Details

Subjects:

Piccolomini family.
Piccolomini, Carlo.
Catholic Church. Archdiocese of Siena (Italy).
Inheritance and succession -- Italy.
Inheritance and succession.
Italy.
Siena (Italy) -- History -- 15th century.

Form/Genre:

Legal documents.
Wills.
Notarial documents.
Manuscripts, Latin.
Manuscripts, Renaissance.

Language:

In Latin.

Biography/History:

Nephew of Pope Pius II; brother of Andrea di Nanni Todeschini Piccolomini (Folder 58), Giacomo di Nanni Todeschini Piccolomini di Castiglia e d'Aragona (Folders 51 and 109), and Francesco di Nanni Todeschini Piccolomini (later Pope Pius III).

Summary:

Guido di Biagio di Carlo Piccolomini's last will and testament, executed by the Bishop of Siena, probably Antonio Casini, exempting his son and heir Carlo Piccolomini from any claims to the estate. Contains legacies to Sienese churches and religious institutions, as well as to other more distant relatives.

Penn Provenance:

Formerly owned by Frederick North, Earl of Guilford and Sir Thomas Phillipps (part of ms. 6067).

Cited in:

From collection 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. 163 (Ms. Lea 71).

Contributor:

North, Frederick, Earl of Guilford, 1766-1827, former owner.
Phillipps, Thomas, Sir, 1792-1872, former owner.

OCLC:

465414291