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Autograph letter signed : Sarzana, to Ludovico Marie Sfortie, 1478 September 30.

BIB_ID
398343
Accession number
MA 2691.16
Creator
Malaspina, Gabriele, marchese di Fosdinovo, 1435 or 1438-1508.
Display Date
1478 September 30.
Credit line
Gift of Mrs. Harold T. White, 1969.
Description
1 item (1 page, with address) ; 13.9 x 21.4 cm
Notes
Addressed to Ludovico Sforza.
Partial wax.
Partial watermark.
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 a governor of a castle in Genova who has been hanged because he intended to surrender to enemies outside of Varese; referring to people and soldiers stationed in the towns of Compiano and Val di Taro; mentioning Ginevrina Gattilusio, Ludovico's Fregoso's wife's arrival at La Spezia; referring to people arriving at Pietrasanta on their way to Genova.