Details

Subjects:

Naples (Kingdom) -- Foreign relations -- 1442-1707.
Naples (Kingdom).
International relations.
Siena (Italy) -- History -- 15th century.

Form/Genre:

Legal documents.
Notarial documents.
Seals (artifacts)
Manuscripts, Latin.
Manuscripts, Renaissance.

Language:

In Latin.

Summary:

Legal document concerning the guardianship of a Sienese citizen in Naples, dated Jan. 15, 1491. On Jan. 19, 1491, the document was subscribed by the duke of Amalfi, Antonio di Nanni Todeschini Piccolomini d'Aragona, as master justiciary of the Kingdom of Naples. Authenticated by the royal red wax seal.

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:

Piccolomini d'Aragona, Antonio di Nanni Todeschini, Duke of Amalfi.
North, Frederick, Earl of Guilford, 1766-1827, former owner.
Phillipps, Thomas, Sir, 1792-1872, former owner.

OCLC:

477262483