Details

Subjects:

Dal Borgo family.
Jiří, z Poděbrad, King of Bohemia, 1420-1471.
Pius II, Pope, 1405-1464.
Hungary -- History -- 1000-1699.
Hungary.
History.
Italy -- Foreign relations -- 1268-1492.
Italy.
International relations.
Venice (Italy) -- History -- Turkish Wars, 1453-1571.

Form/Genre:

Manuscripts, Italian.
Manuscripts, Renaissance.

Language:

In Latin.

Biography/History:

Venetian diplomat, later governor of Verona.

Summary:

Personal letter to Damiano dal Borgo, a Veronese patrician, from Lodovico Foscarini of Venice, also called Ludovicus Foscarenus. Possibly written from Mantua. Primarily discusses Pope Pius II and peace efforts in Pannonia (Hungary), referring to the conflict with Venice and Turkey as madness. Foscarini weighs the various options available in dealing with Hungary, and emerges clearly favoring the peace efforts of the Pope, which Foscarini believes will come about partially due to the Pope's wisdom, virtue and piety. Also mentions the King of Bohemia, who at the time was Jiří Poděbrad. Written in 43 long lines. Stored within a near-contemporary paper bifolium.

Penn Provenance:

Purchased, 1964.

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 (1970), no. 1, p. 18 (Ms. Lea 406).

Contributor:

Dal Borgo, Damiano, addressee.
Miscellaneous Manuscripts Collection (University of Pennsylvania)

OCLC:

368215639