BIB_ID
398661
Accession number
MA 2691.119
Creator
Gonzaga, Giovanni Luigi, Marquis of S. Polo, active 17th century.
Display Date
1652 April 24.
Credit line
Gift of Mrs. Harold T. White, 1969.
Description
1 item (1 page, with address) ; 28.9 x 19.8 cm
Notes
Addressed to Francesco Marchi in Ferrara.
Residual wax.
Watermark: almost illegible, possibly a lamb inscribed in a quatrefoil (Briquet, 56) (Agnus Dei); countermark, initials I and B and a clover on top.
Watermark: countermark: initials "I" and "B" with trefoil on top.
Part of the White Collection of Italian Renaissance documents; see collection-level record for more information.
Residual wax.
Watermark: almost illegible, possibly a lamb inscribed in a quatrefoil (Briquet, 56) (Agnus Dei); countermark, initials I and B and a clover on top.
Watermark: countermark: initials "I" and "B" with trefoil on top.
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 Francesco Marchi that, since the courtier did not want to carry money, he sent his private chaplain to collect it, along with that from Sir Contino Zanaglia; waiting for Doctor Costabile to come back to deal with other matter; in the postscript, Giovanni Luigi Gonzaga's private chaplain, Marco Antonio Grimaldi, wiriting that on the 28th of April he received payment from Francesco Marchi and he will deliver 300 soldi to Giovanni Luigi Gonzaga.
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