Epistolarum Leonis Decimi Pontificis Max. nomine scriptarum libri sexdecim

di Pietro Bembo (Autore)

Giovanni Padovano and Venturino Ruffinelli, 1535

Folio. 185 leaves. A-Z6, AA-HH6 missing HH6, a blank. Modern half vellum, blue edges. Adams, B-587; Edit 16, CNCE 5003; Index Aureliensis, 116.381; P. Bembo, Lettere. Edizione critica, E. Travi, ed., (Bologna, 1987), I, p. XLIV.   FIRST EDITION of this collection of official letters which Pietro Bembo composed in his position as apostolic notary to Pope Leo X. The volume is dedicated to Pope Paul III (Padua, January 13, 1535). Bembo held this office practically during the whole of Leo X's pontificate (1513-1521). In their published form these letters are good examples of an ultra-Ciceronian style and contain typical pagan phrases that were very characteristic of the age: the Virgin Mary is described as ‘Dea ipsa', Francis I is exhorted ‘per deos atque homines' to undertake a crusade against the Turks. Bembo's elegant Ciceronian Latin set the standard for learned and diplomatic correspondence throughout Europe. The (581) letters, divided into sixteen books and continuously numbered within each book, are mainly addressed to European rulers and high prelates, but there are also some to artists and men of letters (e.g. Raphael, Marcus Musurus, and Nicolaus Leonicenus). This is Bembo's only letter collection published during his lifetime. “Le lettere del cardinal Pietro Bembo possono essere suddivise secondo quattro forme espressive: i brevi pontifici da lui stesi e controfirmati, la lettera pastorale, l'epistola di argomento letterario Dell'imitazione in risposta a Giovan Francesco Pico, e le lettere private. Il primo gruppo è ampiamente conosciuto per aver provveduto lo stesso Bembo alla stampa del volume, Petri Bembi Epistolarum Leonis Decimi Pontifici Max. nomine scriptarum libri sexdecim,… anche se esiste fondato motivo per credere che ne permangano di inedite in Italia e fuori” (E. Travi, Pietro Bembo e il suo Epistolario, in: “Lettere Italiane”, XXIV, no. 3, July-September 1972, p. 277). “Soltanto in questo contesto di vitalità del latino è comprensibile la decisione del Bembo di non tralasciare la cura dell'epistolario latino, e di fare, rispetto ad esso, un'operazione ben diversa da quella riservata alle lettere volgari. Il Bembo mira sempre a sottrarre le sue lettere alla semplice funzione testimoniale, e dà dunque ai suoi diversi epistolari, di volta in volta, una struttura facilmente leggibile, sia essa la struttura della raccolta di exempla (è il caso dei Brevi scritti a nome di Leone X), sia invece quella del ritratto graduato e gerarchizzato degli interlocutori di una intensa vita di relazione (lettere scritte a papi, principi, cardinali, ecc.)” (P. Floriani, Pietro Bembo tra ‘Epistolae familiares‘ e ‘Lettere familiari', in: “La Correspondence (II)”, G. Ulysse, ed., Aix-en-Provence, 1985, p. 167). “Das einzige, von Pietro Bembo selbst im Januar 1535 in Padua zusammengestellte Epistolar, das zu seinen Lebzeiten gedruckt wurde, die Brevensammlung Epistolarum Leonis Decimi Pontificis Maximi nomine scriptarum libri XVI bot, streng genommen, ein Modell für die diplomatische Korrespondenz, dessen allgemein normative Verbindlichkeit durch das Prestige des Autors der Prose della volgar lingua garantiert war. Das selbstbewusste Vorwort an den neugewählten Papst Paul III. verwies, auch im chronologischen Rückbezug, auf die Endgültigkeit der hier vorgeführten typologischen Lösung. Bembo, der zu diesem Zeitpunkt offizieller Historiograph seiner Heimatstadt war, versah mit der Brevensammlung gleichsam einen parallelen Auftrag: die Schreiben illustrierten als geschichtliche Dokumente die Bedeutung des Pontifikats von Leo X. und zugleich, als formales Vorbild auch für die zukünftigen päpstlichen Abbreviatoren, die wegweisende Rolle seines Sekretärs innerhalb des neuen, durch die Achse Venedig-Rom bestimmten kulturellen Klimas. Ein Anknüpfen an einige der obengenannten Voraussetzungen venezianischer Epistolographie und ihre apologetischen Betrebungen, die in diesem Kontext neu zu definieren waren, rechtfertige möglicherweise gerade die Publikation solcher ‘öffentlichen' Briefe” (B. Marx, Zur Typologie lateinischer Briefsammlungen in Venedig vom 15. zum 16. Jahrhundert, in: “Der Brief im Zeitalter der Renaissance”, F.J. Worstbrock, ed., Weinheim, 1983, p. 151).   (Liber I:) Loredan, Leonardo, Doge of Venice. Roma, March 15, 1513 (I, l. A4r) Gonzaga, Francesco, Marquis of Mantova. Roma, March 15, 1513 (II, l. A4v) Bibbiena, Pietro. Roma, March 17, 1513 (III, l. A4v) Loredan, Leonardo. Roma, March 17 (IV, l. A5r) Sigismund I, King of Poland. Roma, March 18, 1513 (V, l. A5r) [Bruni Corvino, Massimo], Bishop of Isernia. Roma, March 18, 1513 (VI, l. A6r) Cardona, Raimondo, Viceroy of Naples. Roma, March 22, 1513 (VII, l. A6v) Duci et Decurionibus Genuae (to the Doge and the decurions of Genoa). Roma, March 22, 1513 (VIII, l. A6v) Colonna, Prospero. Roma, March 25, 1513 (IX, l. B1r) Prolegato Piceni (to the pro-legate of Piceno). Roma, March 25, 1513 (X, l. B1r) Cappello, Paolo. Roma, March 26, 1513 (XI, l. B1v) Blanchefort, Guy de, Grand Master of the Knights of Rhodes. Roma, March 26, 1513 (XII, l. B1v) Campeggi, Tommaso. Roma, March 29, 1513 (XIII, l. B2v) Colonna, Marco Antonio. Roma, March 28, 1513 (XIV, l. B2v) Cardona, Raimondo. Roma, March 30, 1513 (XV, l. B3r) Magistratibus Regii Lepidi (to the magistrates of Reggio Emilia). Roma, March 31, 1513 (XVI, l. B3r) Cardona, Antonio, Marquis of Padula. Roma, March 31, 1513 (XVII, l. B3v) Medici, Giuliano de'. Roma, March 31, 1513 (XVIII, l. B4r) Cardona, Antonio. Roma, April 1, 1513 (XIX, l. B4v) Cardona, Raimondo. Roma, April 1, 1513 (XX, l. B4v) Vladislaus, King of Hungary and Bohemia. Roma, April 1, 1513 (XXI, l. B5r) Sigismund I, King of Poland. Roma, April 1, 1513 (XXII, l. B5r) Henri VIII, King of England. Roma, April 3, 1513 (XXIII, l. B5v) Sacris Virginibus Muratarum Florentiae (to the Vergini Murate of Florence). Roma, April 3, 1513 (XXIV, l. B6v) Cardona, Raimondo. Roma, April 3, 1513 (XXV, l. B6v) Sforza, Massimiliano Maria, Duke of Milan. Roma, April 5, 1513 (XXVI, l. C1r) Ferdinand, King of Spain. Roma, April 4, 1513 (XXVII, l. C1r) Sanseverino, Bernardino, Prince of Bisignano. Roma, April 6, 1513 (XXVIII, l. C1v) Boiardo, Giovanni. Roma, April 7, 1513 (XXIX, l. C1v) Campeggi, Tommaso, Bishop of Feltre and Galanti, Cornelio. Roma, April 6, 1513 (XXX, l. C2r)   (Liber II:) Bibbiena, Pietro. Roma April 9 , 1513 (I, l. C2r) Blanchefort, Guy de. Roma, April 10, 1513 (II, l. C2v) Besalù, Rafael de et sociis apud Venetos mercatoribus (and to his fellows merchants in Venice). Roma, April 11, 1513 (III, l. C2v) Pallavicino, Antonio Maria. Roma, April 11, 1513 (IV, l. C3r) Baglioni, Giovanni Paolo. Roma, April 12 , 1513 (V, l. C3r) Pulica, Francesco. Roma, April 13, 1513 (VI, l. C3v) Averoldi, Altobello, Bishop of Pola. Roma, April 13, 1513 (VII, l. C3v) Della Rovere, Francesco Maria, Duke of Urbino. Roma, April 16, 1513 (VIII, l. C4r) Bibbiena, Pietro. Roma, April 20, 1513 (IX, l. C4v) Sforza, Ottaviano Maria. Roma, April 23, 1513 (X, l. C4v) Sforza, Massimiliano Maria. Roma, April 23, 1513 (XI, l. C5r) Magistratibus Ariminensium (to the magistrates of Rimini). Roma, April 23, 1513 (XII, l. C5r) Campeggi, Tommaso. Roma, April 26, 1513 (XIII, l. C5r) Este, Alfonso d', Duke of Ferrara. Roma, April 27, 1513 (XIV, l. C5r) Gonzaga, Francesco. Roma, April 29, 1513 (XV, l. C5v) Christian II of Denmark. Roma, April 29, 1513 (XVI, l. C6r) Este, Ippolito d'. Roma, April 29, 1513 (XVII, l. C6v) Middelburg, Paulus de, Bishop of Fossombrone. Roma, April 30, 1513 (XVIII, l. C6v) Sigismund I. Roma, April 30, 1513 (XIX, l. D1r) Albrecht [von Hohenzollern], Grand Master of the Teutonic Order. Roma, April 30, 1513 (XX, l. D1v) Conventui et societati