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MS. Add. D. 3

Summary Catalogue no.: 24764

Contents

1.
Bernardo Segni, Storie Fiorentine

In fifteen books

Language(s): Italian
2. (fol. 288v)
Lorenzo di Pier-Francesco de' Medici, Lettera
Incipit: S' io auessi a giustificar le mia azioni

In which Lorenzo de' Medici defends his murder of Alessandro de' Medici in 1537

Language(s): Italian

Physical Description

Form: codex
Support: paper
Extent: xiv + 301 leaves
Dimensions (binding): 14.75 × 10.125 in.

History

Origin: 16th century ; Italy

Provenance and Acquisition

No. 187 in some sale of c. 1800

A document on fols iii-vi signed by Ridolfo Giorgetti and Tommaso Gelli, 25 February 1854. attests that the manuscript contains annotations by Scipione Ammirato (d. 1601). The owner of the manuscript at that time was Ottavio Gigli, who had obtained it from the Biblioteca Rinuccini at Florence

Purchased by the Bodleian at Sotheby's on 4 April 1859 from the collection of Guillaume Libri. No. 925 in the sale catalogue

Record Sources

Description adapted (May 2025) by Stewart J. Brookes from the Summary Catalogue (1905)
Summary Catalogue, Vol. 5, p. 67

Bibliography

    MSS. Add., handwritten catalogue by F. Madan [Weston Library, shelved at R. 6. 58]

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Last Substantive Revision

2025-05-29: Description revised to incorporate all the information in the Summary Catalogue (1905) and other printed sources

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