MS. Add. D. 3
Summary Catalogue no.: 24764
Contents
2. (fol. 288v)
, 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
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)
Bibliography
MSS. Add., handwritten catalogue by F. Madan [Weston Library, shelved at R. 6. 58]
Abbreviations
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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