Document, Giovanni Contarini to Donato Soranzo

Type: Document

Date: 30 August 1402

Language: Latin

Setting: Letter, Giovanni Contarini to Donato Soranzo

Shelf Mark: Doc.Lat.7

Location: Drawer 5A/10 (Acc. 2018-072)

Description

Letter, Giovanni Contarini to Donato Soranzo

Letter written in pen and brown (possibly iron gall) ink on linen chain-and-laid, medium weight, cream-coloured paper with watermark. Letter is dated 1402 and was sent from the city of Venice to Damascus, Syria. A translation of the letter lists the author as Giovanni Contarini (son of Nicolo) and the recipient as his cousin Donato Soranzo.

Measurements

22 x 29.5 cm

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