[Collection of documents concerning inheritance]

Name:

Cattanei family

Timespan:

Early works to 1800; 1528-1789

Date:

1536

Description:

Copies of the will of Domina Georgeta, daughter of Marco Centurioni and widow of Jeronimo Cattanei, and legal proceedings about the inheritance, involving primarily her grandson Silvester Cattanei and Isoltina, his brother Jeronimo's widow, dated 1548-1549, notarized by various officials of Genoa, with some earlier documents interspersed (Zacour-Hirsch).

Language:

Latin

Provenance:

Formerly owned by Giuseppe Martini (Kraus' description) and Silvester Cattaneus (inscription, front flyleaf i recto).; Sold by H. P. Kraus (Cat. 189, no. 41), April 1958.; Cattaneus, Silvester, former owner.; Martini, Giuseppe, 1870-1944, former owner.

Subject:

Inheritance and succession -- Early works to 1800; Inheritance and succession

Resource Type:

Text

Form/Genre:

codices (bound manuscripts); legal documents; notarial documents; wills; Manuscripts, Latin; Manuscripts, Renaissance; manuscripts (documents)

Physical Description:

46 leaves : parchment; 205 x 149 (174 x 118) mm bound to 210 x 152 mm

Geographic Subject:

Genoa (Italy) -- History -- 1528-1789

Rights:

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

Notes:

Ms. codex.; Title supplied by cataloger; attribution from Zacour-Hirsch.; Incipit (1st document): In nomine Domini Amen. Cum nil sit certius morte nil vero incertius hora ipsius quae in animo cuius libet...; Foliation: Parchment, i (contemporary paper) + 46 + i (contemporary paper); [1-46]; modern foliation in pencil, upper right recto.; Script: Written in several cancellaresca and notarial hands.; Binding: Modern paper boards.; Origin: Written in Genoa, 1536-1549 (Zacour-Hirsch).; Notarial signatures, but no signets, follow most of the documents.; Latin.

Physical Location:

Kislak Center for Special Collections, Rare Books and Manuscripts, Manuscripts, Ms. Codex 860