BIB_ID
398467
Accession number
MA 2691.67
Creator
Cosimo I, Grand-Duke of Tuscany, 1519-1574.
Display Date
1554 July 21.
Credit line
Gift of Mrs. Harold T. White, 1969.
Description
1 item (1 page, with address) ; 29.2 x 21.5 cm
Notes
Recipient inferred from a loose original paper seal.
Addressed to Giulio da Montevecchio in Colle di Val d'Elsa.
Residual wax.
Watermark: Lamb inscribed in a circle (Agnus Dei, 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.
Residual wax.
Watermark: Lamb inscribed in a circle (Agnus Dei, 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
Asking Giulio da Montevecchio to have the soldier sent to Monteriggioni for an exchange of prisoners and return to him with a report; also telling him that in his opinion the number of soldiers cannot have increased much after their attack in Valdichiana and that he could easily defend the locals so that they can harvest; in the postscript, saying that he learned from Giulio da Montevecchio's letter of yeasterday that there are few soldiers in Casole and suggesting to play a trick on them.
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