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Autograph letter signed : Milan, to [Lodo]vico Marie Sfortie, 1477 December 15.

BIB_ID
398321
Accession number
MA 2691.4
Creator
Robino, de Accostonibus, active 15th century.
Display Date
1477 December 15.
Credit line
Gift of Mrs. Harold T. White, 1969.
Description
1 item (2 pages, with address) ; 29.8 x 21.1 cm
Notes
Addressed to Ludovico Sforza in Pisa.
Small piece of paper is attached with wax.
Part of the White Collection of Italian Renaissance documents; see collection-level record for more information.
Inscriptions/Markings
Watermark: serpent (close to Briquet, 13708; Milan 1490).
Provenance
Gift of Mrs. Harold T. White, 1969.
Summary
Acknowledging a letter sent to Robino de Accostonibus by Ludovico Sforza on the 25th of the previous month and to letters delivered by Stefano Federici, called "Il Todeschino" on the 2nd of the present month to different statesmen, including Cicco Simonetta, Giovanni Giacomo Triulzi (or Trivulzo), and Agostino Rosso; updating on the money due to Ludovico Sforza by his creditors, even those outside the boundaries of the duchy, and on the arrangements on how to cash them under the supervision of Robino de Accostonibus; listing different gifts delivered by Robino de Accostonibus to Ludovico Sfrorza's statesmen, his brother Filippo Maria Sforza, and Galeazzo Maria Sforza; listing other tasks accomplished by Robino de Accostonibus and "Il Todeschino" with Galeazzo Pagnano and Bernardo del Maino; mentioning a cloth for a war-horse started by Leonardo da Vinci for Bernardo del Maino and Robino de Accostonibus's promise to make a payment once the work will be finished probably in three weeks and once it will be delivered; referring to a Dante with comment, whose printing is not completed yet, and to Teodoro da Sovico's task to look for a good edition; mentioning the poet Niccolò da Correggio and a task that he accomplished for Ludovico Sforza; referring to a box full of tankards and jewels that will be sent to Ludovico Sforza. .