BIB_ID
398452
Accession number
MA 2691.52
Creator
Cosimo I, Grand-Duke of Tuscany, 1519-1574.
Display Date
1553 July 24.
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.
Embossed seal, coat of arms of the Medici family; original paper seal with 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.
Embossed seal, coat of arms of the Medici family; original paper seal with 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
Telling Giulio da Montevecchio that he has received his letter of the 22nd from which he learned that they have started to work on the fortifications in Piombino, because of which he will sent more pioneers; also saying that he wants the artillery to be used for the defense of the territory other than the fortresses; advising him to keep a few men near Grosseto to check on the French troops and to use the footsoldiers sent by Captain Corso to protect Scarlino, since it is located near the border; mentioning the Turskish fleet which, according to reports from Naples and Sicily, will soon arrive in the Tuscan waters; in the postscript, telling him that he should reconnoiter the surrounding of Scarlino before sending soldiers there.
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