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Gwen
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posted 04-12-2001 12:18 PM     Profile for Gwen   Author's Homepage     Send New Private Message   Edit/Delete Post   Reply With Quote
Check this out: http://www.medici.org

Sample page:
Topic: Arms and Armor p. 15 of 60
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Date: 1543 September 29
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From: Bastiano Campana
Prov. nell'Elba (1547), Prov. di Livorno (1560)
Location: Livorno
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To: Cosimo I de' Medici
Gran Duca di Toscana (1569), Duca di Firenze (1537) e
Siena (1557)
Location: Toscana
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Synopsis: On receiving the news that a son [Giovanni] had been born to Cosimo I and Eleonora di Toledo, Castellan of Livorno Giovanni Battista Lodron was so overcome with joy that he ordered artillery salutes, which however resulted in a cannon breaking. Campana requests advice on whether or not to send the fragments back to Florence for recasting into two smaller cannon. A marginal rescript in the hand of Lorenzo Pagni records the Duke's order that the pieces be sent back to Florence for recasting.
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Extract: [...] Questa mattina abbiamo inteso la buona nuova del figlio rjcevuto da Dio la Ill.ma S.a V. A tutti è stato grandissima aleghrezza, e massimoi al S.or Castellano [Giovanni Battista Lodron] ne à avuto ghran contento e per segnio di ciò s'è fatto um [un] pocho di ghazarra in fortezza e nel scharichare la pezza di malatesta chrepò versso la culatta in più luoghi, ma non à rotto. E per questo non n'à fatto danno a persona, e da poj è rotta. El chastellano si chontenterja, quandodo piacessi a V. Ex.tia se ne facessj dua colobrine, perchè in questo luogho non poriano essere più a proposito, e chontentandose quella lo potremo far seghare e mandarllo in Firenze [...] [In hand of Lorenzo Pagni:] ^Faccisene pezzi con e' carbonj et si mandino qua, et se ne farà due colubrine^ [...]
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Document Indexing:
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TOPICS / PLACES
Arms and Armor - Cittadella / Livorno
Arms and Armor - Firenze / Firenze (province)
Fortifications - Cittadella / Livorno
Theater and Festival - Cittadella / Livorno
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PEOPLE
Campana, Bastiano
Lodron, Giovanni
Medici, Cosimo de'
Medici, Eleonora di Toledo de'
Medici, Giovanni de'
Pagni, Lorenzo
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Volume No: 362 Folio No: 695
Archivio di Stato di Firenze, Mediceo del Principato
Entry No: 2164
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I spoke to them this morning on the phone. They are in the beginning stages of indexing some --6 million-- documents, and only have a few thousand online, and no textile samples yet.

I think this will be a great resource in the future!!!

Gwen


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Marcus
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posted 04-12-2001 05:25 PM     Profile for Marcus   Author's Homepage     Send New Private Message   Edit/Delete Post   Reply With Quote
Wow! That looks like a great site!
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Brenna
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posted 04-13-2001 09:59 AM     Profile for Brenna   Author's Homepage     Send New Private Message   Edit/Delete Post   Reply With Quote
Oh yes, incredibly cool site. I'm going to be spending a lot of time there I can tell.
Brenna

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