A CARTULARY OF NOTARISED DOCUMENTS, 1385-1461, in Latin, manuscript on vellum [Piacenza, second half 15th century
A CARTULARY OF NOTARISED DOCUMENTS, 1385-1461, in Latin, manuscript on vellum [Piacenza, second half 15th century] A fascinating snapshot of the medieval legal transactions and machinations of the city of Piacenza in the 14th and 15th centuries . PROVENANCE : (1) The notaries in the cartulary are all from Piacenza, and the script dates to the second half of the 15th century. (2) MAURICE BURRUS , no 175. Purchased from Lauria in 1937. CONTENT : Around twenty notarised documents, including wills (e.g. of Thodeschina, wife of Laurentius de Bacchus, ff.1-2, dated 1413, with various provisions including granting of powers of attorney and distribution of properties), and monetary transactions (e.g. involving a certain Conradus de Armano, ff.32-34, dated 1459), dating from 1385-1461 (more than half from the 1420s and a number mentioning members of the prominent Confalonieri family of Piacenza, including Bernabò and Filippo), ff.1-39v. PHYSICAL CONDITION AND DESCRIPTION : 265 x 183mm. i + 39 + i, COMPLETE , ruled space: 182 x 130mm. Written in at least 5 different 15th-century notarial hands (some staining, especially to opening and closing leaves, occasional natural flaws to the vellum). TWELFTH-CENTURY PASTEDOWNS , reused from a Missal. 19th-century silver binding with central panels depicting Christ in Majesty and the Crucifixion, over red velvet.
A CARTULARY OF NOTARISED DOCUMENTS, 1385-1461, in Latin, manuscript on vellum [Piacenza, second half 15th century
A CARTULARY OF NOTARISED DOCUMENTS, 1385-1461, in Latin, manuscript on vellum [Piacenza, second half 15th century] A fascinating snapshot of the medieval legal transactions and machinations of the city of Piacenza in the 14th and 15th centuries . PROVENANCE : (1) The notaries in the cartulary are all from Piacenza, and the script dates to the second half of the 15th century. (2) MAURICE BURRUS , no 175. Purchased from Lauria in 1937. CONTENT : Around twenty notarised documents, including wills (e.g. of Thodeschina, wife of Laurentius de Bacchus, ff.1-2, dated 1413, with various provisions including granting of powers of attorney and distribution of properties), and monetary transactions (e.g. involving a certain Conradus de Armano, ff.32-34, dated 1459), dating from 1385-1461 (more than half from the 1420s and a number mentioning members of the prominent Confalonieri family of Piacenza, including Bernabò and Filippo), ff.1-39v. PHYSICAL CONDITION AND DESCRIPTION : 265 x 183mm. i + 39 + i, COMPLETE , ruled space: 182 x 130mm. Written in at least 5 different 15th-century notarial hands (some staining, especially to opening and closing leaves, occasional natural flaws to the vellum). TWELFTH-CENTURY PASTEDOWNS , reused from a Missal. 19th-century silver binding with central panels depicting Christ in Majesty and the Crucifixion, over red velvet.
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