Italian news sheet, 1535.

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Manuscript
Language
Italian
Description
1 sheet 28.3 x 19.5 cm

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    Compiled/​Created
    1535.
    Summary note
    A handwritten news sheet with the heading "Copia de litera di Genoa de 22 Iulii" that includes twenty-one lines of text written in Italian on the recto regarding the imminent defeat of the Ottoman Turkish Admiral Hayreddin Barbarossa (d. 1546) and death of the pirate Aydin Reis "Cacciadiavolo" (d. 1535).
    Source acquisition
    Purchase, 2016. AM 2017-46.
    OCLC
    1340466330
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