Collection ID: 0002 | Metadata type: TEI | TEI XML | Data

Title

La mina sventata

Call number

Ms. Codex 1523
(Philadelphia, University of Pennsylvania, Rare Book & Manuscript Library)

Alternate identifiers

• bibid: 4496269
• http://hdl.library.upenn.edu/1017/d/medren/4496269

Publisher

The University of Pennsylvania Libraries

Language

Italian

Origin

Date

1683

Place

Italy

Summary

Manuscript containing three historical documents related to the Turco-Polish and Austro-Turkish wars, with a focus on the events of 1682-1683. The first document, originally written in Latin by a Polish soldier, is a historical essay which aims to describe the various misdeeds committed by the French army in Poland when they were fighting against the Hungarian rebels and the Ottoman soldiers. The essay, written in the first person and in a colloquial tone, sometimes using some of the linguistic devices that characterize private correspondence, also includes a defense of the position of Poland, described as a courageous country of soldiers that fought honorably under King John III Sobieski, without having to resort to the dishonest tactics employed by the French. The Polish are also portrayed as the only real allies of the Habsburg court, as the French intervention during the Siege of Vienna was slow and ineffective. The second document is a copy of the speech pronounced by the Polish ambassador at the Holy Roman court, Zieroveschi(?), in the presence of John III Sobieski in 1682. Zieroveschi expressed disdain for a rumor he heard at the court of Leopold I, spread by the ambassador Du Ternay Boucaut (referred to as Du Ternaji Bucò in the manuscript), that Poland was supporting the Turks. The third document contains information on the evidence, collected by Zieroveschi, that supported his stance taken in the aforementioned speech. In succession, there are copies of five short letters exchanged between the ambassador of the Holy Roman emperor, Du Ternay Boucaut and Pietro Taibel(?) and the head of the rebels Techeli(?), discussing various moments of the conflict, in particular the siege of Filech(?), probably located in Hungary.

Notes

• Ms. codex.
   
• Title from caption title (f. 1r).
   

Watermark

Unidentified watermark containing a small eagle with the initials F T underneath.

Extent

22 leaves : 275 x 190 (225 x 145) mm. bound to 277 x 189 mm

Foliation

Paper, 22; 1-21, [22], contemporary foliation in ink, modern foliation in ink, upper right recto.

Support

Paper

Binding

Paper cover.

Layout

Written in 24 long lines. Catchwords, lower right verso.

Script

Written in a cursive script.

Provenance

• Sold by La Medicea (Florence), 1968.
   

Subjects topical

• Turco-Polish Wars, 1683-1699
• Austro-Turkish War, 1683-1699

Genres

• Codices
• Histories
• Manuscripts, Italian--17th century
• Manuscripts, European

Licenses

• Text

  This description is ©2015 University of Pennsylvania Libraries. It is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution License version 4.0 (CC-BY-4.0 https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/legalcode. For a description of the terms of use see the Creative Commons Deed https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/.

  URL

  http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/legalcode

• Text

  All referenced images and their content are free of known copyright restrictions and in the public domain. See the Creative Commons Public Domain Mark page for usage details, http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/.

  URL

  http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/