Copies of 23 deeds of the sale of land near Siena on behalf of then Cardinal Francesco Piccolomini by his procurators. Formerly part of a larger manuscript. The land is sold by various families and persons to the various procurators representing Francesco Piccolomini, including Francisco Nanni and Jacopo Piccolomini. Several of the deeds were notarized by Leonardus olim Nannius. Contains four notarial signets. The deeds are numbered 1-23 in a contemporary hand.
Creator:
Pius III, Pope, approximately 1440-1503.
Timespan:
Siena (Italy); Siena (Italy) -- 15th century.; Italy.
36 leaves : parchment; 220 x 140 (180 x 120-130) mm bound to 225 x 150 mm
Personal Name:
Piccolomini family.; Phillipps, Thomas, Sir, 1792-1872, former owner.
Rights:
https://rightsstatements.org/page/NoC-US/1.0/?
Notes:
Ms. codex.; Origin: Written in Siena (Zacour-Hirsch), between 1492 and 1502.; Title from spine.; Foliation: Parchment, iii (modern paper) + 36 + iii (modern paper); 532-567; near contemporary foliation in ink, upper right recto; modern foliation in pencil, upper right recto.; Script: Written in several secretarial cursive hands.; Binding: Bound in 19th-century half russia with half calf borders.; Latin.
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