1. Istoria della Sig[no]ra Bianca Cappello Gran Duchessa di Toscana, e di Pietro Buonaventuri, suo marito, ff. 3r-29v. -- 2. Congiura di Lorenzo de'Medici contro il Duca Allesandro seguita in Firenze alli 6 di gennaio 1536, ff. 31r-43v. -- 3. Morte del Duca Alessandro de'Medici seguita in Firenze nella Casa di Lorenzo de'Medici, ff. 45r-47v. -- 4. Vita di Lorenzo de'Medici..., ff. 51r-130v. -- 5. Morte di Vincenzio Serzelli, ff. 133r-153v. -- 6. Vita di Piero Strozzi Maresciallo, e generale di Francia in Italia, ff. 155r-204r. -- 7. Vita di Filippo di Filippo Strozzi, ff. 205r-339r. -- 8. Discorso del clar[issi]mo Sig. Alessandro Rinuccini...sopra la carestia del'anno 1619, ff. 341r-354r. -- 9. Vita di Piero Strozzi, ff. 357-413r. -- 10. Compendio della vita della Suor Maria Caterina Brondi, descritta dal Padre Abate Bambacati, ff. 415r-426v.
Language:
Italian
Provenance:
Gift of Luigi Frescobaldi to Captain Napier (inscription, "Capt. Napier, from a friend sincere, Luigi Frescobaldi, October 8th, 1838," f. 2r).; Purchased, 1957.
Codices; Biographies (literary works); Manuscripts, Italian; Manuscripts, European
Physical Description:
426 leaves : paper; 316 x 216 (239 x 148) mm bound to 338 x 225 mm
Geographic Subject:
Florence (Italy) -- History
Rights:
https://rightsstatements.org/vocab/NoC-US/1.0/
Notes:
Title from Zacour-Hirsch description, no overall title in manuscript.; Foliation: Paper, i (modern paper) + 426 + i (modern paper); [1-426]; modern foliation in pencil, upper right recto.; Script: Written in cursive script by many hands.; Binding: 19th-century cloth, upper cover nearly detached.; Origin: Written in Florence, after 1619 (f. 2r).; Italian.
Physical Location:
Kislak Center for Special Collections, Rare Books and Manuscripts, Manuscripts, Oversize Ms. Codex 547
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