Details

Arrangement:

I. Four autograph letters by Niccolò Acciaiuoli and two autograph letters by other members of the family, ca. 1342-1390 (Folders 1-5). II. Thirty-seven letters addressed to Donato Acciaiuoli, ca. 1384-1395, mostly on political matters (Folders 6-42). III. Correspondence of Giovanni Neri di Donato Acciaiuoli, ca. 1423-1669 (Folders 43-45). IV. Miscellaneous Acciaiuoli correspondence, ca. 1578-1669 (Folders 46-47).

Subjects:

Holy Roman Empire -- History -- Charles IV, 1347-1378.
Florence (Italy) -- History.
Naples (Italy) -- History -- To 1503.

Form/Genre:

Manuscripts, Italian.
Manuscripts, European.
Manuscripts, Medieval.
Manuscripts, Renaissance.

Language:

In Italian, with some letters to Donato Acciaiuoli in Latin.

Summary:

Correspondence of several generations of the Acciaiuoli family of Florence, concerning church and secular politics as well as family affairs. Numerous letters show their strong relationship with the Papal States and with the Medici family, as well as with some other powerful aristocrats in Florence, Naples, and Ascoli.

Contents:

Folder 1. Niccolò Acciaiuoli to Jacopo di Donato and Simone di Lione Acciaiuoli on business affairs, Naples, 1342 (2 leaves).
Folder 2. Niccolò Acciaiuoli to Jacopo di Donato Acciaiuoli and Giovanni de' Ricci on cession of Prato to Florence and founding of Certosa del Galuzzo, Naples, 1349 (1 leaf).
Folder 3. Niccolò Acciaiuoli to Angelo Acciaiuoli, Jacopo di Donato Acciaiuoli and Giovanni Richi on Prato purchase, Ascoli, 1351 (1 leaf).
Folder 4. Niccolò Acciaiuoli to same on the political situation resulting from arrival of Emperor Charles IV in Italy, Naples, 1354 (1 leaf).
Folder 5. Benedetto Acciaiuoli to Lorenzo Acciaiuoli referring to death of Lorenzo's daughter Margarita, Naples, ca. 1390 (1 leaf) and Neri di Jacopo Acciaiolo to Giovanni Acciaiuoli on family affairs, Avignon, 1360 (1 leaf).
Folders 6-42. Thirty-seven letters addressed to Donato Acciaiuoli, ca. 1384-1395, mostly on political matters, including letters from cardinals, by Pietro Gambacorti, Jacopo d'Appiano, Gentile da Camerino, Galleotto Tarlati, Bertoldo degli Orsini, Rinaldo degli Orsini, Federigo Gonzaga, Conrad von Aychelberg, Roberto Caracciolo, Pietro da Prata, Lodovico Aliotti, Cosimo di Migliorati (later Pope Innocent VII), Andrea Minerbetti, Giovanni de' Ricci, Ludovico, count of Purzilogo, etc.
Folders 43-45. Correspondence of Giovanni Neri di Donato Acciaiuoli, ca. 1423-1427, including one letter from Lorenzo de' Medici and one from Piero Davanzati , and one letter to Giovanni Acciaiuoli
Folders 46-47. Miscellaneous Acciaiuoli correspondence, including a letter from Giovanni Acciaiuoli to the Archivio publico of Florence, 1578, and a letter from Niccolò Acciaiuoli to cardinal Alessandro de' Medici, 1669.

Notes:

Written on various sizes of paper, some with remainders of seals.
Water damage to some items.

Penn Provenance:

Letters contained in folders 1-34, purchased, 1957.

Cited in:

Letters contained in folders 1-34 described in Zacour, Norman P. and Hirsch, Rudolf. Catalogue of Manuscripts in the Libraries of the University of Pennsylvania to 1800 (Philadelphia: University of Pennsylvania Press, 1965) p. 154 (Ms. Lea 28).
Letters contained in folders 35-45 described in Zacour, Norman P. and Hirsch, Rudolf. Catalogue of Manuscripts in the Libraries of the University of Pennsylvania to 1800 (Philadelphia: University of Pennsylvania Press, 1965), Supplement A (1), Library Chronicle 36 (1970), p. 28 (Ms. Lea 441).
Letters contained in folders 46-47 described in Zacour, Norman P. and Hirsch, Rudolf. Catalogue of Manuscripts in the Libraries of the University of Pennsylvania to 1800 (Philadelphia: University of Pennsylvania Press, 1965), Supplement A (2). Library Chronicle 36 (1970), p. 21 (Ms. Lea 415, Ms. Lea 416).

Cited as:

UPenn Ms. Coll. 197

Contributor:

Acciaiuoli, Niccolò, 1310-1365.
Acciaiuoli, Niccolò.
Acciaiuoli, Donato, 1429-1478.
Acciaiuoli, Jacopo di Donato.
Acciaiuoli, Giovanni, 1460-1527.
Medici, Alessandro de', 1510-1537.
Ricci, Giovanni de'.
Acciaiuoli, Benedetto.
Acciaiuoli, Lorenzo.
Innocent VII, Pope, 1336-1406.
Tuscany (Grand Duchy). Archivio publico, addressee.

OCLC:

419341962