V. to his son Philip at the time he trans¬ 
ferred his kingdoms to the latter. Many other copies are to be found 
here. 
ff. 247, 267, 289. Last instructions of Philip II. to his son who became 
Philip III. 
R. 99 . ff. 117-123. Letter of Columbus to Gabriel Sanchez. May 3, 1495. 
Another copy is noted in R. 104 , ff. 129-136, but this volume could 
not be found. 
S. 43 . f. 590. From a collection of annals; note of the voyage of Martin Fro¬ 
bisher to North America. 1577. 
S. 45 . From a collection of annals; many references to South America, and 
on f. 167 a note of indulgences by Paul V. to the Indies. 
In addition there are relations of Spain in N. 31 and N. 32 ; copies of con- 
sistorial acts in 1 . 60 , 1 . 61 , 1 . 62 , 1 . 63 , and T. 30 ; and many collections of 
notes, historical and geographical, by Jacopo Lodiochi and others, and some 
of which relate to America, particularly S. 31 , S. 38 , S. 42 -S. 45 , S. 80 , S. 81 , 
and T. 37 . Of these S 42 , S 43 , and S. 45 , were examined and found to be 
quite unimportant. Z. 15 and Z. 54 contain decrees and other material re¬ 
lating to the Congregation of Bishops and Regulars. 
BIBLIOTECA NAZIONALE CENTRALE VITTORIO EMANUELE. 
This library is housed in the Collegio Romano and the entrance is on the 
Via Collegio Romano. No special permission is required to use it, but an 
introduction is desirable. Serious students will work in the Sala Riservata 
to the left of the principal entrance. Here is found an exceptionally good 
collection of bibliographical and reference works in all languages, American 
publications being well represented. The hours are from 9 to 3 in the summer 
months, and from 9 to 6 for the remainder of the year, but are liable to change. 
The manuscript collections of this library consist largely of documents 
brought together from 54 cloistral libraries which were closed and taken over 
by the state in 1873. A subject catalogue on cards for the combined collection 
exists, but is not open to public use. The collection of greatest importance for 
the history of the United States and Canada is the Fondo Gesuitico, from the 
library of the Jesuit Collegio Romano. The Fondo Sessoriano from Santa 
Croce di Gerusalemme contains a few items of interest. Manuscript inven¬ 
tories for each of these collections are to be found in the Sala Riservata. These 
inventories are carefully made, but there is no serious attempt to establish the 
date and provenance of the various documents. For purposes of reference the 
