BIB_ID
398470
Accession number
MA 2691.69
Creator
Cosimo I, Grand-Duke of Tuscany, 1519-1574.
Display Date
1554 August 1.
Credit line
Gift of Mrs. Harold T. White, 1969.
Description
1 item (2 pages, with address) ; 29.1 x 22.1 cm
Notes
Recipient inferred from a loose original paper seal.
Addressed to Giulio da Montevecchio in Forte dei Marmi.
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 Forte dei Marmi.
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
Referring to one of Jacopo Malatesta's corporal who is rebelling at Ripostena and suggesting to Giulio da Montevecchio that force should be used against him when two companies of soldiers arrive from Volterra and the rock conquered so that he might surrender; also mentioning military tools that he could use and confirming to him that enemies will not be able to harass them because they are just a few; in the postscript, adding that other military tools are being sent and inciting him to carry on the ambush.
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