DOGE AGOSTINO BARBARIGO (c.1420-1501). Three letters to or about the Venetian diplomat Aloysio Sagundino, 15 July 1497, 6 November 1498 and 23 May 1499; [and] Doge Leonardo LOREDAN (1436-1521). Letter to the same, 13 September 1503. In Latin and (the letter of 1503) Italian. On vellum, various sizes, approx 195 x 345mm - 490 x 370mm, the document of 6 November 1498 with lead seal pendant on rope cord, the others with address panels, dockets by recipient and early dating and numbering (letters of 1497, 1499 and 1503 with marginal slits where opened by recipient, letter of 1503 somewhat water-stained). Diplomatic letters concerning relations with Turkey at the time of the second Ottoman-Venetian War . The letter of 15 July 1497, written to Sagundino as envoy to the Ottoman sultan Bayezid II, concerns Turkish incursions under Feriz Beg, sanjak of Scutari (modern Shkodra in Albania) into the region of Zuppa in Venetian Albania: Sagundino is to travel to Constantinople to argue for the legitimacy and antiquity of Venetian claims to Zuppa, and the Turkish interest in the ongoing Venetian opposition to the king of France (Charles VIII), 'who aspires to rule not only Italy but the whole world', referring to the Venetian refusal to enter a league with Spain and France and the dismissal of Francesco II Gonzaga as Venetian condottiere as instances of good faith in their relations with the sultan. In the letter of 23 May 1499, the Doge writes to Sagundino in Cattaro (modern Kotor, Montenegro), urgently requesting information about the advance of the Turks, by sea and land, asking him to send an agent to Constantinople to observe the movements of the fleet, cavalry and infantry, and another to Sofia to observe the direction of march of the forces there; also making further arrangements for the passage of intelligence through 'our faithful dragoman Antonio Ambrusino' and Nicolò Gondola. The document of 1498 is a customs warrant, requesting free transit for clothing and other goods belonging to Sagundino. The letter of Leonardo Loredan in 1503 concerns arrangements for a large sum of money entrusted to the Venetian envoy Zacharia dei Freschi, negotiating with Feriz Beg about Cattaro and other Venetian possessions.
DOGE AGOSTINO BARBARIGO (c.1420-1501). Three letters to or about the Venetian diplomat Aloysio Sagundino, 15 July 1497, 6 November 1498 and 23 May 1499; [and] Doge Leonardo LOREDAN (1436-1521). Letter to the same, 13 September 1503. In Latin and (the letter of 1503) Italian. On vellum, various sizes, approx 195 x 345mm - 490 x 370mm, the document of 6 November 1498 with lead seal pendant on rope cord, the others with address panels, dockets by recipient and early dating and numbering (letters of 1497, 1499 and 1503 with marginal slits where opened by recipient, letter of 1503 somewhat water-stained). Diplomatic letters concerning relations with Turkey at the time of the second Ottoman-Venetian War . The letter of 15 July 1497, written to Sagundino as envoy to the Ottoman sultan Bayezid II, concerns Turkish incursions under Feriz Beg, sanjak of Scutari (modern Shkodra in Albania) into the region of Zuppa in Venetian Albania: Sagundino is to travel to Constantinople to argue for the legitimacy and antiquity of Venetian claims to Zuppa, and the Turkish interest in the ongoing Venetian opposition to the king of France (Charles VIII), 'who aspires to rule not only Italy but the whole world', referring to the Venetian refusal to enter a league with Spain and France and the dismissal of Francesco II Gonzaga as Venetian condottiere as instances of good faith in their relations with the sultan. In the letter of 23 May 1499, the Doge writes to Sagundino in Cattaro (modern Kotor, Montenegro), urgently requesting information about the advance of the Turks, by sea and land, asking him to send an agent to Constantinople to observe the movements of the fleet, cavalry and infantry, and another to Sofia to observe the direction of march of the forces there; also making further arrangements for the passage of intelligence through 'our faithful dragoman Antonio Ambrusino' and Nicolò Gondola. The document of 1498 is a customs warrant, requesting free transit for clothing and other goods belonging to Sagundino. The letter of Leonardo Loredan in 1503 concerns arrangements for a large sum of money entrusted to the Venetian envoy Zacharia dei Freschi, negotiating with Feriz Beg about Cattaro and other Venetian possessions.
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