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Ferdinand I privileges, 1461.

Author/Creator:
Ferdinand I, King of Naples, 1423-1494.
Publication:
1461.
Format/Description:
Manuscript
1 item (1 leaf)
Contained In:
Piccolomini Family Papers. Folder 108
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Subjects:
Piccolomini d'Aragona, Antonio di Nanni Todeschini, Duke of Amalfi.
Privileges and immunities -- Italy -- Amalfi.
Privileges and immunities.
Amalfi (Italy) -- History -- 15th century.
Italy -- Amalfi.
Form/Genre:
Legal documents.
Manuscripts, Latin.
Manuscripts, Renaissance.
Language:
In Latin.
Biography/History:
Father-in-law of Antonio di Nanni Todeschini Piccolomini d'Aragona, duke of Amalfi.
Summary:
Official transcript dated May 27, 1461, of the document dated Apr. 15, 1461, in which privileges and chapters were granted to the city of Amalfi by Ferdinand I, king of Naples. This transcript was made for the duke of Amalfi, Antonio di Nanni Todeschini Piccolomini d'Aragona, a nephew of Pope Pius II, with an appendix that refers to Antonio's ducal rights in Amalfi. The document bears the autograph signature of King Ferdinand, as well as that of his secretary, the Neapolitan humanist Giovanni Pontano.
Notes:
This oversize item is stored in a map drawer.
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:
Pontano, Giovanni Gioviano, 1429-1503.
North, Frederick, Earl of Guilford, 1766-1827, former owner.
Phillipps, Thomas, Sir, 1792-1872, former owner.
OCLC:
476839796