MONTANUS, Marcus, Archbishop of Rhodes. Oratoria ad Alexandrum. vi. Pont. Max. pro Rhodiorum obedientia oratio. [Rome, Stephan Plannck, after 10th March 1493]. 4to. [4] leaves; text in roman letter; 34 lines; headings on (otherwise blank) first and last pages in fraktur type; small Lombard letter at beginning of text. Sheep binding richly decorated in gilt with arms of Marchese Alfredo Dusmet within triple ornamental borders; backstrip gilt. A loyal address by the Latin archbishop of Rhodes, Marcus Montanus, delivered in Rome on 10th of March 1493 in the presence of the recently elected Borgia Pope Alexander VI. Representing the knights of Rhodes, Montanus declares their allegiance to the Supreme Pontiff in order to obtain his aid, heighten the profile of the Order and inspire the new pope to support their cause. Among other orators present are named the fellow Rhodian knights, Fra Peter Stolz [von Beckelnhain], the Order's Grand Bailiff (1498-1503) and Fra Berengario Santii, Prior of Barospe, in Navarre. After his conquest of Constantinople in 1453, Mehmet II had already made Rhodes a priority target, as the Knights were successfully harrassing Muslim shipping. Pope Sixtus IV (1471-84) had supported the Order by issuing a printed indulgence to raise funds for the defence of the island during the summer of 1480 when an attempted Ottoman invasion was successfully repelled. However, it was only in 1522 that Suleiman the Magnificent finally managed to force the island's surrender after a long siege by his grand armada. The Knights were allowed to retire to Malta, their final headquarters. A very good copy from the library of the Roman art collector Marchese Alfredo Dusmet de Smoers (1879-1964) with his engraved armorial bookplate 'Marchionis Dusmet' pasted inside front cover. GW 25312; Hain 11572; Goff M-825; IGI IV,p.115. N� de ref. del art�culo ABE-2363831914

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