BIB_ID
398435
Accession number
MA 2691.37
Creator
Gonzaga, Rodolfo, 1452-1495.
Display Date
1477 February 10.
Credit line
Gift of Mrs. Harold T. White, 1969.
Description
1 item (1 page, with address) ; 14.4 x 20.8 cm
Notes
Place of writing inferred from the original "Ponte Sacchi;" on the second page, a small piece of paper is added, saying that Ludovico Sforza hastily left to meet Gabriele Malaspina, marquis of Fosdinovo, in Lunigiana.
Handwriting and signature differ from MA 2691.36 and 38, possibly a copy.
Addressed to Ludovico Sforza.
Watermark: partial.
Part of the White Collection of Italian Renaissance documents; see collection-level record for more information.
Handwriting and signature differ from MA 2691.36 and 38, possibly a copy.
Addressed to Ludovico Sforza.
Watermark: partial.
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
Informing Ludovico Sforza that Bettini (Betino) Sforza has been appointed again general commissary of the Florentine troops and that, upon receiving a letter of his, he is ready to depart on horseback according to the content of the letter; also telling him that Bettini Sforza has sent away his reference person in Florence.
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