BIB_ID
398290
Accession number
MA 2691.1
Creator
Filelfo, Francesco, 1398-1481.
Display Date
1477 November 21.
Credit line
Gift of Mrs. Harold T. White, 1969.
Description
1 item (2 pages, with address) ; 29.6 x 20.5 cm
Notes
On the third page, a small piece of paper has been added; it gives the name of one of the kidnapped people and the lastest news on the Signoria's inability to free all of the kidnapped people, who will therefore die.
Addressed to Ludovico Sforza in Pisa.
With embossed seal.
Watermark: none.
Part of the White Collection of Italian Renaissance documents; see collection-level record for more information.
Addressed to Ludovico Sforza in Pisa.
With embossed seal.
Watermark: none.
Part of the White Collection of Italian Renaissance documents; see collection-level record for more information.
Provenance
Gift of Mrs. Harold T. White, 1969.
Summary
Reviewing the severe damages created and the defeats done by the Turks in Venice and in Friuli; listing people kidnapped by the Turks and the attempt by the Signoria of Venice to ransom them; referring to the employment of "Provisionati di San Marco" to control the territories of the Signoria; mentioning Giorgio Laschari in his attempt to ransom his kidnapped son by means of teaching Greek and while plumbing rivers; mentioning three ambassadors sent to the King of France, among whom the Viscount of Como, Azzo Visconti, and Giovanni Alvise Bosso; referring to the Signoria's successful attempt to bring Carlo da Montone back to Venice.
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