The Digital Ark: Early Modern Collections of Curiosities in England and Scotland, 1580-1700

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Villa d'Este

Tivoli (Settlement), Lazio (Region), Italy


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Description of institution: Villa commissioned by Cardinal Ippolito II d'Este (1509–1572). It contained a convent, which might be the the subject of William Courten's reference to the "convent of the Mother of God." Manuscripts linked to this location: Mentioned - "Sloane 3961," Tivoli