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Versi lamentabili nella morte dello ill[ustrissi]mo et ex[cellentissim]o S[igno]r duca Alex[andr]o allo ill[ustrissi]mo et r[everendissi]mo signo[re] car[dina]le Cibo
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Manuscripts, Renaissance--Italy--1500-1550
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Medici, Alessandro de', 1510-1537--Assassination
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Extent: 48 leaves, bound ; 22 cm.
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Transcription by a professional hand in a cursive script in brown ink with initials penned in margins; occasional minor corrections; probably written in Florence, Italy, ca. 1537.
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For further information on this manuscript and its contents (a list of first lines), see the curatorial files.
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Dedicated to Cardinal Innocenzo Cibo, the duke's uncle.
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Bound in contemporary limp vellum with remains of leather ties; title inscribed on front cover.
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Partly erased oval stamp, possibly of Cardinal Antonio-Saverio Gentili (f. [1r]); Sir Edward Dering (inscribed "Dering sale," on front flyleaf); Sir Thomas Phillipps (MS 23243); Sotheby's, London, 18 June 2004, lot 94; to Maggs.
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Purchased with the Amy Lowell fund, 2004.
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23 July 2024
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23 July 2024
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