BIB_ID
398456
Accession number
MA 2691.56
Creator
Cosimo I, Grand-Duke of Tuscany, 1519-1574.
Display Date
1554 May 17.
Credit line
Gift of Mrs. Harold T. White, 1969.
Description
1 item (1 page, with address) ; 29.2 x 21.6 cm
Notes
Recipient inferred from a loose original paper seal.
Addressed to Giulio da Montevecchio in Val d'Elsa.
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 Val d'Elsa.
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 to Giulio da Montevecchio that he can defer all his valuable suggestion to occupy the territory around Monteriggioni and Casole and wait for the arrival of the German troops, because at the moment the most urgent issue is to make an encampment and fort at Porta Romana.
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