Miscellaneous manuscripts (Large), 1538.

Format:

Manuscript

Author/Creator:

Martinuzzi, György, 1482-1551.

Contributor:

Ferdinand I, Holy Roman Emperor, 1503-1564, addressee.

Miscellaneous Manuscripts Collection (University of Pennsylvania)

Language:

Latin

Subjects (All):

János I Zápolya, King of Hungary, 1487-1540.

János.

Hungary--Foreign relations.

Hungary.

International relations.

Turkey--Foreign relations.

Turkey.

Genre:

reports

Manuscripts, Latin.

Manuscripts, Renaissance.

Penn Provenance:

Sold by Ifan Kyrle Fletcher (London), 1963.

Physical Description:

1 item (1 leaf)

Contained In:

Miscellaneous Manuscripts (Large). Box 2 Folder 10

Place of Publication:

1538.

Language Note:

In Latin, with some Hungarian and Turkish.

Biography/History:

Also known as Frater Georgius, was a monk until 1551, when he became an archbishop. He first worked for the King of Hungary, János Zápolya, as counselor and treasurer. After the king's death, he worked for the new king of Hungary, Ferdinand I.

Summary:

A copy on a paper bifolium of an intelligence report, possibly written for Ferdinand I, on the sultan, Turkish troops, and other developments in Turkey. Makes reference to King John (János) of Hungary. Written in Várad (Oradea) on 16 August.

Cited in:

Described in Zacour, Norman P. and Hirsch, Rudolf. Catalogue of Manuscripts in the Library of the University of Pennsylvania to 1800 (University of Pennsylvania Press, 1965), p. 46 (Ms. Latin 195).

Publications about:

Published in Codex epistolaris Fratris Georgii 1535-1551 (Budapest, 1881), pp. 15-17.

OCLC:

233823930