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1 item (enclosure to despatch of 30 October 1551 from Peter Vannes, Latin Secretary,...
Catalogue reference: MPF 1/255
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- MPF 1/255
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Date (When the record was created)
- 1551
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1 item (enclosure to despatch of 30 October 1551 from Peter Vannes, Latin Secretary, to the Council) extracted from SP 68/9. Italy: Mirandola. 'L'Assedio della Mirandola con gli Abbrusciamenti et Ruine del Paese fatte dal esercito di Papa Giulio III; col site d'essa Mirandola et vero disegno d'i forti fattigli intorno per lo Illustrissimo Signor Camillo Orsino ...': pictorial plan of the siege, showing Mirandola at centre and the villages of San Antonio, Santa Giustina and San Martino. Also depicts cavalry, pikemen and musketeers in formation and in action. No scale shown. Cardinal points. 'Stampato in Mantova ad instantia di Giacopo Ruffinelli. L'anno M. D. LI, del Mese d'Agosto'.
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- The National Archives, Kew
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- Public Record(s)
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Language (The language of the record)
- Italian
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- 28.5 cm x 39 cm
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- Open Document, Open Description
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- Maps and Plans in the Public Record Office: 4. Europe and Turkey, ed Geraldine Beech (London, 1998), entry 2750
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- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C3982199/
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