A series of legal records of the Bagnano family, dated from 1493 to 1604. There is a table of contents on the inside of the upper and lower covers, listing the years, page numbers, and brief descriptions of the records in Italian. A collection of legal records, mostly consisting of wills, contracts, deeds, and inheritances. Some of the records include disagreements over inheritance, and others deal with claims of various monasteries in Florence. The family is sometimes referred to as Albagnano. Many of the records are notarized and contain notarial signets. Contains some marginal notes in a near-contemporary hand.
Language:
Latin
Provenance:
Formerly owned by Prince Piero Ginor Conti (bookplate, inside lower cover).
88 leaves : parchment; 285 x 210 (240-250 x 180) mm bound to 288 x 213 mm
Geographic Subject:
Italy; Florence (Italy) -- History -- 1421-1737
Rights:
https://rightsstatements.org/vocab/NoC-US/1.0/
Notes:
Ms. codex.; Title supplied by cataloger.; Collation: Parchment, 88; 1-4¹⁰ 5-10⁸; 1-11, [i], 12-84, [iii]; 1-11, [i], 84, [iii]; contemporary foliation in ink, modern foliation in pencil, upper right recto. Link to collation model at end of record.; Script: Written in a variety of cursive and secretarial hands.; Decoration: Contains some initials with foliate decoration (example, f. 14v); manicules in margins throughout.; Binding: Parchment.; Origin: Written in Florence (f. 1r), 1493-1604.; Latin, with some Italian.
Physical Location:
Kislak Center for Special Collections, Rare Books and Manuscripts, Manuscripts, Oversize Ms. Codex 1256
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