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ORIGINAL letters of members of the family of Medici of Florence; 19 Sept. 1483-22 July, 1741.

1. Laure[n]tius de Medicis Mag[istr]is P[at]ribus hon[oratis] Officialibus Balie Rei P[ublic]e; Pisa, 19 Sept. 1483. Ital. f. 5.

2. Petrus [II.] d[e] Medicis [son and successor of the above] Petro de Victoriis; Florence, 3 Apr. 1487. Ital. f. 6.

3. Alfonsina Vrsina d[e] Medicis [widow of the above] Paulo Victorio [Captain of the Papal galleys in the Etruscan Sea]; 24 Mar. 1515. Ital. f. 7.

4. Rescript of Pope Leo X. [Giovanni de' Medici, 2nd son of Lorenzo the Magnificent] for the release of a Turkish prisoner in exchange for Lorenzo Corso, of Rhoana; n.d. [circa 1515]. In the handwriting of Giovanni Sadoleto; with autograph "Placet," etc. Lat. f. 9.

5. Laure[n]tius [II.] Medices, Vrbini Dvx [son of Pietro II.] to Francesco Vettori, Florentine Ambassador in France; Rome, 16 Jan. 1517. Ital. Partly in cipher. ff. 10-15.

6. J[ulius], Car[dina]lis de Medicis [afterwards Pope Clement VII., natural son of Juliano I. de' Medici] to the same; Rome, 30 Apr. 1516. Ital. f. 16.

7. The same, as Papal Vice-Chancellor., to Vectoriis, Po[tes]tati Ciuitatis Pistorii; Florence, 12 Dec. 1522. Ital. f. 19.

8. Julianus Medices, Nemausi Dux et S[anctæ] R[omanæ] e[cclesiæ] Capitaneus Generalis, etc., Paulo Vectorio, Maiordomo et Nuntio suo; Florence, 5 Nov. 1515. In the handwriting of Fabr[itiu]s Peregrinus. Ital. f. 21.

9. A[lessa]nd[ro] d[e'] Med[ici] [tyrant of Florence, natural son of Pope Clement VII.] to Franc[esc]o Vettori; Pisa, 17 Mar. 1534. Ital. f. 23.

10. Margarita [de' Medici, widow of the above, and natural daughter of the Emperor Charles V.] to the Abbate Brizegno; Aquila, 1 Dec. 1577. Ital. f. 25.

11. Fr[ater] Hipp[olytus], Car[dinalis] Medices [natural son of Giulio II. de' Medici, Duke of Nemours] Commissario Ciuitatis Vulterrane; Rome, 12 Jan. 1531. Ital. f. 28.

12. Giouanni de' Medici [father of Cosmo I., Grand Duke of Tuscany] to Paulo Vettori; 14 Feb. 1524. Ital. f. 30.

13. Lucretia Saluiata de' Medici [2nd daughter of Lorenzo il Magnifico, and wife of Giacomo Salviati] to Pagolo Uectori, Capitano delle Galee del Papa; Rome, 10 Sept. 1516. Ital. f. 32.

14. Cunctessina Ridolfa d[e'] Medici [3rd daughter of Lorenzo il Magnifico, and wife of Pietro Ridolfi] to Pago Vectori; 3 June, 1513. Ital. f. 33.

15. F[ranciscus] Armellinus Medices, Car[dina]lis, [adopted by Leo X. into the Medici family] Paulo Victorio Triremiu[m] S[anctissimi] D[omini] N[ostri] Capitaneo; Rome, 24 Sept. 1524. Ital. f. 34.

16. [Cosmo I. de'Medici] el Duca di Fiorenza to [Pie]ro Saluiati; Livorno, 17 Feb. 1543. Ital. f. 37.

17. The same to Piero Vettori; Pisa, 27 Feb., 11 Mar. 1549. Ital. ff. 40, 42.

18. The same, as "el Gra[n] Duca di T[oscan]a," to Donienico Bonsi; Pisa, Livorno, 3 Feb. 1571-28 Apr. 1572. Ital. ff. 44-51.

19. Fra[n]c[esc]o de' Med[ici], [Count Palatine and Apostolic Prothonotary] to Piero Vettori ; 11 Sept. 1538. Ital. f. 52.

20. [Francesco de'Medici] el gran Duca di T[osca]na [son of Cosmo I., Grand Duke of Tuscany] to the Priori della Com[muni]ta di San Gimignano; Florence, 3 Feb. 1579. Ital. f. 53.

