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Autograph letter signed : Florence, to Loduvico Marie Sfortie, 1478 September 21.

BIB_ID
398326
Accession number
MA 2691.7
Creator
Bartolomeo, de Basillica Petri, active 15th century.
Display Date
1478 September 21.
Credit line
Gift of Mrs. Harold T. White, 1969.
Description
1 item (1 page, with address) ; 29.1 x 21 cm
Notes
Addressed to Ludovico Sforza.
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
Mentioning Bartolomeo's mission in Florence where he met with Lorenzo il Magnifico; mentioning services offered by Ludovico Sforza's brother, Sforza Maria Sforza, Duke of Bari, to Lorenzo il Magnifico; referring to Lorenzo il Magnifico's offering protection to Bartolomeo on his way to Perugia; mentioning Ercole I d'Este, duke in Ferrara, on the military operations of the league between the Milanese and the Florentine forces.