BIB_ID
398460
Accession number
MA 2691.60
Creator
Cosimo I, Grand-Duke of Tuscany, 1519-1574.
Display Date
1554 June 15.
Credit line
Gift of Mrs. Harold T. White, 1969.
Description
1 item (1 page, with address) ; 29.3 x 21.7 cm
Notes
Recipient inferred from a loose original paper seal.
Addressed to Giulio da Montevecchio.
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.
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 the best way to pay him his service is to safeguard the province, probably Val d'Elsa, and to harass the surrounding enemies who have been left alone by Piero Strozzi; giving him advice on how to control Colle Val d'Elsa and San Gimignano and on how to ambush the enemies; also discussing the exchange of prisoner Camillo Celsi with Captain Domenico Rinuccini.
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