Liber regiæ monarchie reg[ni] Siciliæ, 1555 - 1556
Scope and Contents
Transcripts of official documents of the Kingdom of Sicily 1082-1555. The title is on f. 1, which is torn, and pasted to f. 4, which is blank. On f. 5 begins an address to the emperor Charles V; the signatures of the councillors follow (on f. 7), with an impression of the seal of the kingdom of Sicily. At the end of the fourth volume, on f. 1522, are the certificates of the prothonotary and of 'Jurati nobilis civitatis Messane'. The latter is dated... 'viio Martii xiiii. Ind. 1555', with the relics of the impression of the city seal.
See moreDates
- Creation: 1555 - 1556
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Extent
1 volume(s) (35 leaves.)
Language of Materials
Latin
Italian
Custodial History
The address to Charles V contains the statement: ‘Idcirco præsens liber pro informatione M. T. per nos omnes de sacro tuo regio consilio uisus et recognitus de mandato eiusdem illustris Joannis Vegæ proregis transmittitur ut in arcivo supremi regii consilii conservetur, et de eo omnes regii consilii ... Ex Messana die primo Martii. xiiii. Inditionis. M.D.LVI’. From the Library of John Moore (1646–1714), Bishop of Ely (‘Royal Library’), no. 683.
Physical Description
Paper.
Repository Details
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