BIB_ID
398434
Accession number
MA 2691.36
Creator
Gonzaga, Rodolfo, 1452-1495.
Display Date
1478 October 2.
Credit line
Gift of Mrs. Harold T. White, 1969.
Description
1 item (1 page, with address) ; 22.5 x 21.5 cm
Notes
Place of writing inferred from the original "ex castris ligae," the League's camp, and from references to Siena and Valdichiana in the letter.
Signature differs from writing in letter, same handwriting and signature as MA 2691.38.
Addressed to Ludovico Sforza.
Residual wax; a very small piece of paper is attached with a partial word.
Part of the White Collection of Italian Renaissance documents; see collection-level record for more information.
Signature differs from writing in letter, same handwriting and signature as MA 2691.38.
Addressed to Ludovico Sforza.
Residual wax; a very small piece of paper is attached with a partial word.
Part of the White Collection of Italian Renaissance documents; see collection-level record for more information.
Inscriptions/Markings
Watermark: scissors (Briquet 3766; Venice, 1471)
Provenance
Gift of Mrs. Harold T. White, 1969.
Summary
Writing to Ludovico Sforza that, after having lost against the enemies at Cacchiano, they could not locate the location of the enemy camp; informing him that the day before, one of the footsoldiers escaped from the enemy camp so that they could figure out that it is at Monte San Savino in Valdichiana; telling him that in two days they will leave to Siena to establish camp in a Sienese castle and attempt to destroy the town and the surrounding contryside, as a strategic move considering that they are not strong enough to fight with the enemy.
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