Marianorum Theutonicorum (to the Teutonic Order). Roma, April 30, 1513 (XXI, l. D2r) [Averoldi, Altobello]. Roma, May 1, 1513 (XXII, l. D2v) Rufino Regii Lepidi magistratui (magistrate in Reggio Emilia). Roma, May 1, 1513 (XXIII, l. D3r) Martello, Marco, Quaestor of Reggio Emilia. Roma, May 1, 1513 (XXIV, l. D3r) Civibus et Mercatoribus Lucensibus tribus (to three citizens and merchants of Lucca). Roma, May 21, 1513 (XXV, l. D3r) Tarasconi, Evangelista and Gambaro, Jacopo da. Roma, May 23, 1513 (XXVI, l. D3v) Monachis Neapolitanis (to Neapolitan monks). Roma, May 26, 1513 (XXVII, l. D3v) Bentivoglio Annibale, Anton Galeazzo, Alessandro, and Ermete. Roma, May 26, 1513 (XVIII, l. D3v) [Averoldi, Altobello]. Roma, May 31, 1513 (XXIX, l. D4v) Helvetiorum pagis duodecim (to the twelve Swiss cantons). Roma, May 31, 1513 (XXX, l. D5v) Magistratui Regii Lepidi (to the magistrate of Reggio Emilia) and Martello, Marco. Roma, May 1, 1513 (XXXI, l. D5r) Bibbiena, Pietro. Roma, May 2, 1513 (XXXII, l. D5r) Loredan, Leonardo. Roma, May 2, 1513 (XXXIII, l. D5v) Magistratibus Parmae (to the magistrates of Parma). Roma, May 2, 1513 (XXXIV, l. D5v) Magistratibus Placentiae (to the magistrates of Piacenza). Roma, May 5, 1513 (XXXV, l. D5v) Campeggi, Tommaso. Roma, May 5 , 1513 (XXXVI, l. D6r) Colonna, Marco Antonio. Roma, May 5 , 1513 (XXXVII, l. D6r) [Averoldi, Altobello]. Roma, May 3, 1513 (XXXVIII, l. D6r) Vaina, Guido. Roma, May 13, 1513 (XXXIX, l. D6r) Gonzaga, Francesco. Roma, May 14, 1513 (XL, l. D6v) [Averoldi, Altobello]. Roma, May 14, 1513 (XLI, l. D6v) Magistratui Foroliviensium (to the magistrate of Forlì). Roma, May 4, 1513 (XLII, l. E1r) Este, Alfonso d'. Roma, June 8, 1513 (XLIII, l. E1r) Loredan, Leonardo. Roma, June 6, 1513 (XLIV, l. E1r) [Averoldi, Altobello]. Roma, June 9, 1513 (XLV, l. E1v) Praefectis militum eorumque vicariis (to the prefects of the army and their vicars). Roma, June 9, 1513 (XLVI, l. E2r)   (Liber III:) Sforza, Massimiliano Maria. Roma, June 11, 1513 (I, l. E2r) Cardona, Raimondo. Roma, June 13, 1513 (II, l. E2v) Sforza, Massimiliano Maria. Roma, June 13, 1513 (III, l. E3r) Cardona, Raimondo. Roma, June 13, 1513 (IV, l. E3v) Sforza, Massimiliano Maria. Roma, June 13, 1513 (V, l. E4r) id. Roma, June 13, 1513 (VI, l. E4r) Magistratui Parmensium (to the magistrate of Parma). Roma, July 17, 1513 (VII, l. E4r) Blanchefort, Guy de. Roma, June 16, 1513 (VIII, l. E4v) [Averoldi, Altobello]. Roma, July 20, 1513 (IX, l. E5r) Blanchefort, Guy de. Roma, June 19 , 1513 (X, l. E5r) Este, Alfonso d'. Roma, June 20, 1513 (XI, l. E5r) [Averoldi, Altobello]. Roma, June 18, 1513 (XII, l. E5v) Magistratui Ravennae (to the magistrate of Ravenna). Roma, June 24, 1513 (XIII, l. E6r) Sforza, Massimiliano Maria. Roma, June 24, 1513 (XIV, l. E6r) Este, Alfonso d'. Roma, June 24, 1513 (XV, l. E6v) id. Roma, June 25, 1513 (XVI, l. F1r) Della Rovere, Francesco Maria. Roma, June 27, 1513 (XVII, l. F1r) Helvetiis (to the Swiss). Roma, June 28, 1513 (XVIII, l. F1r) Sforza, Massimiliano Maria. Roma, June 28, 1513 (XIX, l. F1v) Della Rovere, Francesco Maria. Roma, June 28, 1513 (XX, l. F2r) Maximilian I, Emperor. Roma, June 28, 1513 (XXI, l. F2v) Bibbiena, Pietro. Roma, June 13, 1513 (XXII, l. F3v) Sforza, Massimiliano Maria. Roma, July 13, 1513 (XXIII, l. F3v) Joachim I Nestor, Elector of Brandenburg. Roma, July3, 1513 (XXIV, l. F4r) Sforza, Massimiliano Maria. Roma, July 7, 1513 (XXV, l. F4r) Della Rovere, Francesco Maria I. Roma, July 8 (XXVI, l. F4v) Magistratibus Bononiensibus (to the magistrates of Bologna). Roma, July 9, 1513 (XXVII, l. F4v) Sforza, Massimiliano Maria. Roma, July 10, 1513 (XXVIII, l. F5r) Hohensax, Ulrich von. Roma, July 12, 1513 (XXIX, l. F5v) Grafefio, Anselmo. Roma, July 12, 1513 (XXX, l. F5v)   (Liber IV:) Helvetiis foederatis nostris (to our Swiss allies). Roma, July 14, 1513 (I, l. F6r) Sforza, Massimiliano Maria. Roma, July 18, 1513 (II, l. G1r) Borgia, Lucrezia. Roma, July 20, 1513 (III, l. G1r) Marescotti, Ercole. Roma, July 23, 1513 (IV, l. G1v) Colonna, Marco Antonio. Roma, July 25, 1513 (V, l. G2r) [Averoldi, Altobello] and XL viris Bononiensibus (to the 40 men of Bologna). Roma, July 25, 1513 (VI, l. G2r) Sforza, Massimiliano Maria. Roma, August 6, 1513 (VII, l. G2v) Musuro, Marco. Roma, August 6, 1513 (VIII, l. G3r) Verrucchianae Arcis Praefecto (to the prefect of Verrucchio). Roma, August 13, 1513 (IX, l. G3v) Maximilian I. Roma, August 13, 1513 (X, l. G3v) Cospi, Angelo. Roma, August 13, 1513 (XI, l. G4r) Marescotti, Ercole. August 15, 1513 (XII, l. G4r) Malvezzi, Lorenzo. Roma, August 15, 1513 (XIII, l. G4v) Bentivoglio, Annibale. Roma, August 18, 1513 (XIV, l. G4v) Magistratui Perusiae (to the magistrate of Perugia). Roma, August 29, 1513 (XV, l. G4v) Baglioni, Malatesta. Roma, August 29, 1513 (XVI, l. G5r) id. Roma, August 30, 1513 (XVII, l. G5v) Magistratui Foroliviensium (to the magistrate of Forlì). Roma, August 31, 1513 (XVIII, l. G5v) Gara Della Rovere, Sisto. Roma, September 4, 1513 (XIX, l. G6r) Magistratui Regii Lepidi et Parmae (to the magistrate of Reggio Emilia and Parma). Roma, September 4, 1513 (XX, l. G6r) Regii Lepidi Magistratui (to the magistrate of Reggio Emilia). Roma, September 4, 1513 (XXI, l. G6v) Vladislaus, King of Hungary. Roma, September 5, 1513 (XXII, l. G6v) Antoine [de Berghues], abbot of Saint-Bertin. Roma, September 7, 1513 (XXIII, l. H2r) Sassatelli, Giovanni. Roma, September 16, 1513 (XXIV, l. H2v) Gonzaga, Sigismondo. Roma, September 15, 1513 (XXV, l. H3r)   (Liber V:) Gara della Rovere, Sisto. Roma, September 16, 1513 (I, l. H3r) Gonzaga, Francesco. Roma, September 17, 1513 (II, l. H3v) Gonzaga, Sigismondo. Roma, Sempteber 17, 1513 (III, l. H3v) Sforza, Massimiliano Maria. Roma, September 17, 1513 (IV, l. H4r) Magistratui Regii Lepidi (to the magistrate of Reggio Emilia). Roma, September 19, 1513 (V, l. H4r) Boiardo, Giovanni. Roma, September 19, 1513 (VI, l. H4r) Ferdinand, King of Spain. Roma, September 23, 1513 (VII, l. H4v) Fregoso, Ottaviano. Roma, September 25, 1513 (VIII, l. H5r) [Averoldi, Altobello]. Roma, September 26, 1513 (IX, l. H5r) Grimani, Domenico. Roma, September 27, 1513 (X, l. H5v) Bibbiena, Pietro. Roma, September 29, 1513 (XI, l. H5v) Grasso, Antonio. Roma, October 4, 1513 (XII, l. H6r) Municipio Ravennati (to the town council of Ravenna). Roma, October 4, 1513 (XIII, l. H6v) [Averoldi, Altobello]. Roma, October 5, 1513 (XIV, l. H6v) Crasso, Antonio. Roma, October 5, 1513 (XV, l. H6v) Loredan, Leonardo. Roma, October 8, 1513 (XVI, l. H6v) Fregoso, Ottaviano, Doge of Genua. Roma, October 10, 1513 (XVII, l. I1r) Grimani, Domenico. Roma, October 15, 1513 (XVIII, l. I1r) [Henry VIII]. Roma, Ovtober 11, 1513 (XIX, l. I1r) [Campeggi, Lorenzo] and Summonte, Paolo. Roma, October 20, 1513 (XX, l. I2r) [Schiner, Matthäus]. Roma, October 27, 1513 (XXI, l. I2v) Medici, Lorenzo de'. Roma, October 27, 1513 (XXII, l. I3r) Helvetiis (to the Swiss). Roma, October 27, 1513 (XXIII, l. I3r) Cardona, Raimondo. Roma, October 29, 1513 (XXIV, l. I3r) [Averoldi, Altobello]. Roma, October 29, 1513 (XXV, l. I3v) Sforza, Massimiliano Maria. Roma, October 29, 1513 (XXVI, l. I3v) Magistratui Placentiae (to the magistrate of Piacenza) and Summonte, Paolo. Roma, October 29, 1513 (XXVII, l. I4r) Cardona, Raimondo. Roma, November 3, 1513 (XXVIII, l. I4r) Della Rovere, Francesco Maria. Roma, November 3, 1513 (XXIX, l. I4v) Fregoso, Ottaviano. Roma, November 5, 1513 (XXX, l. I4v) Magistratui Parmae (to the magistrate of Parma). Roma, November 5, 1513 (XXXI, l. I5r) [Lang von Wollenburg, Matthäus], Bishop of Gurk. Roma, November 5, 1513 (XXXII, l. I5r) Municipio Norsino (to the town council of Norcia). Roma, November 6, 1513 (XXXIII, l. I5r) Colonna, Fabrizio and Colonna, Marco Antonio. Roma, November 6, 1513 (XXXIV, l. I5v) Avalos, Francisco Fernando d'. Roma, November 