[Edicts concerning Jews in Mantua]

Name:

Vincenzo I Gonzaga, Duke of Mantua, 1562-1612; Gonzaga, Guglielmo, 1538-1587; Gentilis, Matthaeus

Timespan:

16th century

Date:

1594

Description:

Official copy of an edict issued by Vincenzo Gonzaga, duke of Mantua, in 1594 renewing privileges and amnesties of the Jews of Mantua, who were allowed to work as bankers, merchants, and butchers. The contemporary edict is preceded by copies of 2 earlier renewals, the first issued by Guglielmo Gonzaga, Vincenzo's father and the previous duke, in Goito in 1587, and the second issued by Vincenzo in 1590. All 3 copies, perhaps written by a chancery scribe, are signed by ducal chancellor Matthaeus Gentilis.

Language:

Italian

Provenance:

Sold at auction at Sotheby's, 7 Dec. 1999, lot 24, to Lawrence J. Schoenberg.; Gift of Lawrence J. Schoenberg and Barbara Brizdle, 2011.; Schoenberg, Lawrence J., former owner.

Relation:

The Lawrence J. Schoenberg and Barbara Brizdle Manuscript Initiative Fund Home Page: http://hdl.library.upenn.edu/1017.12/366278; Digital facsimile for download (OPenn): https://openn.library.upenn.edu/Data/0001/html/ljs346.html; Collation model: http://repository.upenn.edu/sims_models/75

Subject:

Jews -- Italy -- Mantua -- History; Jews; History

Resource Type:

Text

Form/Genre:

Codices; Decrees; Manuscripts, Italian; Manuscripts, Latin; Manuscripts, Renaissance; manuscripts (documents)

Physical Description:

20 leaves : paper; 355 x 245 (278-282 x 195-205) mm bound to 355 x 255 mm

Geographic Subject:

Mantua (Italy) -- History -- 16th century; Italy -- Mantua

Rights:

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

Notes:

Ms. codex.; Title supplied by cataloger.; Table of contents: 1. f.1r-5r: [Edict, 4 April 1587] / Gulielmus.; Table of contents: 2. f.6r-8v: [Edict, 25 October 1590] / Vincenzo.; Table of contents: 3. f.9r-13v: [Edict, 10 November 1594] / Vincentius.; Collation: Paper, i + 20 + i; 1²⁰; 1-13, [14-20] (14-20 blank); contemporary foliation in arabic numerals in ink and modern foliation in pencil, upper right recto. Catchwords on every page, lower right corner. Link to collation model at end of record.; Layout: Written in 20 long lines, with initials and section numbers in the left margin.; Script: Written in an Italian cancellaresca script, signed in a different hand by Matthaeus Gentilis, ducal chancellor (f. 4v-5r, 8r-8v, 13v).; Watermarks: Crown with countermark of IBC with 3-leaf clover above the B; flyleaves have 3 crescents above the word MEZZANA with countermark of the letter W topped with decorative flourishes.; Binding: Marbled paper over pasteboard.; Origin: Written in Mantua, dated 10 Nov. 1594 (f. 5r, 8v, 13v).; Italian, with some Latin.

Physical Location:

Kislak Center for Special Collections, Rare Books and Manuscripts, Manuscripts, Oversize LJS 346

Collection:

Lawrence J. Schoenberg Collection (University of Pennsylvania)