BIB_ID
398468
Accession number
MA 2691.68
Creator
Cosimo I, Grand-Duke of Tuscany, 1519-1574.
Display Date
1554 July 28.
Credit line
Gift of Mrs. Harold T. White, 1969.
Description
1 item (1 page, with address) ; 29.3 x 21.5 cm
Notes
Recipient inferred from a loose original paper seal.
Addressed to Giulio da Montevecchio in Val d'Elsa.
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 Val d'Elsa.
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
Acknowledging the news of the defection of one of Jacopo Malatesta's corporals who is staging a rebellion at Ripostena and inviting Giulio da Montevecchio to find a way to reconquer the territory; suggesting him to go to Ripostena at night and fire barrels of gunpowder.
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