Ludovici Heliani Vercellensis Christianissimi Francorum regis senatoris ac oratioris de bello suscipiendo adversus Venetianos et Turcas gratio Maximiliano Augusto in conventu presulum electorum et civitatum Romani Imperii dicta in Augusta Vindelica quarta Idus Aprilis anno a partu virginis millesimoquingentesimodecimo

Name:

Hélian, Louis; Bannicius, Jacobus

Timespan:

16th century; Maximilian I, 1493-1519; Siege, 1453; 697-1508

Date:

1510

Description:

Harangue delivered at the opening of a Diet at Augsburg, convened by Maximilian I, which turned the diet against the Venetian republic. Hélian's invective is vehement and at times absurd, as he portrays the Venetians with a variety of unflattering metaphors, calling them foxes, lions, serpents, pirates, monsters, and harpies; he also accuses the Venetians of having thwarted the League of Cambrai and thus hindered the war against the Turks, and accordingly calls the Venetians non-Christians who mock the French and Germans and plan to take over Europe. Preceded by an introductory letter from Jacobus Bannicius, an editor, signed on 1 May 1510. Following the speech is a poem in 142 elegiac couplets on lion hunting, featuring the king of France and the king of Aragon. Possibly copied from a printed version published by Johann Otmar.

Language:

Latin

Provenance:

Sold by E. P. Goldschmidt & Co., Ltd. (London), 1956.

Subject:

Ferdinand V, King of Spain, 1452-1516; Louis XII, King of France, 1462-1515; Cambrai, League of, 1508; Lion hunting; Ambassadors -- France -- 16th century; Ambassadors

Resource Type:

Text

Form/Genre:

codices (bound manuscripts); annotations; speeches (documents); poems; Manuscripts, Latin; Manuscripts, Renaissance; manuscripts (documents)

Physical Description:

30 leaves : paper; 199 x 142 (149 x 104) mm bound to 202 x 149 mm

Geographic Subject:

Holy Roman Empire -- History -- Maximilian I, 1493-1519; Istanbul (Turkey) -- History -- Siege, 1453; Venice (Italy) -- Foreign relations -- 697-1508; France

Rights:

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

Notes:

Ms. codex.; Ambassador to Maximilian I and the Diet of Augsburg in 1510 from Louis XII of France.; Title from title page (f. 1r).; Table of contents: 1. f.1v: [Introductory letter] / Jacobus Bannicius.; Table of contents: 2. f.2r-16v: Oratio de bello suscipiendo adversus Venetianos et Turcas gratio Maximiliano Augusto in conventu presulum electorum et civitatum Romani Imperii dicta in Augusta Vindelica quarta Idus Aprilis anno a partu virginis millesimoquingentesimodecimo / Louis Hélian.; Table of contents: 3. f.17r-24v: Eiusdem Lodovici Heliani venatio leonum pontifex max. Cesar Augustus rex Francorum rex Aragonum venatores / Louis Hélian.; Foliation: Paper, 30; [1-30]; modern foliation in pencil, lower right recto.; Layout: Work 1 written in 24 long lines, work 2 written in 18-20 lines of poetry; ruled in ink.; Script: Written in a secretary script.; Decoration: Pen-flourishes in upper corners and on initials (f. 1r-2r, 17r).; Binding: Modern paper.; Origin: Written in Augusta Vindelica (modern Augsburg), Germany, in 1510 (f. 1r).; Latin, with Greek word "telos" (f. 24v).

Physical Location:

Kislak Center for Special Collections, Rare Books and Manuscripts, Manuscripts, Ms. Codex 1133