Letters to Rodolfo Pio di Savoia (Cardinal di Carpi).

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Title: Letters to Rodolfo Pio di Savoia (Cardinal di Carpi).
Creator: Manuzio, Paolo, 1512-1574
Published / Created: 1554-1559.
Publication Place: Venice
Abstract: Manusript on paper of 6 autograph letters of various sizes. The printer Paolo Manuzio (Paulus Manutius, 1512-1574), son of Aldus Manutius, wrote these letters to his benefactor Cardinal Rodolfo Pio di Savoia of Carpi (1500?-1564) in the hope of being appointed head of the Tridentine publishing house in Rome (which he indeed was 1561-1570).
Description: In Italian.
Script: Written in rapid Humanistica Cursiva.
From several leaves triangular sections have been cut off, without loss of text.
Most letters show traces of the red wax seal.
Provenance: Purchased on the Edwin J. Beinecke Fund, 1965.
Extent of Digitization: This object has been completely digitized.
Language: Italian

Genre: Manuscripts, Renaissance Italy 16th century
Medieval and Renaissance Manuscripts in Beinecke Library
Resource Type: unspecified
Subject (Geographic): Connecticut
New Haven.
Subject (Name): Manuzio, Paolo, 1512-1574.
Subject (Topic): Manuscripts, Medieval
Patronage, Ecclesiastical
Subjects: Manuzio, Paolo, 1512-1574
Manuscripts, Medieval > Connecticut > New Haven
Patronage, Ecclesiastical
Italy > 16th century
Medieval and Renaissance Manuscripts in Beinecke Library

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Citation: Paolo Manuzio, Letters to Rodolfo Pio di Savoia (Cardinal di Carpi). General Collection, Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library, Yale University.