Letter to Ferdinando I, Grand Duke of Tuscany?, 1800s.

  1. Resources
  2. View Resource

ArchivalResource

Letter to Ferdinando I, Grand Duke of Tuscany?, 1800s.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/318951570

Later manuscript copy of a letter dated De Brugia a gli 17 de decembre 1600. The letter, accompanying a copy of Maldeghem's translation of Petrarch's Rime, is thought to have been sent as a gift to Ferdinando I. Letter begins: Serenissmo principe. Written at the top of the page: Archo. Mediceo Fil. 900 a c. 333. Letterhead printed at top: R. Archivio di stato di Firenze. Housed in blue cloth case, together with 6 manuscript poems about Petrarch (cataloged separately).

1 item (1 leaf) ; 31 cm. folded to 21 x 16 cm.

Cornell University Library

Information

SNAC Resource ID: 7329847

Cornell University Library

Related Entities

There are 3 Entities related to this resource.

Maldeghem, Philippe de, seigneur de Leyschot, 1547-1611

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6n90bzh (person)

Ferdinando I, Grand-Duke of Tuscany, 1549-1609

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6d50s9t (person)

Husband of Christine of Lorraine, father of Cosimo II, Claudia, Eleonora, Francesco, Carlo, Caterina, Filippo, Lorenzo, and Maria Maddalena de' Medici, and brother of Francesco I de' Medici. From the description of Ferdinando I de' Medici petitions, correspondence, financial, and legal documents, 1587-1609. (University of Pennsylvania Library). WorldCat record id: 720644901 ...

Petrarca, Francesco, 1304-1374

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w64850xt (person)

Francesco Petrarca (b. July 20, 1304, Arezzo, Italy–d. July 19, 1374, Arquà, Italy), commonly anglicized as Petrarch, was a scholar and poet of Renaissance Italy who was one of the earliest humanists. His rediscovery of Cicero's letters is often credited with initiating the 14th-century Renaissance. Petrarch is often considered the founder of Humanism. Petrarch would be later endorsed as a model for Italian style by the Accademia della Crusca. Petrarch stduied law at the University of Montpell...