Leopold von Ranke Manuscript Collection circa 1500-1900

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Leopold von Ranke Manuscript Collection circa 1500-1900

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Collection amassed by German historian Leopold von Ranke. Collection consists of 104 bound manuscripts and 326 unbound manuscripts or parts of manuscripts. The largest single type consists of Venetian ambassadors' reports from the various capitals of Europe. There are also several Venetian chronicles, nuncios' reports to the pope, political documents from Tuscany, and a chronicle of Nuremberg.

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Syracuse University. Library. Special Collections Research Center

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