BIB_ID
398451
Accession number
MA 2691.51
Creator
Cosimo I, Grand-Duke of Tuscany, 1519-1574.
Display Date
1553 July 23.
Credit line
Gift of Mrs. Harold T. White, 1969.
Description
1 item (2 pages, with address) ; 29.4 x 21.6 cm
Notes
Recipient inferred from a loose original paper seal.
Addressed to Giulio da Montevecchio in Piombino.
Residual wax.
Watermark: Lamb with standard in circle (Agnus Dei or Paschal lamb), (Briquet, 50).
Part of the White Collection of Italian Renaissance documents; see collection-level record for more information.
Addressed to Giulio da Montevecchio in Piombino.
Residual wax.
Watermark: Lamb with standard in circle (Agnus Dei or Paschal lamb), (Briquet, 50).
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
Saying that, since the Turkish fleet under the command of Turghud Alì, is said to be hugging the outer coast of Sicily and might sail towards the ports of Elba and Piombino, thus advising Giulio da Montevecchio to make the repairs that he decided to do in order to withstand an attack; telling him that pioneers were sent to the vicarage of Certaldo and that footsoldiers will come from Pescia and others sent by captain Rosa; assuring him that footsoldiers and horses are stored in case of necessity; in the postscript, asking him to send the letters to Elba and make sure that the soldiers are accomodated properly there.
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