Lettere del Card[inale] Francesco de Medici al Mar[chese] Montauti

Name:

Medici, Francesco Maria de', 1660-1711; Conti, Paolantonio; Mazzari, Bartolomeo; Zefferini, Agostino; Montauti, Anton Francesco, Abbe Marquis; Ottoboni, Pietro, 1667-1740

Timespan:

17th century

Date:

1688

Description:

Letters from Cardinal Francesco Maria de'Medici, son of Ferdinand II, and his secretary Paolantonio Conti to Anton Francesco Montauti, envoy to the imperial court in Vienna regarding relations between the three courts of the Holy Roman Empire, the Pope, and the Grand Duchy of Tuscany. The Cardinal's letters, sent with dispatches, are notably personal in tone, conveying Christmas greetings, concern for Montauti's health, expressions of affection with gratitude for gifts, for example, the first letter in the volume, an effusive thank-you for the gift of a "spiritoso" Muslim slave boy (1 May 1688).; Volume in two sections: 152 items from Francesco Maria de Medici to Anton Francesco Montauti, dated 1 May 1688-10 November 1696; and 229 items from Paolantonio Conti, identified on title sheet within the volume as segretario del Card. Medici, to Montauti, dated 8 October 1689-16 October 1699. Also includes one letter of Agostino Zefferini (18 September 1696) and one letter of Bartolomeo Mazzari (13 April 1696), and copies of letters of papal officials, for example, a letter of Cardinal Ottoboni (9 December 1690).

Language:

Italian

Provenance:

Sold by Renzo Rizzi (Milan), 1961.

Subject:

Dolci, Carlo, 1616-1686; Medici, House of; Ambassadors -- Italy -- Tuscany -- 17th century; Ambassadors

Resource Type:

Text

Form/Genre:

Codices; Letters; Manuscripts, Italian; Manuscripts, European

Physical Description:

750 leaves : paper; 272 x 199 to 307 x 217 mm bound to 313 x 235 mm

Geographic Subject:

Tuscany (Italy) -- Early works to 1800; Italy -- Tuscany

Rights:

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

Notes:

Ms. codex.; Spine title.; Foliation: Paper, 750; [1-750]; modern foliation in pencil, upper right recto.; Script: Written in various scribal hands, most items signed by Francesco Maria de Medici or Paolantonio Conti [whose signature reads Paolant. Conti].; Binding: Contemporary parchment. Written on various types and sizes of paper, some brittle.; Origin: Written in Rome, Florence, Siena, Pisa, Livorno, Lappeggi, Pratolino, and other locations, 1688-1699.; Italian.

Physical Location:

Kislak Center for Special Collections, Rare Books and Manuscripts, Manuscripts, Oversize Ms. Codex 536