Item Summary

Decree by Rudolph II relating to the estates of Sigismondo Gonzaga.

Descriptive Information

Title
[Decree, 1546]
Call Number
Garrett MS. 162
Identifier
http://arks.princeton.edu/ark:/88435/dcvm40z593x
Publisher
1592-1603.
Language
Latin
Date Created
1592-1603
Extent
4 leaves : parchment ; 306 x 209 (257 x 175) mm.
Source Acquisition
Gift Robert Garrett, Princeton Class of 1897; 1942.
Rights Statement
Copyright Not Evaluated
Notes
Incipit: "Rvdolphvs secundus diuina faiuence clementia electus Romanorum Imperator semper Augustus ... quod cum SSS?? olim Sigismundus ex Marchionibus de Gonzaga Anno Domini millisimo quinqentisimo quadraqisimo sixti."
Ms. codex.
Title devised by cataloger.
Decree followed by later additions in several hands, each of which include a marginal decoration including the author's initials. Several additions dated 1603.
Collation: Parchment ; fol. 4 ; modern foliation in pencil.
Layout: 33 lines per page.
Decoration: Large script "Rvdolphvs" at head of document filled in with gold.

Discovery Information

Subject
Gonzaga family—Early works to 1800
Land tenure—Italy—Mantua—History—16th century—Sources
Manuscripts, Latin (Medieval and modern)—New Jersey—Princeton
decrees

Physical Characteristics

File Count
8

Institutional Information

Collection
Medieval and Renaissance Mediterranean Manuscripts
IIIF Manifest URL

https://figgy.princeton.edu/concern/scanned_resources/19febdda-07a7-47d7-a2e9-f0e13b36fd7c/manifest