Medieval & Renaissance Manuscripts
MS. 16
Foundation Charter of the College of Pisa 1594
Contents:
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Letter of Don Ferdinando Medici concerning fees and rules of the College
author:Medici, Ferdinando I, Grand Duke of Tuscany
extent:ff. 1r-7r
incipit:
Invigilando alli modi con liquali
explicit:
ostante, ⁊caetera Mandantes, ⁊caetera A di Xvii di Dicembre MDXCIII
decoration:Two line initial in same ink and hand as main text.
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Letter of Don Ferdinando Medici concerning funding of the College
author:Medici, Ferdinando I, Grand Duke of Tuscany
extent:ff. 7r-8r
incipit:
Auuertendo alla Prouisione
explicit:
Non obstantes, ⁊caetera Mandantes, ⁊caetera Il Di Xvii di Gennaio 1593
decoration:Two line initial in same ink and hand as main text.
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Foundation charter for the College of Pisa
extent:ff. 8v-19r
incipit:
DON FERDINANDO MEDICI Gran DVCA di Toscana
explicit:
Data nella villa di Cafaggiuolo l'vltimo di Settembre M.D.XC. IIIIo.
note:The signature of Ferdinando Medici appears at the end of the text on fol. 19r. The same hand appears to have made a correction on fo. 9r and notes in the margins of ff. 7r and 8r. At the lower left of fol. 19r is written AL mandato del serenissimo Gran Duca Jacopo Dani. Jacopo Dani was the secretary to Ferdinando Medici, 1591-1598.
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Four letters
author:Bellavita, Benedetto
extent:ff. 19v-22v
incipit:
Pretendendo sufficiente signor Cavalier Rocco Galletti proveditore del ditto collegio
explicit:
in fede ho fatto la presente soscrittione questo di 13 d?Aprile 1607. al Pisano
note:Text appears to be in the hand of Benedetto Bellavita, chancellor of the College of Pisa 1596-1607.
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Notes on a vote taken in 1404
extent:f. 28r
incipit:
Al libro di Deliberazioni
explicit:
haversero goduto il [crossed out] medesimo Benefattore FF
note:This text is on a loose bifolium at the end of the manuscript.
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Letter
author:Bellavita, Benedetto
extent:f. 30r
incipit:
Ex parte et mandato admodum
explicit:
benedictus Bellavitus cancelliere I pi?
note:This text is written on a leaf pasted to the back pastedown.
Date of origin:The texts are dated 1594 and 1607.
Place of origin: Pisa, Italy
Support:
Parchment and paper codex with watermarks: orb with crescent moon with letters NL, surmounted by a cross.
Foliation:
Foliation is contemporary and in ink for ff. 1-22, ff. 23-30 are modern (includes loose paper leavea at end) in lead.
Dimensions:274mm x 203mm (leaves), 222mm x 132mm (ruled space)
Collation:iii 18 26 38 46 (-1) iii. Catchwords written horizontally in the lower right corner at the end of the first two gatherings.
Script:Text on ff. 1-19r in a formal humanist cursive with humanist minuscule and Roman capitals used for names and titles. Text on ff. 19v-22v in a less formal humanist cursive. Texts on papers leaves at end in an informal 17th century cursive hand.
Binding:Bound in contemporary limp vellum with title written on cover.
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