Since no author's name is given in this ms., it is difficult to establish whether this play is by Onofrio Gilberto di Solofra (printed in Naples, 1653) which as Belloni states in his Il Seicento (p. 290) has thus far been unprocurable; or whether it is by Andrea Perrucci, a poet from Palermo, and a translator of Spanish comedies, who published a Convitato di Pietra in 1678, reprinted 1684, and perhaps later. The first Italian imitator of Tirso's Burlador is supposed to be Giacinto Andrea Cicognini (1606-1660); his Convitato di Pietra like our ms. also contains some Uscene buffonesche, but the comic characters have different names. At any rate, this ms. is important in regard to the literary vicissitudes of the Don Juan legend in Italy.
Diarii delli Vicere di Napoli, e loro Governo. This volume contains the annals (Diari) of the Spanish Viceroys of Naples in the 17th century, with copious information about their governments. If not printed, historically very important material.
The Viceroys are: Pedro de Toledo; Cardinal Pacheco; Ferrante of Toledo, Duke of Alba; Cardinal de la Quena; Duke of Alcala; Cardinal Granvela; Marquis of Mandezar; Juan de Zuñiga; Pedro Giron, Duke of Ossuna; Juan de Zuñiga, Count of Miranda; Count Olivares; Hernando de Castro, Count of Lemos; Pedro Giron, Duke of Ossuna; Cardinal Zappata; Cardinal Gasparo Borgia; Cardinal Zappata; Duke of Alba.
The acts of the consistories convoked by Popes Pius V and Gregory XIII during the period from May 7, 1570 through Feb. 2, 1575. The author of the minutes, Cardinal Santori, was one of the most eminent minds of the clergy in the 16th century and a close advisor to Pope Pius V. He was always a participant and frequently an initiator of the meetings which took place as often as once a week under Gregory.
Santori's record was published under the title Diario concistoriale, edited by Tacchi Venturi, within his series Studi e documenti di storia e diritto, Rome, 1902-1904. In the present ms. copy, there are some records of consistories left out, at the end of the reign of Pope Pius V. See Pastor, Gesch. der Päpste, vols. VIII and IX.
