Details

Subjects:

Florence (Italy) -- History -- 16th century.

Form/Genre:

Codices.
Letters.
Manuscripts, Italian.
Manuscripts, European.

Language:

Italian.

Summary:

First two letters document a long-running competitive debate between the Dukes of Savoy and the Grand Dukes of Tuscany over imperial titles. This is followed by a discourse on how the Holy Roman Empire is dependent on the Pope. The last item contains advice to ministers and envoys who negotiate for princes.

Contents:

1. f.2r-v: Risposta del duca di Savoia, 1569.
2. f.3r-6v: Discorso come l'imperio dependa dai papa, incipit: Impero che tutte....
3. f.7r-11v: Somario d'alcuni ricordi generali che si possono dare a nuntii et ministri publici che negotiano per signori, incipit: Illustrarsi verso i prencipi.

Notes:

Ms. codex.
Title from caption title (f. 1r).
Foliation: i (modern paper) + 12 + i (modern paper); [1-12]; modern foliation in pencil, upper right recto.
Script: Written in a cursive script by a single hand.
Binding: Modern boards.
Origin: Written in Italy, ca. 1600.

Penn Provenance:

Formerly owned by Sir Thomas Phillipps ms. 2622.

Cited in:

Described in Zacour, Norman P. and Hirsch, Rudolf. Catalogue of Manuscripts in the Libraries of the University of Pennsylvania to 1800. Supplement A (2), The Library Chronicle 36, no. 1 (1970), p. 10 (Ms. Italian 239).

Cited as:

UPenn Ms. Codex 463

Contains:

Discorso come l'imperio dependa dai papa.

OCLC:

155969786