Letter : Rome, to Cardinal Albrecht of Brandenburg

Description

Title: Letter : Rome, to Cardinal Albrecht of Brandenburg
Creator: Leo X, Pope, 1475-1521
Published / Created: 1520 June 6.
Publication Place: Italy
Abstract: Letter signed, on parchment, from Pope Leo X to Cardinal Albrecht (Albert) of Brandenburg concerning the appointment of Marino Caracciolo as papal nuncio to the Holy Roman Emperor, Charles V. The body of the letter is in the hand of Ludovico degli Arrighi, a Vatican chancery scribe
Description: In Latin.
Layout: single column of five lines.
Script: italic cursive.
Provenance: Formerly owned by Mark Lansburgh. Purchased from Toshiyuki Takamiya on the Edwin J. Beinecke Book Fund, 2017.
Extent: 1 leaf : 187 mm x 524 mm
Extent of Digitization: This object has been completely digitized.
Language: Latin

Genre: Manuscripts, Renaissance Italy 16th century
Medieval and Renaissance Manuscripts in Beinecke Library
Material: parchment ;
Resource Type: unspecified
Subject (Geographic): Connecticut
New Haven.
Subject (Name): Albrecht, of Brandenburg, Archbishop and Elector of Mainz, Cardinal, 1490-1545.
Arrighi, Ludovico degli, approximately 1480-1527.
Caracciolo, Marino.
Charles V, Holy Roman Emperor, 1500-1558.
Leo X, Pope, 1475-1521.
Subject (Topic): Manuscripts, Renaissance
Diplomatic and consular service, Papal States
Papal nuncios
Subjects: Albrecht, of Brandenburg, Archbishop and Elector of Mainz, Cardinal, 1490-1545
Arrighi, Ludovico degli, approximately 1480-1527
Caracciolo, Marino
Charles V, Holy Roman Emperor, 1500-1558
Leo X, Pope, 1475-1521
Manuscripts, Renaissance > Connecticut > New Haven
Diplomatic and consular service, Papal States
Papal nuncios
Italy > 16th century
Medieval and Renaissance Manuscripts in Beinecke Library
Lansburgh, Mark > Ownership
Takamiya, Toshiyuki > Ownership

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Citation: Pope Leo X, Letter to Cardinal Albrecht of Brandenburg (Takamiya MS 76). General Collection, Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library, Yale University.