Letter, 1560 September 10, Schleswig-Holstein, to Elizabeth I, Queen of England

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Title: Letter, 1560 September 10, Schleswig-Holstein, to Elizabeth I, Queen of England
Creator: Adolf, Duke of Schleswig-Holstein-Gottorf, 1526-1586
Published / Created: 1560 September 10.
Publication Place: Schleswig-Holstein (Germany)
Abstract: Letter, signed, thanking Queen Elizabeth for conferring the Order of the Garter on him. The Duke apologizes in advance for his absence from the ceremony, owing to his war with the Swedes, and requests that he be represented by Walter Devereux, Earl of Essex
Description: In Latin.
Signed: "Adolf Holsatia Dux," with monogram SH as the initial letter of the second word.
Annotated with probable catalog number (Phillipps?): 33068.
Seal: pendant red wax seal of Duke Adolf.
Layout: single column of 14 lines.
Script: Italic.
Provenance: Purchased from Toshiyuki Takamiya on the Edwin J. Beinecke Book Fund, 2017.
Extent: 1 leaf : 310 mm x 470 mm and seal.
Extent of Digitization: This object has been completely digitized.
Language: Latin

Genre: Manuscripts, Renaissance Schleswig-Holstein (Germany) 16th century
Seals (artifacts) Schleswig-Holstein (Germany) 16th century
Medieval and Renaissance Manuscripts in Beinecke Library
Material: parchment ;
Resource Type: unspecified
Subject (Geographic): Connecticut
New Haven.
England
Schleswig-Holstein (Germany)
England.
Subject (Name): Adolf, Duke of Schleswig-Holstein-Gottorf, 1526-1586.
Elizabeth I, Queen of England, 1533-1603.
Essex, Walter Devereux, Earl of, 1541-1576.
Order of the Garter.
Subject (Topic): Manuscripts, Renaissance
Orders of knighthood and chivalry
Foreign relations
Subjects: Adolf, Duke of Schleswig-Holstein-Gottorf, 1526-1586
Elizabeth I, Queen of England, 1533-1603
Essex, Walter Devereux, Earl of, 1541-1576
Order of the Garter
Manuscripts, Renaissance > Connecticut > New Haven
Orders of knighthood and chivalry
England > Foreign relations > Schleswig-Holstein (Germany)
Schleswig-Holstein (Germany) > Foreign relations > England
Schleswig-Holstein (Germany) > 16th century
Medieval and Renaissance Manuscripts in Beinecke Library
Takamiya, Toshiyuki > Ownership

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Citation: Adolf, Duke of Schleswig-Holstein, Letter to Elizabeth I (Takamiya MS 128). General Collection, Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library, Yale University.