21. Fer[dinando I.], Card[inale] de'Medici, to Piero Vettori; Rome, 20 Apr. 1571. Ital. f. 56.

22. The same as "el gran Duca di T[oscan]a," to the Marchese Tommaso Malaspina, G[e]n[er]ale dell' Arme e Gon[falonie]re di Siena; Florence, 17 May, 1600. Ital. f. 58.

23. Chrest[i]na, g[ran] D[uches]sa [wife of the above], to her daughter [Claudia], Principessa d'Urbino; Poggio, 23 Jan. 1623. Ital. f. 60.

24. The same to ; Florence, 20 Dec. 1621. Ital. Imperfect. f. 62.

25. Claudia [de' Medici, daughter of the above, and wife of (1) Frederic della Rovere, Prince of Urbino, and (2) Leopold, Archduke of Austria], to Honorata Piccolom[in]i, Maiordoma delle Notre Dame in Inspruch; Bruna in Moravia, Vulmer, Sbon, Vienna, Varsovia, and Monaco, 16 Aug. 1637-23 Aug. 1640. Ital. ff. 64-69, 71-77, 80.

26. The same to her nephew [Ferdinand II. de' Medici], G[ran] D[uc]a di Tosc[an]a; Bolsano, 1 Nov. 1634. Ital. f. 70.

27. The same to the Canon Liduino Piccolom[in]i, Prior di San Egidio; Inspruch, 14 May, 1639-24 Dec. 1646. Ital. ff. 78, 81-94.

28. [Carlo] il Card[inal]e de'Medici [3rd son of Ferdinand I. de' Medici] to [Gaspar] Card[inale] Borgia; Florence, 22 June, 1620. Ital. f. 95.

29. [Ferdinando II. de'Medici], il Gran Duca di Tosc[an]a, to Vincenzio Vettori; Florence, 11 Oct. 1621. Ital. f. 98.

30. Uittorea, G[ran] D[uches]sa [wife of the above], to her sister-inlaw, 1'Arciduch[ess]a Anna d'Austria; Florence, 29 June, 1663. Ital. f. 100.

31. The same to [Celio], Cardinale Piccolomini; Florence, 30 Dec. 1680. Ital. f. 151.

32. [Cosmo III.], il Gran D[uca] de Tosc[an]a to the Conte Piccolomini, General di Battaglia; Ambrogiana, 30 Oct. 1685. Ital. f. 103.

33. The same to his brother [Francesco Maria] Card[ina]le de' Medici; Villa Imperiale, 25 June, 1690. Ital. (Duplicate.) f. 105.

34. Anna [de' Medici, daughter of Cosmo II., and wife of Ferdinand, Archduke of Austria] to the Conte Lidoino Piccolomini, Canon[i]co e Preposito di Trento; Innsbruck, 25 Apr., 18 June, 1660. Ital. ff. 108, 110.

35. The same to the Conte Francesco Piccolomini; Innsbruck, 8 Oct. 1662-18 Dec. 1672. Ital. ff. 112, 114, 117, 119.

36. The same to her brother [? Ferdinand II., Grand Duke of Tuscany]; Innsbruck, 15 Aug. 1666. Ital. f. 116.

37. Violante, gran Si[gno]ra di Toscana [daughter of Ferdinand, Elector of Bavaria, and wife of Ferdinand, eldest son of Cosmo III. de' Medici] to Alessandro Grimaldi; Florence, 27 Feb. 1719. Ital. f. 121.

38. Anna Maria [Lodovica], L' Elettrice Palatina [daughter of Cosmo III. de' Medici, and wife of John William, Elector Palatine], to the Contessa Giulia Trapp, nata Contessa Piccolomini; Düsseldorff, Florence, 28 Jan. 1696-27 Oct. 1722. Ital. ff. 123-129.

39. The same to [Francesco Maria] Piccolomini, eletto Vescovo di Pienza; Florence, 22 July, 1741. Ital. f. 130.

40. Bernardino Med[ici, son of Ottaviano, Prince of Ottajano, and son-in-law of Alessandro, Duke of Florence] to Piero Vettori; Rome, 31 Dec. 1581. Ital. f. 132.

41. Don Ant[oni]o Medici [supposed son of Francesco l., Grand Duke of Tuscany, and Bianca Capello] to Luigi Vettori, Comess[a]rio di Pisa; Florence, 12 Feb. 1616. Ital. f. 134.

42. Il Principe Leopoldo [de'Medici, son of Cosmo II., afterwards a Cardinal] to Ant[oni]o Quaratesi; Siena, 12 May, l638. Ital. f. 136.

