print email comment close Medici Archive URL: http://www.medici.org/ Description: Established by Grand Duke Cosimo I in 1569, the archive consists of nearly 3 million letters that offer a "panorama of two-hundred years of human history, as told in the words of the people most immediately involved." This developing, searchable project contains Arts & Humanities, including antiquities, art, books, coins, drawings, maps, medicine, music, theater, and more; Jewish History (religion and culture); and the history of Costume and Textiles. Documents in Italian, with English translations. Library of Congress Subject Headings: History, Modern -- 17th century History, Modern -- 18th century Jews -- History LII Database Information: Record 8796 created by Dana Lubow on 11/15/1999 Last modification on 10/12/2002 Published: 11/15/1999   Funding agency: California State Library LII Item ID: http://lii.org/cs/lii/view/item/8796