6, 1513 (XXXV, l. I5v) Gonzaga, Francesco. Roma, November 10, 1513 (XXXVI, l. I5v)   (Liber VI:) Este, Alfonso d'. Roma, November 20, 1513 (I, l. I6r) Borgia, Lucrezia. Roma, November 20, 1513 (II, l. I6v) Sforza, Massimiliano Maria. Roma, November 20, 1513 (III, l. K1r) Paleologo, Guglielmo IX, Marquis of Monferrato. Roma, November 21, 1513 (IV, l. K1v) Regii Lepidi Magistratui (to the magistrate of Reggio Emilia). Roma, November 26, 1513 (V, l. K1v) Gonzaga, Giovanni Pietro. Roma, November 24, 1513 (VI, l. K2r) [Averoldi, Altobello]. Roma, November 24, 1513 (VII, l. K2r) [Ciocchi del Monte], Antonio [Maria], Cardinal of Bologna. Roma, November 24, 1513 (VIII, l. K2v) Cardona, Raimondo. Roma, November 25, 1513 (IX, l. K2v) [Catanei, Tommaso], Bishop of Cervia. Roma, November 25, 1513 (X, l. K3r) Della Rovere, Francesco Maria. Roma, November 29, 1513 (XI, l. K3v) Helvetiis, qui apud Genuam sunt (ot the Swiss residing in Genoa). Roma, November 30, 1513 (XII, l. K3v) Pontis Curvi Magistratibus (to the magistrates of Pontecorvo). Roma, December 13, 1513 (XIII, l. K4r) [Ciocchi del Monte], Antonio [Maria], Cardinal of Bologna. Roma, December 13, 1513 (XIV, l. K4r) Paleologo, Guglielmo. Roma, December 22, 1513 (XV, l. K4v) Ferdinand, King of Spain. Roma, December 24, 1513 (XVI, l. K4v) [Remolins, Francisco de], Bishop of Sorrento. Roma, December 24, 1513 (XVII, l. K5r) Fregoso, Federico, Bishop of Salerno. Roma, December 28, 1513 (XVIII, l. K5r) [Averoldi, Altobello]. Roma, December 29, 1513 (XIX, l. K5r) Fregoso, Ottaviano. Roma, January 1, 1514 (XX, l. K5v) Bibbiena, Pietro. Roma, January 4, 1514 (XXI, l. K5v) Maximilian I. Roma, December 28, 1513 (XXII, l. K6r) Electors of the Holy Roman Emperor. Roma, December 29, 1513 (XXIII, l. L1r) Campeggi, Tommaso. Roma, December 29, 1513 (XXIV, l. L1v) Vladislaus, King of Hungary. Roma, December 30, 1513 (XXV, l. L1v) Campeggi, Lorenzo. Roma, January 7, 1514 (XXVI, l. L2v) Maximilian I. Roma, January 7, 1514 (XXVII, l. L2v) [Averoldi, Altobello]. Roma, January 8, 1514 (XXVIII, l. L2v) Volteio, Antonio. Roma, January 8, 1514 (XXIX, l. L3r) Alviano, Bartolomeo. Roma, January 9, 1514 (XXX, l. L3r) Cardona, Raimondo. Roma, January 10, 1514 (XXXI, l. L3v) Joachim I Nestor. Roma, January 10, 1514 (XXXII, l. L3v) [Cardona, Raimondo]. Roma, January 14, 1514 (XXXIII, l. L4r) Parmae Regiique Lepidi Magistratui (to the magistrate of Parma and Reggio Emilia). Roma, January 16, 1514 (XXXIV, l. L4r) Sforza, Massimiliano Maria. Tarquinia, January 22, 1514 (XXXV, l. L4v) Magistratui Sinuessano (to the magistrate of Sinuessa). Centocelle, January 25, 1514 (XXXVI, l. L4v) Filonardi, Ennio, Bishop of Veroli. Severiano, January 27, 1514 (XXXVII, l. L5r) Uni ex Primatibus Helvetiorum (to the first among the Swiss leaders). Severiano, January 26, 1514 (XXXVIII, l. L5r)   (Liber VII:) [Louis XII], King of France. Roma, January 30, 1514 (I, l. L5v) Claude of France, King's daughter. Roma, January 30, 1514 (II, l. L6r) Brensellae Pago Helvetiorum (to the Swiss canton of Appenzell). Roma, January 31, 1514 (III, l. L6v) Cardona, Raimondo. Roma, January 31, 1514 (IV, l. L6v) Vicario Proregis Neapolis (to the vicar of the Viceroy of Naples). Roma, February 13, 1514 (V, l. M1r) Carretto, Fabrizio del. Roma, February 13, 1514 (VI, l. M1r) id. Roma, February 7, 1514 (VII, l. M2r) [Averoldi, Altobello]. Roma, February 7, 1514 (VIII, l. M2r) id. Roma, February 7, 1514 (IX, l. M2v) [Ciocchi del Monte], Antonio [Maria], Cardinal of Bologna. Roma, February 4, 1514 (X, l. M3r) Promagistro Rhodio in Regno Neapolitano (to the vice-master of the Knights of Rhodes in the Kingdom of Naples). Roma, February 8, 1514 (XI, l. M3r) Remira, Pietro. Roma, February 8, 1514 (XII, l. M3v) Sforza, Massimiliano Maria. Roma, February 14, 1514 (XIII, l. M3v) Maximilian I. Roma, February 15, 1514 (XIV, l. M4r) [Campeggi], Tommaso [recte Lorenzo]. Roma, February 15, 1514 (XV, l. M4r) Ferdinand, King of Spain. Roma, February 15, 1514 (XVI, l. M4v) Loredan, Leonardo. Roma, February 17, 1514 (XVII, l. M4v) Middelburg, Paulus de. Roma, February 16, 1514 (XVIII, l. M5r) Sforza, Massimiliano Maria. Roma, February 24, 1514 (XIX, l. M5r) Burgio, Andrea. Roma, February 24, 1514 (XX, l. M5r) Petrucci, Borghese. Roma, March 7, 1514 (XXI, l. M5v) Cardona, Raimondo. Roma, March 14, 1514 (XXII, l. M5v) Castiglione, Baldassarre. Roma, March 11, 1514 (XXIII, l. M6r) Magistratui Parmae (to the magistrate of Parma). Roma, March 13, 1514 (XXIV, l. M6v) Pallavicino, Galeazzo. Roma, March 13, 1514 (XXV, l. M6v) Parmensibus dono aliquo Reip. affectis. Roma, March 13, 1514 (XXVI, l. N1r) Rossi, Troilo. Roma, March 13, 1514 (XXVII, l. N1r) Sforza, Massimiliano Maria. Roma, March 16, 1514 (XXVIII, l. N1v) Gonzaga, Giovanni Pietro. Roma, March 17, 1514 (XXIX, l. N2r) Magistratui Placentiae (to the magistrate of Piacenza). Roma, March 18, 1514 (XXX, l. N2r) Sassatelli, Giovanni. Roma, March 18, 1514 (XXXI, l. N2v)   (Liber VIII:) Della Rovere, Francesco Maria. Roma, March 15, 1514 (I, l. N3r) Promagistro Rhodio in Regno Neapolitano (to the vice-master of the Knights of Rhodes in the Kingdom of Naples). Roma, March 24, 1514 (II, l. N3v) Baglioni, Giovanni Paolo. Roma, March 26, 1514 (III, l. N3v) Iacobo civi Bononiensi Quaetori militum (Jacopo, citizen of Bologna, superintendent of the army). Roma, March 27, 1514 (IV, l. N4r) Decurionibus et Magistratui municipii Asculani (to the decurions and magistrate of Ascoli Piceno). Roma, March 21, 1514 (V, l. N4r) Corretto, Fabrizio del. Roma, April 1, 1514 (VI, l. N4v) Priori Galliae Cisalpinae Rhodi Promagistro (to the prior of Cisalpine Gaul vice-master of the Knights of Rhodes). Roma, April 1, 1514 (VII, l. N4v) Magistratui Regii Lepidi (to the magistrate of Reggio Emilia). Roma, April 1, 1514 (VIII, l. N5r) [Schiner, Matthäus]. Roma, April 17, 1514 (IX, l. N5v) Vettori, Paolo. Roma, April 21, 1514 (X, l. N5v) Pepoli, Ugo. Roma, April 22, 1514 (XI, l. N6r) Rangoni, Guido. Roma, April 22, 1514 (XII, l. N6r) Sforza, Massimiliano Maria. Roma, April 22, 1514 (XIII, l. N6v) Ferdinand, King of Spain. Roma, April 28, 1514 (XIV, l. O1r) Loredan, Lorenzo. Roma, May 1, 1514 (XV, l. O1v) Magistratui Arimini (to the magistrate of Rimini). Roma, May 5, 1514 (XVI, l. O2r) Recanatensibus (to the people of Recanati). Roma, June 16, 1514 (XVII, l. O2r) Maximilian I. Roma, June 16, 1514 (XVIII, l. O2r) Luna, Giovanni. Roma, June 20, 1514 (XIX, l. O2v) Savoia, Carlo III di. Roma, April 6, 1514 (XX, l. O3r) Savoia, Filiberta di. Roma, April 6, 1514 (XXI, l. O3r) [Savoia, Filippo di]. Roma, April 6, 1514 (XXII, l. O3v) Louis XII, King of France. Roma, June 13, 1514 (XXIII, l. O3v) Savoia, Carlo III di. Roma, June 21, 1514 (XXIV, l. O3v) [Savoia, Filippo di]. Roma, June 21, 1514 (XXV, l. O4r) Magistratibus Senensium (to the magistrates of Siena). Roma, June 24, 1514 (XXVI, l. O4r) Santesio, Pindaro. Roma, June 24, 1514 (XXVII, l. O4r) Reipublicae Florentinae (to the Republic of Florence). Roma, June 24, 1514 (XXVIII, l. O4v) Vladislaus, King of Hungary. Roma, June 28, 1514 (XXIX, l. O5r) Magistratui Parmae (to the magistrate of Parma). Roma, June 26, 1514 (XXX, l. O5r) Paleotti, Annibale. Roma, July 1, 1514 (XXXI, l. O5r) Campeggi, Tommaso. Roma, July 7, 1514 (XXXII, l. O5v)   (Liber IX:) Lando, Federico. Roma, July 16, 1514 (I, l. O6r) Canonicis et societati Ecclesiae Veronensis (to the canons of the Church of Verona). Roma, July 17, 1514 (II, l. O6r) Sigismund I. Roma, July 18, 1514 (III; l. O6v) Livoniae Magistro (to the master of the Livonian Order). Roma, July 18, 1514 (IV, l. P1r) Pallavicino, Antonio Maria. Roma, July 29, 1514 (V, l. P1v) Sforza, Massimiliano Maria. Roma, July 29, 1514 (VI, l. P2r) Tornabuoni, Ludovica. Roma, July 30, 1514 (VII, l. P2r) Municipibus Arimini (to the citizens of Rimini). Roma, July 31, 1514 (VIII, l. P2r) Scotti, Pietro