BIB_ID
398463
Accession number
MA 2691.63
Creator
Cosimo I, Grand-Duke of Tuscany, 1519-1574.
Display Date
1554 June 24.
Credit line
Gift of Mrs. Harold T. White, 1969.
Description
1 item (1 page, with address) ; 29.5 x 22 cm
Notes
Recipient inferred from a loose original paper seal.
Addressed to Giulio da Montevecchio in Colle di Val d'Elsa.
Embossed seal, coat of arms of the Medici family; original paper seal with wax and partial name of the recipient.
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 Colle di Val d'Elsa.
Embossed seal, coat of arms of the Medici family; original paper seal with wax and partial name of the recipient.
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
Informing Giulio da Montevecchio that Piero Strozzi left the encampment at Pescia and Montecarlo with his soldiers and is marching toward Brentina and Pontedera to cross river Arno and that the Marcherse di Marignano is following him with the army; telling him that Don Giovanni di Luna arrived in Pisa is ready to attack the enemies and advising him to be ready to defend himself; in the postscript, asking him to protect Poggio Imperiale with more soldiers, relying on Don Giovanni di Luna's foot soldiers as well as the Spanish troops coming from Corsica.
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