[Documents concerning the inheritance of the Corbino, the Pontecorona, the Prado, and other Sicilian families]

Date:

1716

Description:

Collection of copies of documents concerning the inheritance and succession of numerous members of Sicilian families such as the Corbino, the Pontecorona, the Prado, and others. They all appear to be from the Palermo region. Most of the items are of legal or notarial documents, but a small number of accounts and credit records are also present. They all concern, from different points of view, disputes about the wills of members of the families, including the devolution of large estates; organization of and expenses related to the funerals; the building of memorial monuments; the choice of the executors; charitable donations of variable portion of the estate to local churches (including that of San Domenico, in Palermo); and the payment of debts and taxes (referred to as gabelle) with the senate of Palermo.

Language:

Latin

Provenance:

Sold by Kurt L. Schwarz (Beverly Hills, Calif.).

Subject:

Corbino family; Pontecorona family; Maffei family; Valguarnera family; Prado family; Pontecorona, Maria; Pontecorona, Pietro; Pontecorona, Benedetto; Corbino, Giovanni; Corbino, Pietro; Corbino, Giovanna; Prado, Vincenza; Prado, Giovanna; Spicuzza, Antonina; Chiesa di S. Domenico (Palermo, Italy); Palermo (Italy). -- Senate; Funeral rites and ceremonies -- Italy; Inheritance and succession -- Italy; Inheritance and succession; Funeral rites and ceremonies

Resource Type:

Text

Form/Genre:

Codices; Legal documents; Genealogical tables; Wills; Inventories; Notarial documents; Accounts; Manuscripts, Italian; Manuscripts, Latin; Manuscripts, European

Physical Description:

92 leaves : paper; 301 x 208 mm bound to 319 x 215 mm + 1 note

Geographic Subject:

Italy

Rights:

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

Notes:

Ms. codex.; Title supplied by cataloger.; Foliation: Paper, i (paper), [ii], 1-90; contemporary foliation in ink, modern foliation in pencil, upper right recto.; Layout: Written in one column of long lines, with folded vertical bounding lines.; Script: Written in a cursive script by multiple hands.; Decoration: Genealogical table of the Corbino family (f. 1r).; Watermark: Design containing 3 flowers and a crown.; Binding: Contemporary paper boards, tied with a set of two strings with metal tips; the heading Legato d'onze sei an[...]le, n[ume]ro 2 on upper cover.; Origin: Probably written in Palermo after 1716 (f. i recto).; Forms part of: Villafiorita Ducal Records.; Latin, with a few passages in Italian.

Physical Location:

Kislak Center for Special Collections, Rare Books and Manuscripts, Manuscripts, Oversize Ms. Codex 1582