43. The same to Franc[esc]o Piccolomini; Florence, 14 May, 1665, 8 May, 1666. Ital. ff. 146, 147.

44. Il Principe Mattias [de'Medici, son of Cosmo II., and Governor of Siena] to the Capitano Sinalonga; Siena, 11 Apr. 1648. Ital. f. 138.

45. The same to Francesco Piccolomini; Florence, Siena, 17 Dec. 1660, 20 Oct. 1666. Ital. ff. 139, 141.

46. Il Principe Gio[vanni] Carlo [de' Medici, youngest son of Cosmo II., afterwards a Cardinal] to Antonio ; Pisa, 6 Jan. 1641. Ital. f. 142.

47. I; P[ri]n[ci]pe D[on] Lorenzo [de' Medici, son of Ferdinand I. de'Medici] to Leopoldo [Archduke of Austria, his brother-in-law] Monaco, 22 May, 1626. Ital. f. 144.

48. Maria Magdalena, Tutrice [daughter of Charles, Archduke of Austria, and widow of Cosmo II. de' Medici, guardian of her son, Ferdinand II.], to Vincenzio Vettori; Siena, 1 Oct. 1622. Ital. f. 149.

49. Claudia Felice [daughter of Ferdinand Charles, Archduke of Austria, and Anne, daughter of Cosmo II. de' Medici, afterwards wife of the Emperor Leopold] to the Contessa Honorata Piccolomini; Florence, Caldara, 12 July, 1661-10 Dec. 1662. Ital. ff. 153-161.

50. The same to Conte Francesco Piccolomini; Innsbruck, 21 Aug. 1672. Ital. f. 162.

5l. The same to the Barona Giulia Trapp; 21 Sept. 1673. Ital. f. 164. Interspersed are engraved portraits, contemporary or modern, of several of the Medici family mentioned above; and at ff. 165 b, 168 are indexes by Dawson Turner. Paper; XVth-XVIIIth centt. Folio.

Vettori family: Letters to, from members of the Medici family: 1487-1622.: Ital.

Art. Portraits: Members of the family of Medici of Florence: 1483-1791.: Engr.

Medici family; of Florence: Letters, portraits, etc.: 1464-1820.

Piccolomini family: Letters addressed to members of, by members of the family of Medici: 17th cent.

includes:

