BIB_ID
398449
Accession number
MA 2691.49
Creator
Cosimo I, Grand-Duke of Tuscany, 1519-1574.
Display Date
1553 July 20.
Credit line
Gift of Mrs. Harold T. White, 1969.
Description
1 item (1 page, with address) ; 29.5 x 22.4 cm
Notes
Recipient inferred from a loose original paper seal.
Addressed to Giulio da Montevecchio in Piombino.
Embossed seal, coat of arms of the Medici family; original paper seal with wax.
Part of the White Collection of Italian Renaissance documents; see collection-level record for more information.
Addressed to Giulio da Montevecchio in Piombino.
Embossed seal, coat of arms of the Medici family; original paper seal with wax.
Part of the White Collection of Italian Renaissance documents; see collection-level record for more information.
Inscriptions/Markings
Watermark: Lamb with standard in circle (Agnus Dei or Paschal lamb), (Briquet 50).
Provenance
Gift of Mrs. Harold T. White, 1969.
Summary
Giving his approval for restoring two bastions while building fortifications around Piombino; also telling Giulio da Montevecchio that pioneers will arrive from Volterra and from the vicarage of Lari and San Miniato; advising him to incite the farmers, traditionally unwilling to work much, since the fortifications are build to their own benefit; finally mentioning the defeat at Roccella [Ionica], where many were wounded and killed, and the consequent retreat of the fleet in Fosse di San Giovanni and later, because of a storm, in Porto d'Augusta.
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