Maria. Roma, July 31, 1514 (IX, l. P2v) Magistratui Placentiae (to the magistrate of Piacenza). Roma, July 31, 1514 (X, l. P2v) Pallavicino Galeazzo and Pallavicino, Antonio Maria. Roma, July 31, 1514 (XI, l. P3r) Capello, Filippo and Capello, Andrea's sons. Roma, July 28, 1514 (XII, l. P3r) Raffaello Sanzio. Roma, August 1, 1514 (XIII, l. P3v) Legato Avinionensi (to the legate of Avignon). Roma, August 9, 1514 (XIV, l. P3v) [Henry VIII]. Roma, August 13, 1514 (XV, l. P4r) Medici, Lorenzo de'. Roma, August 7, 1514 (XVI, l. P4r) Sassatelli, Giovanni and Sassatelli, Gentile. Roma, August 12, 1514 (XVII, l. P4r) Este, Alfonso d'. Roma, August 12, 1514 (XVIII, l. P4v) XL viris Bononiensibus (to the 40 men of Bologna). Roma, August 13, 1514 (XIX, l. P5r) Carretto, Fabrizio del. Roma, July 20, 1514 (XX, l. P5v) Medici, Lorenzo de'. Roma, July 21, 1514 (XXI, l. P6r) Gonzaga, Francesco. Roma, July 30, 1514 (XXII, l. P6r) [Petrucci], Alfonso. Roma, July 31, 1514 (XXIII, l. P6r) Della Rovere, Francesco Maria. Roma, July 31, 1514 (XIV, l. P6v) Internuntiis apud Regem Hispaniorum nostris (to our internuncios at the Spanish court). Roma, September 2, 1514 (XXV, l. P6v) Ferdinand, King of Spain. Roma, September 4, 1514 (XXVI, l. P6v) Loredan, Leonardo. Roma, September 8, 1514 (XXVII, l. Q1r) Este, Alfonso d'. Roma, September 9, 1514 (XXVIII, l. Q1r) Louis XII. Roma, September 20, 1514 (XXIX, l. Q1v) id. Roma, September 20, 1514 (XXX, l. Q1v) Navarro, Pedro. Roma, September 20, 1514 (XXXI, l. Q2r) Municipio Firmano (to the town council of Fermo). Roma, September 20, 1514 (XXXII; l. Q2r) Helvetiis (to the Swiss). Roma, September 26, 1514 (XXXIII, l. Q2v) id. Roma, September 27, 1514 (XXXIV, l. Q2v) Schiner, Matthäus. Roma, September 26, 1514 (XXXV, l. Q3r) Este, Alfonso d'. Roma, September 28, 1514 (XXXVI, l. Q3r) Ferrerio, Sebastiano. Roma, September 28, 1514 (XXXVII, l. Q3r) Albret, [Amanieu d']. Roma, September 28, 1514 (XXXVIII, l. Q3v) Parrasio, Giano. Roma, October 29, 1514 (XXXIX, l. Q3v) [Vettori, Paolo]. Roma, September 30, 1514 (XL, l. Q3v) David, King of Abissinia. Roma, October 10, 1514 (XLI, l. Q4r) Fregoso, Ottaviano and Fregoso, Federico. Ronciglione, October 6, 1514 (XLII, l. Q4r) Louis XII. Viterbo, October 13, 1514 (XLIII, l. Q4v) Della Rovere, Francesco Maria. Viterbo, October 13, 1514 (XLIV, l. Q4v)   (Liber X:) Neroni, Giovanni. Viterbo, October 7, 1514 (I, l. Q5r) Canossa, Ludovico, Bishop of Tricarico. Cerveteri, October 21, 1514 (II, l. Q5v) Vladislaus, King of Hungary. Roma, September 21, 1514 (III, l. Q6r) [Bakòcz], Temàs. Roma, October 21, 1514 (IV, l. Q6v) Maximilian I. Roma, November 5, 1514 (V, l. R1r) Campeggi, Tommaso. Roma, November 5, 1514 (VI, l. R2v) Carretto, Fabrizio del. Roma, November 12, 1514 (VII, l. R2v) Ferrerio, Sebastiano. Roma, November 3, 1514 (VIII, l. R3r) Gherino, Francesco. Roma, November 4, 1514 (IX, l. R3r) Alviano, Bartolomeo. Roma, November 8, 1514 (X, l. R3v) Frusto, Vito. Roma, November 12, 1514 (XI, l. R3v) Sforza, Massimiliano Maria. Roma, November 22, 1514 (XII, l. R4r) [Fregoso, Ottaviano]. Roma, January 7, 1515 (XIII, l. R4r) Helvetiis (to the Swiss). Villa Severiana, January 27, 1515 (XIV, l. R4v) Francis I, King of France. Roma, January 3, 1515 (XV, l. R5v) Savoie, Louise de. Roma, January 3, 1515 (XVI, l. R5v) Schiner, Matthäus. Roma, February 14, 1515 (XVII, l. R6r) Magistratui Parmae (to the magistrate of Parma). Roma, February 15, 1515 (XVIII, l. R6v) Orsini, Giovanni Giordano. Roma, February 15, 1515 (XIX, l. R6v) Tucci, Lorenzo. Roma, Feburary 28, 1515 (XX, l. R6v) Maximilian I. Roma, March 8, 1515 (XXI, l. S1r) Campeggi, Tommaso. Roma, March 8, 1515 (XXII, l. S1r) Vladislaus, King of Hungary. Roma, March 30, 1515 (XXIII, l. S2v) [Beriszló, Péter], Bishop of Veszprem. Roma, March 30, 1515 (XXIV, l. S3r) Loredan, Lorenzo. Roma, March 30, 1515 (XXV, l. S3r) Emericus, Prince of Hungary. Roma, April 