  • f. 4 b Florence, Rulers of. Lorenzo de' Medici, called the Magnificent: Portrait.
  • f. 5 Florence, Rulers of. Lorenzo de' Medici, called the Magnificent: Letter to the Republic of Florence: 1483.: Ital.
  • f. 6 Pietro; Duke of Florence; son of Lorenzo the Magnificent: Letter to P. Vettori: 1487.: Ital.
  • f. 7 Pietro; Duke of Florence; son of Lorenzo the Magnificent: Letter from Alfonsina Ursina his widow, to P. Vettori: 1515.: Ital.
  • f. 8 b Leo X; Pope: Portraits.
  • f. 9 Leo X; Pope: Rescript for exchange of a Turkish prisoner: circ. 1515.: Lat.
  • f. 9 Giacomo Sadoleto, Papal Secretary of State, afterwards Cardinal: Rescript of Leo X., written by: circ. 1515.: Lat.
  • f. 9 Lorenzo Corso, of Rhoana: Release of a Turkish prisoner in exchange for: circ. 1515.: Lat.
  • ff. 10-15 Lorenzo II de' Medici; Duke of Urbino: Letter to F. Vettori: 1517.
  • f. 16 Clement VII; Pope: Letter, as Cardinal, to F. Vettori: 1516.: Ital.
  • f. 18 b Clement VII; Pope: Portrait.
  • f. 19 Clement VII; Pope: Letter, as Vice-Chancellor, to - Vettori: 1522.: Ital.
  • f. 21 Fabritius Peregrinus: Letter from the Duke of Nemours to P. Vectorius, in the handwriting of: 1515, 1516.: Ital.
  • f. 21 Giuliano de' Medici, Duke of Nemours; Captain General of the Papal Forces: Letter to P. Vettori: 1516.: Ital.
  • f. 23 Alessandro; Duke of Florence: Letter to F. Vettori: 1534.: Ital.
  • f. 25 Brizegno, Abbate: Letter to, from M. de' Medici: 1577.
  • f. 25 Alessandro; Duke of Florence: Letter from the same to the Abbate Brizegno: 1577.: Ital.
  • f. 27 b Sebastiano del Piombo, Painter: Engraving from a picture of, by W. T. Fry: 19th cent.
  • f. 27 b Ippolito de' Medici, Cardinal: Portrait, by W. T. Fry: 19th cent.
  • f. 28 Volterra, Italy: Letter to the Commissary of, from Card. H. de'Medici: 1531.: Ital.
  • f. 28 Ippolito de' Medici, Cardinal: Letter to the Commissary of Volterra: 1531.: Ital.
  • f. 30 Giovanni de' Medici, 'El gran Diavolo.': Letter to P Vettori: 1524.: Ital.
  • f. 32 Lucretia Salviati de' Medici, wife of Giacomo Salviati: Letters to P. and F. Vettori: 1516, 1523.: Ital.
  • f. 33 Cunctessima Ridolfi, wife of Pietro Ridolfi: Letter to P. Vettori: 1513.: Ital.
  • f. 34 Francesco Armellino del Medici, Cardinal: Letters to P. Vettori: 1524.: Ital.
  • ff. 35 b, 55 b, 97 b, 102 b, 148 b Grand Dukes of Tuscany: Portraits: 16th-18th centt.
  • f. 37 Cosmo I; Grand Duke of Tuscany: Letter to P. Salviati: 1543.
  • f. 37 Piero Salviati: Letter to, from Cosmo I., Grand Duke of Tuscany: 1543.: Ital.
  • ff. 40, 42 Cosmo I; Grand Duke of Tuscany: Letters to P. Vettori: 1549.
  • ff. 44-51 Domenico Bonsi: Letters to, from Cosmo I. of Tuscany: 1571-1572.: Ital.
  • ff. 44-51 Cosmo I; Grand Duke of Tuscany: Letters to D. Bonsi: 1571-1572.
  • f. 52 Francesco de' Medici, Apostolic Prothonotary: I,etter to P. Vettori: 1538.: Ital.
  • f. 53 Francis Maria; Grand Duke of Tuscany: Letter to the Priori della Communità di San Gimignano: 1579.
  • f. 56 Ferdinand I; Grand Duke of Tuscany: Letter, as Card. de' Medici, to P. Vettori: 1571.
  • f. 58 Tomaso Malaspina, Marchese, Gonfaloniere of Siena: Letter to, from Ferdinand I. of Tuscany: 1600.: Ital.
  • f.58 Ferdinand I; Grand Duke of Tuscany: Letter to Marchese Malaspina: 1600.
  • ff. 60, 62 Ferdinand I; Grand Duke of Tuscany: Letters from his wife Chrestina to their daughter the Princess of Urbino, and another: 1621, 1623.: Imperf.
  • ff. 64-94 Claudia, Archduchess of Austria; wife of the Archduke Leopold: Letters to H. and L. Piccolomini: 1634-1646.: Ital.
  • f. 95 Gaspard de Borgia, Cardinal, Archbishop of Seville, Viceroy of Naples: Letter to, from Card. C. de' Medici: 1620.: Ital.
  • f. 95 Carlo de' Medici, Cardinal: Letter to Card. Borgia: 1620.: Ital.
  • f. 98 Ferdinand II; Grand Duke of Tuscany: Letter to V. Vettori: 1621.
  • f. 100 Anna, Archduchess of Austria; wife of the Archduke Ferdinand Charles: Letter to, from Vittorea de' Medici: 1663.: Ital.
  • ff. 100, 151 Ferdinand II; Grand Duke of Tuscany: Letters from the Grand Duchess Victoria, to her sister the Archduchess Anna, and Card. Piccolomini: 1663, 1680.
  • f. 103 Tuscany, Grand Duchy of. Cosmo III: Letters to Conte Piccolomini: 1685.
  • f. 105 Francesco Maria de' Medici, Cardinal: Letter to, from his brother Cosmo: 1690.: Ital.
  • f. 105 Tuscany, Grand Duchy of. Cosmo III: Letter to his brother,Card. Francesco Maria: 1690.
  • ff. 108, 110, 112, 114, 116, 117 Anna, Archduchess of Austria; wife of the Archduke Ferdinand Charles: Letters to the Counts L. and F. Piccolomini and to her brother: 1660-1675.
  • f. 119 Anna, Archduchess of Austria; wife of the Archduke Ferdinand Charles: Letters to the Counts L. and F. Piccolomini and to her brother: 1660-1675.
  • f. 121 Violante Beatrice de' Medici, wife of Ferdinando de' Medici: Letter to A. Grimaldi: 1719.: Ital.
  • ff. 123-129, 130 John William; Elector Palatine of the Rhine: Letters from Anna Maria Lodovica, his wife, to the Countess G. Trapp and the Bishop Elect of Pienza: 1696-1722, 1741.: Ital.
  • ff. 123-129, 164 Giulia Trapp, Barona, nata Piccolomini: Letters to, from the Electress Palatine and Archduchess Claudia: 1673, 1696-1722.: Ital.
  • f. 132 Bernardino de' Medici: Letter to P. Vettori: 1581.: Ital.
  • f. 134 Antonio de' Mediei, Marquis of Capistrano: Letter to L. Vettori: 1616.: Ital.
  • f. 136 Antonio Quaratesi: Letter to, from Card. L. de' Medici: 1638.
  • ff. 136, 146, 147 Leopoldo de' Medici, Cardinal: Letters to A. Quaratesi and F. Piccolomini: 1638-1666.: Ital.
  • f. 138 Prince Matthias de' Medici,; son of Cosimo II, Grand Duke of Tuscany: Letter to Capt. Sinalonga: 1648.: Ital.
  • ff. 139, 141 Prince Matthias de' Medici,; son of Cosimo II, Grand Duke of Tuscany: Letters to Capt. Piccolomini: 1647-1666.: Ital.
  • f. 142 Giovanni Carlo de' Medici, Cardinal: Letter to Antonio: 1641.: Ital.
  • f. 144 Leopold, Archduke of Austria: Letter to, from L. de' Medici: 1626.: Ital.
  • f. 144 Lorenzo de' Medici, Son of Ferdinand I of Tuscany: Letter to Leopold of Austria: 1626.: Ital.
  • f. 149 Cosmo II; Grand Duke of Tuscany: Letter from Maria Magdalena, his widow, to V. Vettori: 1622.
  • ff. 153-162, 164 Leopold I; Emperor of Germany: Letters from Claudia Felice, his 2nd wife, to the Conte and Contessa Piccolomini and the Barona G. Trapp: 1661 - 1673.: Ital.

