University of Pennsylvania, Ms. Coll. 89
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Metadata
- DS ID:
- DS2090
- Shelfmark:
- Ms. Coll. 89
- Title:
- Epistola Mahomethi Turchiae Graeciaeque Imperatoris ad Ferdinandum Regem Siciliae de expugnatione Negropontis. Responsio dicti Ferdinandi Regis Siciliae de eadem re :
- Mehmed II, Sultan of the Turks, 1432-1481
- Date:
- [between 1475 and 1500?].
- Language:
- In Latin
- Physical Description:
- Extent: 1 paper ; 22 cm
- Note:
- Incipit of first letter: Magometh dey gratia turchieque grecieque imperator ...
The manuscript is very fragile. It shows some evidence of worm damage and is badly stained.
Heading of copy of first letter: Copia littere theucri ad dominum Regem.
The authenticity of these letters has been neither confirmed nor disproven. They do not appear to be part of Laudivius Zacchia's compilation of the letters of Muhammed II, though the Zacour-Hirsch Catalogue asserts that the letters may be part of this compilation.
Heading of copy of second letter: Copia responsionis Regis.
Incipit of second letter: Serenissimo et illustrissimo domino Magometh
Written in Italy, possibly Naples. Each letter gives the date of its composition; the date of the first letter cannot be read easily, but the second letter is dated 5 September[?] 1470 at Naples (the Zacour-Hirsch Catalogue reads "februarii" instead of "settembri"). The copies appear to date to the last quarter of the 15th century; the Zacour-Hirsch Catalogue tentatively dates them to the...
Humanistic cursive. The copies of both letters are in the same hand.
Pasted into a paper wrapper that appears to be of Italian origin. The wrapper contains 17th-century watermarks.
Title from label on 17th-century wrapper.
Acquired, 1958.
Old shelf marks on wrapper: ww .l .A 1 30 XXIII. - Keyword:
- Institutional Record:
- https://franklin.library.upenn.edu/catalog/FRANKLIN_9915804093503681
- IIIF Manifest:
- https://colenda.library.upenn.edu/phalt/iiif/2/81431-p3p04q/manifest
- Holding Institution:
