Medici, House of
Overview
| Works: | 1,554 works in 3,497 publications in 11 languages and 87,619 library holdings |
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| Genres: | Biographies History Exhibition catalogs Sources Genealogy |
| Roles: | Author, Producer, Publisher |
| Classifications: | DG738.27, B |
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Most widely held works about
House of Medici
- The Medici by G. F Young( Book )
- The House of Medici : its rise and fall by Christopher Hibbert( Book )
- April blood : Florence and the plot against the Medici by Lauro Martines( )
- Murder of a Medici princess by Caroline Murphy( )
- The Medici by Ferdinand Schevill( Book )
- The rise and decline of the Medici Bank, 1397-1494 by Raymond De Roover( Book )
- The last Medici by Harold Acton( Book )
- The duke's assassin : exile and death of Lorenzino de' Medici by Stefano Dall'Aglio( )
- The Medicean succession : monarchy and sacral politics in duke Cosimo dei Medici's Florence by Gregory Murry( )
- The memoir of Marco Parenti : a life in Medici Florence by Mark Phillips( )
- Florence and the Medici : the pattern of control by J. R Hale( Book )
- The Medici : a great Florentine family by Marcel Brion( Book )
- Medici women : portraits of power, love and betrayal from the court of Duke Cosimo I by Gabrielle Langdon( )
- Agnolo Bronzino : Medici court artist in context by Italy) Fondazione Palazzo Strozzi (Florence( )
- Medici money : banking, metaphysics, and art in fifteenth-century Florence by Tim Parks( Book )
- Imagining the Americas in Medici Florence by Lia Markey( )
- The Medici : a tale of fifteen generations by James Cleugh( Book )
- The Medici, Michelangelo, & the art of late Renaissance Florence by Cristina Acidini Luchinat( Book )
- The politicized muse : music for Medici festivals, 1512-1537 by Anthony M Cummings( )
- The Black Prince of Florence : the spectacular life and treacherous world of Alessandro de' Medici by Catherine Fletcher( Book )
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Most widely held works by
House of Medici
Florentine merchants in the age of the Medici; letters and documents from the Selfridge collection of Medici manuscripts by
House of Medici(
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7 editions published in 1932 in English and held by 317 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
7 editions published in 1932 in English and held by 317 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
Correspondance de la filiale de Bruges des Medici by
House of Medici(
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in French and held by 56 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
in French and held by 56 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
Storia del granducato di Toscana by
Jacopo Riguccio Galluzzi(
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2 editions published in 1822 in Italian and held by 17 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
2 editions published in 1822 in Italian and held by 17 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
Inivstas svcessoens dos reys de Leāo, e de Castella: e izenção de Portugal by
João Pinto Ribeiro(
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1 edition published in 1642 in Portuguese and held by 2 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
1 edition published in 1642 in Portuguese and held by 2 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
Filza X de signori Medici segnata con la lettera K by
House of Medici(
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in Italian and held by 2 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
Collection of legal and business documents pertaining to the affairs of numerous members of the Medici family and their relationship, often tumultuous, with other aristocratic families (including the Altoviti; the Risaliti; the Gianfigliazzi; the Guadagni; the Quaratesi; the Samminiati; the Ceccherini; the Capponi; and many others); Florentine merchants (especially those belonging to specific guilds, such as the Arte della seta, also known as Arte di Porta Santa Maria, the Arte del cambio, and the Arte della lana); and local and Italian banks and financial institutions (including the Medici Capponi bank and the Florentine mint, as well as the Monte di pietà). The majority of the items are legal documents, in particular trial proceedings and associated notes, petitions, letters, and complaints, for the many prolonged lawsuits the families brought against either their own relatives or business counterparts. Among these trials, some of the longest and most complex are the one between the heirs of Bernardo de' Medici, Carlo and Alamanno, over the possession of a silver cross with an encased relic, supposedly wood from the Holy Cross (1602); of various members of the Gianfigliazzi family against Vincenzo de' Medici (1658) for multiple unpaid debts, including part of the dowry for his wife, Smeralda Gianfigliazzi; between Andrea de' Medici and Benedetto Quaratesi, (1619) who had allegedly been promised that Andrea would cover the payment of his dowry, as well as offer him a generous share of the profits of the silk workshop he owned (Andrea disputed this agreement once Quaratesi got married); and between the city of Florence and the Monte di pietà against the bankers Neri Capponi and Andrea de' Medici (1630), concerning tax collection and payment, and miscellaneous debts. Sometimes appeals to or involvement of the Grand-dukes also occurred during the trials. The financial documents in the manuscript, which include accounts, credit records, memoranda, receipts, and reports, concern many crucial areas of the Florentine economy, ranging from guilds and their activities (primarily trade and manufacture), to banking (with particular attention to the Medici Capponi bank and its financial operations in Italy and in various European markets), to small businesses, like stores and workshops. In certain cases genealogical information about a specific family is given. Other miscellaneous documents pertain to sale, purchase, and lease of real property in Florence and in the surrounding areas; petitions; and reports concerning farm management and produce harvest
in Italian and held by 2 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
Collection of legal and business documents pertaining to the affairs of numerous members of the Medici family and their relationship, often tumultuous, with other aristocratic families (including the Altoviti; the Risaliti; the Gianfigliazzi; the Guadagni; the Quaratesi; the Samminiati; the Ceccherini; the Capponi; and many others); Florentine merchants (especially those belonging to specific guilds, such as the Arte della seta, also known as Arte di Porta Santa Maria, the Arte del cambio, and the Arte della lana); and local and Italian banks and financial institutions (including the Medici Capponi bank and the Florentine mint, as well as the Monte di pietà). The majority of the items are legal documents, in particular trial proceedings and associated notes, petitions, letters, and complaints, for the many prolonged lawsuits the families brought against either their own relatives or business counterparts. Among these trials, some of the longest and most complex are the one between the heirs of Bernardo de' Medici, Carlo and Alamanno, over the possession of a silver cross with an encased relic, supposedly wood from the Holy Cross (1602); of various members of the Gianfigliazzi family against Vincenzo de' Medici (1658) for multiple unpaid debts, including part of the dowry for his wife, Smeralda Gianfigliazzi; between Andrea de' Medici and Benedetto Quaratesi, (1619) who had allegedly been promised that Andrea would cover the payment of his dowry, as well as offer him a generous share of the profits of the silk workshop he owned (Andrea disputed this agreement once Quaratesi got married); and between the city of Florence and the Monte di pietà against the bankers Neri Capponi and Andrea de' Medici (1630), concerning tax collection and payment, and miscellaneous debts. Sometimes appeals to or involvement of the Grand-dukes also occurred during the trials. The financial documents in the manuscript, which include accounts, credit records, memoranda, receipts, and reports, concern many crucial areas of the Florentine economy, ranging from guilds and their activities (primarily trade and manufacture), to banking (with particular attention to the Medici Capponi bank and its financial operations in Italy and in various European markets), to small businesses, like stores and workshops. In certain cases genealogical information about a specific family is given. Other miscellaneous documents pertain to sale, purchase, and lease of real property in Florence and in the surrounding areas; petitions; and reports concerning farm management and produce harvest
[Medici family, biographical materials](
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in English and held by 2 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
in English and held by 2 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
The last Medici by
Harold Acton(
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1 edition published in 1932 in English and held by 2 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
History of the last Medici Dukes of Tuscany, 1641-1737
1 edition published in 1932 in English and held by 2 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
History of the last Medici Dukes of Tuscany, 1641-1737
Il tesoro dei Medici : oreficerie, argenterie, pietre dure by
Antonio Morassi(
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1 edition published in 1963 in English and held by 1 WorldCat member library worldwide
1 edition published in 1963 in English and held by 1 WorldCat member library worldwide
Filza XII de signori Medici segnata con la lettera M by
House of Medici(
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in Italian and held by 1 WorldCat member library worldwide
Miscellany of approximately 200 (largely original, but with some copies) legal and notarial documents, trial proceedings, accounts, and inventories, concerning the affairs of various members of Florentine families, including the Medici, the Arrigucci, the Altoviti and the Risaliti. Most of the documents contained in the filza concern legal matters of some kind, and can be divided into three broad categories, according to which areas of law they fall into: inheritance law, civil law, and commercial law. Among the last group is a document concerning a large debt owed by the Monte di Pietà and two private investors, Bartolomeo Corsini and Jacopo Ricciardi, to a Jewish ambassador, Juda Lullo, who had been received at the Medicean court. Credit records of transactions between members of the various families engaged in the textile trade are quite frequent. The filza also contains some accounts of the everyday transactions that result from the management of the various farms that composed the Medici estate
in Italian and held by 1 WorldCat member library worldwide
Miscellany of approximately 200 (largely original, but with some copies) legal and notarial documents, trial proceedings, accounts, and inventories, concerning the affairs of various members of Florentine families, including the Medici, the Arrigucci, the Altoviti and the Risaliti. Most of the documents contained in the filza concern legal matters of some kind, and can be divided into three broad categories, according to which areas of law they fall into: inheritance law, civil law, and commercial law. Among the last group is a document concerning a large debt owed by the Monte di Pietà and two private investors, Bartolomeo Corsini and Jacopo Ricciardi, to a Jewish ambassador, Juda Lullo, who had been received at the Medicean court. Credit records of transactions between members of the various families engaged in the textile trade are quite frequent. The filza also contains some accounts of the everyday transactions that result from the management of the various farms that composed the Medici estate
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2 editions published in 1500 in Italian and held by 1 WorldCat member library worldwide
2 editions published in 1500 in Italian and held by 1 WorldCat member library worldwide
Catalogue of the Medici archives consisting of rare autograph letters, records and documents 1084-1770, including one hundred
and sixty six holograph letters of Lorenzo the Magnificent, the property of the Marquis Cosimo de' Medici and the Marquis
Averardo de' Medici, which will be sold by auction by Messrs. Christie, Manson & Woods by
Lorenzo de' Medici(
Book
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1 edition published in 1918 in English and held by 1 WorldCat member library worldwide
1 edition published in 1918 in English and held by 1 WorldCat member library worldwide
Filza XIII de signori Medici segnata con la lettera N by
House of Medici(
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in Italian and held by 1 WorldCat member library worldwide
Miscellany of approximately 150 (largely 16th- and 17th-century copies, but with some originals) notarial and legal documents, inventories, accounts, and real estate deals, covering the years 1370-1693, concerning the affairs of various members of Florentine families, predominantly the Medici, but also the Altoviti, the Lapini, the Guicciardini, and the Capponi. The legal documents contained in the manuscript mostly concern unpaid or partially paid debts. Among the other areas touched on are inheritance law and commercial law. The filza also contains a particular kind of notarial documents, referred to as prove di nobiltà, written for the admission of individuals to the military religious order of the Knights of Malta
in Italian and held by 1 WorldCat member library worldwide
Miscellany of approximately 150 (largely 16th- and 17th-century copies, but with some originals) notarial and legal documents, inventories, accounts, and real estate deals, covering the years 1370-1693, concerning the affairs of various members of Florentine families, predominantly the Medici, but also the Altoviti, the Lapini, the Guicciardini, and the Capponi. The legal documents contained in the manuscript mostly concern unpaid or partially paid debts. Among the other areas touched on are inheritance law and commercial law. The filza also contains a particular kind of notarial documents, referred to as prove di nobiltà, written for the admission of individuals to the military religious order of the Knights of Malta
Filza VII di scritture de signori Medici segnata con la lettera G by
House of Medici(
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in Latin and held by 1 WorldCat member library worldwide
Collection of documents, mostly legal and notarial, pertaining to a lawsuit brought by Carlo de' Medici and Bastiano del Pace against Giovanbattista Bettini. The dispute started in 1535 because of a disagreement over a large sale of textile and silk products. The same year, after a failed attempt to resolve the matter informally, the parties went to the administrative court (referred to as Tribunale di Prima Istanza). The case involved a lengthly litigation phase, documented in detail in the manuscript, and was concluded in 1552, when Medici and del Pace agreed to settle with Bettini. Due to the proportions of the suit, and to the active role that the parties had in the Florentine textile trade, the Arte della Lana, the guild of wool workers, was also involved. A large number of local merchants and workers were examined and their depositions are scattered throughout the filza. A few accounts for the debts and credits related to the lawsuits are also present
in Latin and held by 1 WorldCat member library worldwide
Collection of documents, mostly legal and notarial, pertaining to a lawsuit brought by Carlo de' Medici and Bastiano del Pace against Giovanbattista Bettini. The dispute started in 1535 because of a disagreement over a large sale of textile and silk products. The same year, after a failed attempt to resolve the matter informally, the parties went to the administrative court (referred to as Tribunale di Prima Istanza). The case involved a lengthly litigation phase, documented in detail in the manuscript, and was concluded in 1552, when Medici and del Pace agreed to settle with Bettini. Due to the proportions of the suit, and to the active role that the parties had in the Florentine textile trade, the Arte della Lana, the guild of wool workers, was also involved. A large number of local merchants and workers were examined and their depositions are scattered throughout the filza. A few accounts for the debts and credits related to the lawsuits are also present
Euclide arabe. [Elementorum libri XIII, ex traditione Nasiridini Tusini, nunc primum Arabice impressi by Euclid(
Book
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1 edition published in 1594 in Arabic and held by 1 WorldCat member library worldwide
1 edition published in 1594 in Arabic and held by 1 WorldCat member library worldwide
Catalogue of the Medici archives consisting of rare autograph letters, records and documents, 1084-1770, including ... holograph
letters of Lorenzo the Magnificent, the property of the Marquis Cosimo de' Medici and the Marquis Averardo de' Medici, which
will be sold by auction ... February 4, 1918, etc. [With facsimiles and genealogical tables.] by
House of Medici(
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1 edition published in 1918 in English and held by 1 WorldCat member library worldwide
1 edition published in 1918 in English and held by 1 WorldCat member library worldwide
Filza I delle scritture de signori li Medici, segnata con la lettera A by
House of Medici(
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in Italian and held by 1 WorldCat member library worldwide
Miscellany of legal, notarial, and financial documents, mostly original, but occasionally copies (especially the older 14th-century documents), dealing with the affairs of numerous members of the Medici family. Most of the legal and notarial documents are wills (of Silvestro de' Medici, also referred to as Salvestro, of Carlo de' Medici, and many others), dowries (of Elisabetta Ronconi), marriage contracts (for example between Andrea de' Medici and Lucrezia Guadagni), or disputes concerning the terms of such contracts. Among the financial documents, most of which are credit and debit records for small transactions, noteworthy are papers concerning a large loan paid to the king of France Henry II from Cosimo I de' Medici (f. 367r), and a donation to the Monastery of Santa Caterina, Florence (f. 264r). A small but detailed genealogy of the Medici family is also present (f.184r)
in Italian and held by 1 WorldCat member library worldwide
Miscellany of legal, notarial, and financial documents, mostly original, but occasionally copies (especially the older 14th-century documents), dealing with the affairs of numerous members of the Medici family. Most of the legal and notarial documents are wills (of Silvestro de' Medici, also referred to as Salvestro, of Carlo de' Medici, and many others), dowries (of Elisabetta Ronconi), marriage contracts (for example between Andrea de' Medici and Lucrezia Guadagni), or disputes concerning the terms of such contracts. Among the financial documents, most of which are credit and debit records for small transactions, noteworthy are papers concerning a large loan paid to the king of France Henry II from Cosimo I de' Medici (f. 367r), and a donation to the Monastery of Santa Caterina, Florence (f. 264r). A small but detailed genealogy of the Medici family is also present (f.184r)
Filza XV de signori Medici segnata con la lettera P by
House of Medici(
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in Italian and held by 1 WorldCat member library worldwide
Collection of financial documents mostly concerning the operations of the mint of Pisa, founded and managed by Vincenzo de' Medici, who also acted as depositario generale (director) of the Florentine mint under Cosimo II and Ferdinando I de' Medici. According to the numerous coinage and payment orders (referred to as ordini), Vincenzo de' Medici, with the help of his two local managers in Pisa, Oratio di Lionardo Tempi and Giovan Filippo Bonaiuti, authorized the minting of large amounts of metallic currency (in particular with non precious metals) in the newly founded mint. Said currency was sometimes minted to satisfy the requests of local merchants, who required small change to run their everyday transactions
in Italian and held by 1 WorldCat member library worldwide
Collection of financial documents mostly concerning the operations of the mint of Pisa, founded and managed by Vincenzo de' Medici, who also acted as depositario generale (director) of the Florentine mint under Cosimo II and Ferdinando I de' Medici. According to the numerous coinage and payment orders (referred to as ordini), Vincenzo de' Medici, with the help of his two local managers in Pisa, Oratio di Lionardo Tempi and Giovan Filippo Bonaiuti, authorized the minting of large amounts of metallic currency (in particular with non precious metals) in the newly founded mint. Said currency was sometimes minted to satisfy the requests of local merchants, who required small change to run their everyday transactions
Medici and Stuart : a Grand Ducal gift of "Giovanni Bologna" bronzes for Henry, Prince of Wales, 1612 by
Katharine Watson(
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1 edition published in 1973 in English and held by 1 WorldCat member library worldwide
1 edition published in 1973 in English and held by 1 WorldCat member library worldwide
Giambologna, 1529-1608 : sculptor to the Medici : an exhibition organised by the Arts Council of Great Britain and the Kunsthistorisches
Museum, Vienna, in association with the Edinburgh Festival Society, the Royal Scottish Museum, and the Victoria & Albert Museum
[held at the] Royal Scottish Museum, Edinburgh 19 August-10 September 1978, Victoria & Albert Museum, London 5 October-16
November 1978, Kunsthistorisches Museum, Vienna 2 December 1978-28 January 1979 by
Giambologna(
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1 edition published in 1978 in English and held by 1 WorldCat member library worldwide
1 edition published in 1978 in English and held by 1 WorldCat member library worldwide
Miscellaneous correspondence and documents by
Medici family(
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in Italian and held by 1 WorldCat member library worldwide
Financial documents such as accounts, receipts, and credit records concerning the operations of the Capponi-Medici bank of Florence and Naples (Folders 235-243) and other institutions and investors (Folders 244-265); inventories, accounts, and excerpts dealing with rural life and farm management (Folders 266-275); undated petitions addressed to the Medici Grand-dukes (Folders 276-278); and other unidentified and sometimes undated items (Folders 279-280)
in Italian and held by 1 WorldCat member library worldwide
Financial documents such as accounts, receipts, and credit records concerning the operations of the Capponi-Medici bank of Florence and Naples (Folders 235-243) and other institutions and investors (Folders 244-265); inventories, accounts, and excerpts dealing with rural life and farm management (Folders 266-275); undated petitions addressed to the Medici Grand-dukes (Folders 276-278); and other unidentified and sometimes undated items (Folders 279-280)
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Related Identities
- Cosimo I Grand-Duke of Tuscany 1519-1574 Author
- Medici, Lorenzo de' 1449-1492 Author
- Michelangelo Buonarroti 1475-1564 Illustrator Author
- Young, G. F. (George Frederick) 1846-1919 Author
- Hibbert, Christopher 1924-2008 Author
- Martines, Lauro Author
- Medici, Isabella Romola de' 1542-1576
- Murphy, Caroline 1969- Author
- Schevill, Ferdinand 1868-1954 Author
- De Roover, Raymond 1904-1972 Author
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