1465.06.20.

20 June, 1465.
Fr. Pere Ramon Zacosta, master, confirms the gift of 10,000 new gold French shield from Philip Duke of Burgundy through his treasurer Jacques de Brigiles for the building of a tower on Rhodes on the location of the former church of St Nicolas, which will serve as the most important defensive stronghold for the harbour and the town of Rhodes. He declares he will have this tower erected within two years, its bulwark decorated with a marble sculpture signifying the coat of arms of the duke and the upper parts with those of his provinces. - NLM, Arch. 375, fol. 160r. Copy, register = liber bullarum 1465. - J. M. van Winter, Sources concerning the Hospitallers of St. John in the Netherlands, 1998, Bulls and Letters, n. 69.

[...] faciemusque corpori dicte turris valloque eius sive bolenerdo vulgariter nuncupato affigere plena atque inclita arma ipsius clarissimi principis lapide marmoreo sculpta excellencius quam fieri poterit; in munimentis autem superioribus ipsius turris sive in machicollis vulgariter nuncupatis afficta erunt arma suarum provinciarum pariformiter lapide marmoreo incisa in monimentam dignam et celebrem memoriam ipsius inclitissimi principis benefactoris quidem optimi et specialissimi huiusce ordinis [...].

Datum in conventu Rhodi die XX mensis Iunii M IIIIc LXV.


first adaptation 13.09.2022 Jürgen Sarnowsky / revised 13.09.2022 /
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