Cambridge University Library Archives, Acton Papers (CUL)
Acton MSS, Add. MSS 4757: correspondence of Gian Luca Pozzi in Rome with Ercole I d’Este concerning Lucrezia’s marriage; correspondence of Gherardus Saraceni and Hector Berlinguer re the same and minutes by Ercole to the above
Add. MSS 4758: correspondence of Beltrando de’ostabili in Rome with Ercole
Add. MSS 4759: correspondence of Beltrando de‘Costabili in Rome concerning illness and death of Alexander VI and fate of Cesare, and Julius II’s reaction to attack on Giulio d’Este
Biblioteca Comunale Ariostea di Ferrara (BCAFe)
Lucrezia’s accounts for 1507, Albo Estense Autografi, BCA, Classe 1, 656
Papal brief to Lucrezia of 1516 concerning San Bernardino, MS coll. Antonelli, 272
Archivio di Stato di Mantova, Archivio Gonzaga (AG)
Correspondence Lucrezia Borgia to Francesco Gonzaga:Autografi 84, Busta 1, Busta 2, Busta 3, Busta 4, Serie E XXXi.2, Busta 1189
Correspondence Lucrezia Borgia to Isabella d’Este: Autografi 84, Busta 1, Busta 2, Busta 3, Busta 4, Serie E XXXi.2 Busta 1189
Isabella d’Este to Lucrezia Borgia, Copielettere, Busta 2993, 2994, liber 12, liber 15, liber 18
Isabella d’Este Family Correspondence: Copielettere to Francesco Gonzaga, Ercole d’Este, Ferrante and Servitors with correspondence from the Este family, Busta 2993, liber 12, 13, 14
Isabella d’Este to Cesare Borgia, Busta 2993, liber 14
Ippolito d’Este to Isabella, Busta 1189; Alfonso d’Este to Isabella d’Este, E XXXI.2., Busta 1189, Alfonso d’Este to Francesco Gonzaga, E XXX 1.2., Busta 1189, Isabella d’Este to Alfonso d’Este, Busta 2994, liber 18; Ferrante d’Este to Francesco Gonzaga, Busta 1189; Giulio d’Este to Francesco Gonzaga, and to Isabella d’Este, Busta 1189
Bernardino di Prosperi to Isabella d’Este, 1502-19. More than seven hundred letters written from Ferrara covering the period of Lucrezia’s life there: this is probably the most important and largely unexplored source providing not only an almost daily record of her life but a full chronicle of social and political events and people at court and in the city. Serie E XXX 1.3. Buste 1238 – 47
Archivio di Stato di Milano, Archivio Sforzesco (ASF)
Potenze Estere, Roma. Reg. Cartella 107; 109; 116; 123; 124; 126; 127;128
Potenze Estere, Marca. Reg. Cartella 153
Potenze Estere, Mantova. Reg. Cartella 400
Archivio di Stato di Modena, Archivio Segreto Estense (ASE)
Correspondence Francesco Gonzaga to Lucrezia Borgia: Carteggio dei Principi Esteri, Busta 1181
Lucrezia Borgia correspondence with members of the Este family: Casa e Stato:
Lucrezia to Ercole 1. Busta 141, Ercole I to Lucrezia, Camera Ducale, Minutario, Busta 5, Minute Ducali, Busta 69
Lucrezia to Alfonso I d’Este. Casa e Stato, Busta 141, Alfonso I d’Este to Lucrezia. Casa e Stato, Carteggio dei Principi Estensi, Busta 75
Lucrezia to Cardinal Ippolito d’Este. Casa e Stato, Busta 141
Lucrezia to Sigismondo d’Este, Casa e Stato, Busta 141
Lucrezia to Ferrante d’Este, Casa e Stato, Busta 141
Lucrezia to Giulio d’Este, Casa e Stato, Busta 141
Lucrezia Borgia General Correspondence, Casa e Stato, Busta 141, Carteggio tra Principi Estensi
Letters by members of the Borgia family and others: Cancelleria Ducale, Particolari, Busta 209, Fasc. 4 Borgia
Documents concerning Lucrezia Borgia anterior to her marriage to Alfonso I, Casa e Stato, Busta 400
Documents concerning Lucrezia Borgia posterior to her marriage to Alfonso I, Casa e Stato, Busta 400
Documents concerning the Borgia family: Casa e Stato, Busta 401, other documents relating to Rodrigo d’Aragona, Duke of Bisceglie. Casa e Stato, Busta 401, documents relating to the estate of Rodrigo d’Aragona, Duke of Bisceglie, Busta 400 ‘
Computo delle nozze della Ill. Madama Lucrezia 1501 – 1502’ [Lists of Jewels given by Ercole I to Lucrezia in 1502, and of her company on her wedding journey to Ferrara] Camera Ducale, Amministrazione dei Principi, n. 1128
Inventario di Guardaroba: ‘Inventario 1502 – 3’, Camera Ducale, Amministrazione dei Principi – Lucrezia Borgia B1137
Lucrezia Borgia Household Accounts, ibid.: B1138 1506 – 8; B1131 1507 – 9; B1133 1506; B1132 1517 – 20, B1134 1514 – 19; B1136 1518 – 19
Bulls and papal briefs concerning Camerino: the creation of the duchy and its Duke, Giovanni Borgia. Camera Ducale, Amministrazione dei Principi, Busta 1127
Isabella d’Este to Alfonso I d’Este, Casa e Stato, Carteggio dei Principi Estensi, Busta 133
Ercole I d’Este correspondence with his ambassador in France, Bartolommeo de’Cavalleri: Ambasciatori Esteri – Francia, 1500 – 1501, Busta 3
Ercole I d’Este correspondence with his ambassadors in Rome, Gian Luca Pozzi and Gherardo Saraceni, Ambasciatori Esteri – Roma, 1501 – 2, Busta 12
Ferrarese Ambassadors Manfredi and Cavalleri to Ercole I and Alfonso I concerning the marriage negotiations and posterior events including the death of Alexander VI and the fortunes of Cesare Borgia, 1503 – 4, 1506 – 7,Ambasciatori Esteri – Francia, Buste 3 and 4
Ercole I d’Este, Letterbook [Minutario] drafts of letters to various correspondents including the various ambassadors, Lucrezia, Cesare Borgia, Isabella d’Este and others, 1501 – 2, Cancelleria Ducale, Busta 5
Archivio Segreto Vaticano (ASV)
Borgia Family Letters: A.A. ARM I – XVIII, 5027; A.A. ARM I – XVIII, 5024