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Anton Francesco Montauti diplomatic collection, 1689-1744.
Kislak Center for Special Collections - Manuscripts Ms. Coll. 180
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- Format:
- Manuscript
- Language:
- French
- German
- Italian
- Latin
- Subjects (All):
- Ambassadors--Italy--Tuscany--17th century.
- Ambassadors.
- Tuscany (Italy)--Foreign relations--Holy Roman Empire.
- Tuscany (Italy).
- Holy Roman Empire--Foreign relations--Italy--Tuscany.
- Holy Roman Empire.
- Papal States--Foreign relations--Italy--Tuscany.
- Papal States.
- Tuscany (Italy)--Foreign relations--Italy--Papal States.
- Tuscany (Italy)--Politics and government--1434-1737.
- Italy--Tuscany.
- Genre:
- Inventories.
- Legal documents.
- Financial documents.
- Accounts.
- Notarial documents.
- Manuscripts, European.
- Manuscripts, Italian.
- Manuscripts, Latin.
- Manuscripts, German.
- Manuscripts, French.
- Penn Provenance:
- Sold by Renzo Rizzi (Milan), 1961.
- Physical Description:
- 586 items (1306 leaves)
- Arrangement:
- 123 folders in 3 boxes arranged in ten sections: 1. Letters from Cosimo III, grand-duke of Tuscany, to Montauti, 1690-1699 (Folders 1-6). -- 2. Letters from Cardinal Francesco Maria de' Medici to Montauti, 1691-1699 (Folders 7-19). -- 3. Letters from Gian Gastone, grand-duke of Tuscany, to Montauti, 1689-1706 (Folders 20-30). -- 4. Letters to Montauti from miscellaneous correspondents, including Vittorio Amedei, Vittoria della Rovere, and Carlo Antonio Gondi (Folders 31-49). -- 5. Original letters from various individuals, including Cosimo III, Leopold I, Francesco Maria de' Medici, the government of the city of Livorno, and others to persons other than Montauti (Folders 50-86). -- 6. Miscellaneous writings of political content, unsigned and often undated (Folders 87-88). --7. Miscellaneous notarial and financial documents, and accounts concerning Cosimo III, Leopold I, Francesco Maria de' Medici, and others, 1690-1744 (Folders 89-97). -- 8. Copies of documents regarding "il feudo Imperiale di Filattiera in Lunigiana" (Folders 98-113). -- 9. Documents with code for diplomatic ciphers, 1689, 1694 (Folder 114). --10. Miscellaneous documents (mostly unsigned and some undated), including statements, legal documents, inventories, documents concerning soldier management, a post-mortem report, and others (Folders 115-123).
- Place of Publication:
- 1689-1744.
- Language Note:
- Italian, with some items in Latin, German, and French.
- Summary:
- Collection of correspondence, legal, notarial, and financial documents, inventories, reports, and other miscellaneous writings concerning the diplomatic relationships between the Grand-duchy of Tuscany, the Papal States, and the Holy Roman Empire for the years 1689-1744. In particular, a large number of documents deal with the relationship between Anton Francesco Montauti, who was stationed as a diplomat in various European locations, and members of the Medici family in Florence. Abbot Marquis Anton Francesco Montauti served as special envoy for Cosimo III, grand-duke of Tuscany, to the Imperial court in Vienna until 1699; from 1699-1708 he served as Secretary of War; most of these letters are written to him in Vienna. Cardinal Francesco Maria de' Medici, brother of Cosimo III, was involved in diplomatic relations between the papal court, Tuscany, and the Imperial Court. Gian Gastone was the son and successor of Cosimo III, some of this correspondence is related to arrangements for his marriage to Princess Anne of Saxe-Lauenburg, widow of the Count Palatine.
- Notes:
- Many letters have original seals and notarial stamps, a number written partly in diplomatic cipher (keys in Folder 114).
- Copies of letters and documents are contemporary with this collection, dating from about 1690 to 1744.
- A few items have been damaged, with loss of text in a few cases.
- Cited in:
- Described in Zacour, Norman P. and Hirsch, Rudolf. Catalogue of Manuscripts in the Libraries of the University of Pennsylvania to 1800 (Philadelphia: University of Pennsylvania Press, 1965), p. 187-188, 226 (Ms. Lea 198, Ms. Lea 396).
- Cited as:
- UPenn Ms. Coll. 180.
- OCLC:
- 428973523
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