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Add MS 23721 : ORIGINAL letters of members of the family of Medici of Florence; 19 Sept. 1483-22 July, 1741. 1. Laure[n]tius de Medicis…
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Names:
Alessandro de Medici, Duke of Florence
Anna, Archduchess of Austria, wife of the Archduke Ferdinand Charles
Bonsi, Domenico
Borgia, Gaspard, Cardinal, Archbishop of Seville, Viceroy of Naples
Brizegno, Abbate
Claudia, Archduchess of Austria, wife of the Archduke Leopold
Clement VII, Pope, 1478-1534
Corso, Lorenzo, of Rhoana
Cosmo I, Grand Duke of Tuscany
Cosmo II, Grand Duke of Tuscany
Francis Maria, Grand Duke of Tuscany
Leo X, Pope, 1475-1521
Leopold I, Holy Roman Emperor and King of Germany, 1640-1705
Leopold, Archduke of Austria, of Add MS 38597
Lorenzo II de' Medici, Duke of Urbino
Lorenzo, il Magnifico
Malaspina, Tomaso, Marchese, Gonfaloniere of Siena
Maria Elisabeth, Governor of the Netherlands, daughter of Emperor Leopold I
Medici, Bernardino de', of Add MS 23721
Medici, Carlo de', Cardinal
Medici, Family
Medici, Ferdinand I, Grand Duke of Tuscany, nobleman, 1549-1609
Medici, Ferdinando II, Grand Duke of Tuscany, nobleman, 1610-1670
Medici, Francesco Armellino del, Cardinal
Medici, Francesco Maria de', Cardinal
Medici, Francesco de', Apostolic Prothonotary
Medici, Giovanni Carlo de', Cardinal; of Add MS 23721
Medici, Giovanni de', El gran Diavolo.'
Medici, Giuliano de', Duke of Nemours, Captain General of the Papal Forces
Medici, Ippolito de', Cardinal
Medici, Leopoldo de', Cardinal
Medici, Lorenzo de', Son of Ferdinand I of Tuscany
Medici, Matthias de', Prince son of Cosimo II Grand Duke of Tuscany
Medici, Violante Beatrice de', wife of Ferdinando de' Medici
Mediei, Antonio de', Marquis of Capistrano
Peregrinus, Fabritius
Piccolomini, Family
Pietro, Duke of Florence, son of Lorenzo the Magnificent
Piombo, Sebastiano del, Painter
Quaratesi, Antonio
Ridolfi, Cunctessima, wife of Pietro Ridolfi
Sadoleto, Giacomo, Papal Secretary of State, afterwards Cardinal
Salviati de' Medici, Lucretia, wife of Giacomo Salviati
Salviati, Piero, of Add MS 23721
Trapp, Giulia, Barona, nata Piccolomini
Tuscany, Family
Tuscany, Grand Duchy of. Cosmo III
Vettori, Family
Wilhelm, Johann, Elector Palatine, 1658-1716
Places:
Volterra, Italy