BIB_ID
398658
Accession number
MA 2691.117
Creator
Gonzaga, Giovanni Luigi, Marquis of S. Polo, active 17th century.
Display Date
[17th century].
Credit line
Gift of Mrs. Harold T. White, 1969.
Description
1 item (1 page) ; 28.9 x 19.7 cm
Notes
Addressed to possibly an accountant.
Watermark: almost illegible, possibly a lamb inscribed in a quatrefoil (Briquet, 56)(Agnus Dei).
Part of the White Collection of Italian Renaissance documents; see collection-level record for more information.
Watermark: almost illegible, possibly a lamb inscribed in a quatrefoil (Briquet, 56)(Agnus Dei).
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 his recipient that he received a letter of his that very day, but because it was late, he is unable to send the money he owes him by courtier to Mantua; also, saying to him that he thought it advisable to write the enclosed message to Sir Emiliani so that he will disburse it promptly, since he owes him some, and asking him to urge Sir Emiliani the urgency of his own service; expressing his pleasure for the good start of his recipient's interests in Rome; waiting for news on the exchange of the marquisate and asking him to provide a certain type of silk to his wife; in the postscript, appealing to his diligence in the matter of a freed house.
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