1, 1515 (XXVI, l. S3v) Leoniceno, Niccolò. Roma, April 2, 1515 (XXVII, l. S3v) Loredan, Lorenzo. Roma, April 6, 1515 (XVIII, l. S4r) Sforza, Massimiliano Maria. Roma, April 20, 1515 (XXIX, l. S4v) Gualterotti, Filippo. Roma, May 1, 1515 (XXX, l. S4v) Giovenale, Latino. Roma, May 18, 1515 (XXXI, l. S5r) Fregoso, Ottaviano and Fregoso, Federico. Roma, May 18, 1515 (XXXII, l. S5r) Cardona, Raimondo. Roma, May 27, 1515 (XXXIII, l. S5v) Carretto, Fabrizio del. Roma, May 30, 1515 (XXXIV, l. S5v) Fregoso, Ottaviano and Fregoso, Federico. Roma, May 30, 1515 (XXXV, l. S6r) Biassa, Giovanni. Roma, May 30, 1515 (XXXVI, l. S6r) Trotti, Sigismondo. Roma, June 9, 1515 (XXXVII, l. S6v) Florentinis (to the people of Florence). Roma, June 17, 1515 (XXXVIII, l. S6v) Medici, Lorenzo de'. Roma, June 20, 1515 (XXIX, l. S6v) Ariosto, Ludovico. Roma, June 20, 1515 (XL, l. T1r) Della Rovere, Francesco Maria. Roma, June 22, 1515 (XLI, l. T1r) Santacroce, Antonio. Roma, June 22, 1515 (XLII, l. T1v) [Appiani, Camillo], Lord of Populonia. Roma, June 20, 1515 (XLIII, l. T1v) Bibbiena, Bernardo. Roma, July 1, 1515 (XLIV, l. T1v) Loredan, Leonardo. Roma, July 5, 1515 (XLV, l. T2r) Petrucci, Raffaele, Bishop of Grosseto. Roma, July 20, 1515 (XLVI, l. T2v) Cardona, Raimondo. Roma, August 7, 1515 (XLVII, l. T2v) Francis I. Roma, August 7, 1515 (XLVIII, l. T3r) Della Rovere, Francesco Maria. Roma, August 10, 1515 (XLIX, l. T3r) Prolegato Umbriae (to the pro-legate of Umbria). Roma, August 16, 1515 (L, l. T3r) Raffaello Sanzio. Roma, August 27 , 1515 (LI, l. T3v) Ferdinand, King of Spain. Roma, August 28, 1515 (LII; l. T3v) Helvetiis (to the Swiss). Roma, August 30, 1515 (LIII, l. T4r) Reipub. Florentinorum (to the Republic of Florence). Roma, August 30, 1515 (LIV, l. T4v) [Orsini], Enrico, Count of Nola. Roma, August 31, 1515 (LV, l. T4v) Helvetiis (to the Swiss). August 31, 1515 (LVI, l. T5r) Granata, Vincenzo. Roma, August 31, 1515 (LVII, l. T5r) N. Roma, September 2, 1515 (LVIII, l. T5v) Della Rovere, Francesco Maria. Roma, A

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Adams, B-587; Edit 16, CNCE 5003; Index Aureliensis, 116.381; P. Bembo, Lettere. Edizione critica, E. Travi, ed., (Bologna, 1987), I, p. XLIV.

 

FIRST EDITION of this collection of official letters which Pietro Bembo composed in his position as apostolic notary to Pope Leo X. The volume is dedicated to Pope Paul III (Padua, January 13, 1535). Bembo held this office practically during the whole of Leo X's pontificate (1513-1521). In their published form these letters are good examples of an ultra-Ciceronian style and contain typical pagan phrases that were very characteristic of the age: the Virgin Mary is described as ‘Dea ipsa', Francis I is exhorted ‘per deos atque homines' to undertake a crusade against the Turks. Bembo's elegant Ciceronian Latin set the standard for learned and diplomatic correspondence throughout Europe.

The (581) letters, divided into sixteen books and continuously numbered within each book, are mainly addressed to European rulers and high prelates, but there are also some to artists and men of letters (e.g. Raphael, Marcus Musurus, and Nicolaus Leonicenus). This is Bembo's only letter collection published during his lifetime.

“Le lettere del cardinal Pietro Bembo possono essere suddivise secondo quattro forme espressive: i brevi pontifici da lui stesi e controfirmati, la lettera pastorale, l'epistola di argomento letterario Dell'imitazione in risposta a Giovan Francesco Pico, e le lettere private. Il primo gruppo è ampiamente conosciuto per aver provveduto lo stesso Bembo alla stampa del volume, Petri Bembi Epistolarum Leonis Decimi Pontifici Max. nomine scriptarum libri sexdecim,… anche s

• Autore: Pietro Bembo
• Editore: Giovanni Padovano and Venturino Ruffinelli
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• Anno edizione: 1535
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