Lettere del Gran Duca Cosimo III scritte al March[ese] Montauti inviato di Toscana alla corte cesarea

Alternate Title:

Lettere del Cardinale Francesco M. de'Medici scritte al Marchese Montauti inviato di Toscana all corte cesarea [1690-1696]

Name:

Cosimo III, Grand-Duke of Tuscany, 1642-1723; Montauti, Anton Francesco, Abbe Marquis; Francesco I, Grand-Duke of Tuscany, 1541-1587

Timespan:

17th century; Leopold I, 1658-1705

Date:

1690/1696

Description:

Letters to Abbot Marquis Anton Francesco Montauti in Vienna, where he was special envoy to the court for Cosimo III. Many are partly in cipher. Letters from Cosimo III are mostly about the negotiations for the marriage of his son, Gian Gastone, to Princess Anne of Saxe-Lauenburg, widow of the Count Palatine. Also mentioned are Cosimo's daughter, Anna Maria Ludovica, and her husband William, Elector Palatinate. Other letters deal with Tuscan support for the troops of the Holy Roman Empire and imperial wars.; Letters from Cardinal Francesco Maria de'Medici concern relations between the imperial court, the Tuscan court, and the Papal court, where Francesco appears to have conducted some negotiations as a representative of the Holy Roman Empire. Some of the letters are personal and emotional in tone as there appears to have been a personal friendship between Montauti and Cardinal Francesco Maria de'Medici (cf. Ms. Codex 536 for other letters from this period).

Language:

Italian

Provenance:

Sold by Libraria Antiquaria Hoepli (Milan), 1952.

Subject:

Medici, House of; Ambassadors -- Italy -- Tuscany -- 17th century; Ambassadors

Resource Type:

Text

Form/Genre:

Codices; Letters; Manuscripts, Italian; Manuscripts, European; manuscripts (documents)

Physical Description:

124 leaves : paper; 285 x 208 mm bound to 290 x 223 mm

Geographic Subject:

Holy Roman Empire -- History -- Leopold I, 1658-1705; Tuscany (Italy) -- History -- 17th century -- Sources; Italy -- Tuscany

Rights:

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

Notes:

Ms. codex.; Table of contents: In two sections: Lettere del Gran Duca Cosimo III [de' Medici], dated 1694-1696, ff. 1-41 (16 letters). -- 2. Francesco de Medici. Lettere del Cardinale Francesco M. de' Medici scritte al Marchese Montauti inviato di Toscana all corte cesarea, dated 1690, 1694-1696, ff. 52-118 (34 letters).; Titles from title pages (f. 1r, f. 51r).; Foliation: Paper, i + 124 + i; [1-124]; modern foliation in pencil, upper right recto.; Script: Written in various cursive scripts by multiple hands, including autograph letters of Cosimo III.; Binding: Contemporary parchment, with title "Lettere del Gran Duca" and Medici coat of arms (in colored inks) on cover. Evidence of repairs (title page, new endleaves).; Origin: Written in Florence and other Italian cities, 1690-1696.; Italian.

Physical Location:

Kislak Center for Special Collections, Rare Books and Manuscripts, Manuscripts, Oversize Ms. Codex 531