Details

Subjects:

Ferdinand I, King of Naples, 1423-1494.
Siena (Italy) -- History -- 15th century.
Naples (Kingdom) -- History -- Spanish rule, 1442-1707.
Naples (Kingdom).
History.

Form/Genre:

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

Language:

In Latin.

Summary:

Notarized account written in Siena, dated Sept. 30, 1470, of an agreement between Jacobus de Picholominibus and Ferdinand I of Sicily and Naples, recounting correspondence between the two men in August and September. Also refers to treaties between Ferdinand and the duke of Milan and the republic of Florence. Notarized by Magnus Andree, decanus Roskildensis (a diocese in Denmark).

Penn Provenance:

Formerly owned by Sir Thomas Phillipps (part of ms. 20709).

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), Supplement A (2). Library Chronicle 35 (1969), p. 30-32 (Ms. Lea 446).

Contributor:

Magnus Andree, scribe.
Phillipps, Thomas, Sir, 1792-1872, former owner.

OCLC:

612393522