DOGE ANTONIO PRIULI (1548-23). Commissione for [Giacomo?] Loredan, appointing him Proveditor of the Fortress of Spinalonga (Crete), in Italian, manuscript on vellum, Venice, 27 August 1622
A commissione appointing a member of the Loredan family to the role of Proveditor of the fortress of Spinalonga – a key outpost for Venetian control of trading routes to the Levant – detailing rights, duties and wages.
222 x 164mm. 8 leaves (3 blank), complete, 20 lines (some marginal staining and cockling). Contemporary limp vellum binding gilt (rubbed).
Provenance: Antonio Priuli (1548-1623) was the 94th Doge of Venice, ruling for six years from 1618 – [Giacomo?] Loredan: the Loredan were an ancient Venetian patrician family.
DOGE ANTONIO PRIULI (1548-23). Commissione for [Giacomo?] Loredan, appointing him Proveditor of the Fortress of Spinalonga (Crete), in Italian, manuscript on vellum, Venice, 27 August 1622
A commissione appointing a member of the Loredan family to the role of Proveditor of the fortress of Spinalonga – a key outpost for Venetian control of trading routes to the Levant – detailing rights, duties and wages.
222 x 164mm. 8 leaves (3 blank), complete, 20 lines (some marginal staining and cockling). Contemporary limp vellum binding gilt (rubbed).
Provenance: Antonio Priuli (1548-1623) was the 94th Doge of Venice, ruling for six years from 1618 – [Giacomo?] Loredan: the Loredan were an ancient Venetian patrician family.
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