[Notarial documents]

Name:

Ressani family

Timespan:

17th century; 16th century

Date:

1559/1609

Description:

Contains 25 documents of varying sizes, mostly documenting purchases and sales. Some of the frequently mentioned names include Josepho Martelo, Giovanni Ressano, and Michaele de Martinis. One of the purchases is from Catterina, widow of Baldassare Ressani. Includes the testimony of Paula Ballegna (f. 68r-74r), the wife of Alessandro Ballegna. Another document involves an iron foundry (f. 104r-108v). Many of the documents are notarized. The documents are arranged in order of date.

Language:

Italian

Subject:

Ressano, Giovanni; Ressano, Catterina; Real property -- Italy -- 16th century; Real property -- Italy -- 17th century; Real property

Resource Type:

Text

Form/Genre:

Codices; Notarial documents; Manuscripts, Italian; Manuscripts, Latin; Manuscripts, Renaissance; Manuscripts, European; manuscripts (documents)

Physical Description:

118 leaves : paper; 252-270 x 160-180 mm bound to 275 x 185 mm

Geographic Subject:

Pinerolo (Italy) -- History; Italy

Rights:

https://rightsstatements.org/vocab/NoC-US/1.0/

Notes:

Ms. codex.; A noble family of merchants in Pinerolo, Italy. Referred to as Ressani di Fenile.; Title supplied by cataloger.; Foliation: Paper, 118; [1-118]; modern foliation in pencil, upper right recto.; Script: Written in a variety of cursive scripts by multiple hands.; Binding: Modern half-cloth (Zacour-Hirsch).; Origin: Written in Pinerolo (Zacour-Hirsch), from 1559 (f. 2r) to 1609 (f. 118r).; Italian, with some Latin.

Physical Location:

Kislak Center for Special Collections, Rare Books and Manuscripts, Manuscripts, Oversize Ms. Codex 1258