Miscellaneous manuscripts (Large), 1538

Contributor:

Ferdinand I, Holy Roman Emperor, 1503-1564 (addressee)

Name:

Martinuzzi, György, 1482-1551; Miscellaneous Manuscripts Collection (University of Pennsylvania)

Date:

1538

Description:

A copy on a paper bifolium of an intelligence report, possibly written for Ferdinand I, on the sultan, Turkish troops, and other developments in Turkey. Makes reference to King John (János) of Hungary. Written in Várad (Oradea) on 16 August.

Language:

Latin

Provenance:

Sold by Ifan Kyrle Fletcher (London), 1963.

Subject:

János I Zápolya, King of Hungary, 1487-1540; International relations

Resource Type:

Text

Form/Genre:

manuscripts (documents); reports; Manuscripts, Latin; Manuscripts, Renaissance

Physical Description:

1 item (1 leaf)

Geographic Subject:

Hungary -- Foreign relations; Hungary; Turkey -- Foreign relations; Turkey

Rights:

http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/NoC-US/1.0/

Notes:

Also known as Frater Georgius, was a monk until 1551, when he became an archbishop. He first worked for the King of Hungary, János Zápolya, as counselor and treasurer. After the king's death, he worked for the new king of Hungary, Ferdinand I.; In Latin, with some Hungarian and Turkish.

Physical Location:

Kislak Center for Special Collections, Rare Books and Manuscripts, Manuscripts, Misc Mss (Large) Box 2 Folder 10

Collection:

Miscellaneous Manuscripts (Large)