Versi lamentabili nella morte dello ill[ustrissi]mo et ex[cellentissim]o S[igno]r duca Alex[andr]o allo ill[ustrissi]mo et r[everendissi]mo signo[re] car[dina]le Cibo : manuscript, [ca. 1537].

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Versi lamentabili nella morte dello ill[ustrissi]mo et ex[cellentissim]o S[igno]r duca Alex[andr]o allo ill[ustrissi]mo et r[everendissi]mo signo[re] car[dina]le Cibo : manuscript, [ca. 1537].

Songs of grief in terza rima and sonnets by an unidentified Medicean court poet on the assassination of Duke Alessandro de' Medici. Poems also reflect on the achievements of the Medici family.

48 leaves, bound ; 22 cm.

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SNAC Resource ID: 7801308

Houghton Library

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