[Records of agreements between members of the Bragadin family, regarding property and obligations].

Abstract:

Contains information on finances, divisions of estates (divisio bonorum), and other related matters. Includes a list and valuation of real estate properties. Geographical references in the manuscript are to Venice, Verona, and Padua in the Veneto, and to Mantua and Bergamo in Lombardy. Many documents conclude with notarial signets (f. 8v, 9v, 12v, 24r, 27r and 28v). A later table of contents is written on the front endleaf.

Creator:

Bragadin family.

Timespan:

Italy.; Venice (Italy) -- 1508-1797.; Venice (Italy)

Date:

1540

Identifier:

9924864473503681; (OCoLC)ocn155964060; (OCoLC)155964060; (CStRLIN)PAUR95-A306; (PU)2486447-penndb-Voyager

Language:

Italian; Latin

Provenance:

Formerly owned by Morris Jastrow; gift from his estate (bookplate, inside upper cover), 1921 (label, inside lower cover).

Publisher:

[Italy], 1540-1565.

Subject:

Inheritance and succession -- Italy.; Inheritance and succession.; Real property -- Italy -- 16th century.; Real property.; Codices.; Agreements.; Manuscripts, Renaissance.; Financial records.; Notarial documents.; Manuscripts, Italian.; Estate records.

Form/Genre:

Manuscripts

Physical Description:

44 leaves : parchment, illustrations; 235 x 165 (178-183 x 115) mm bound to 239 x 170 mm

Personal Name:

Jastrow, Morris, Jr., 1861-1921, former owner.

Rights:

https://rightsstatements.org/page/NoC-US/1.0/?

Notes:

Ms. codex.; Some smudges and stains. Some passages have been underlined and marked with orange pencil.; Title supplied by cataloger (Zacour-Hirsch).; Collation: Parchment, i (contemporary paper) + 42 + i (contemporary paper); [i], 1¹⁰, 2¹², 3¹², 4⁸, [i]; 1-32, [33-42]; contemporary foliation in ink, upper right recto; modern foliation in pencil, upper right recto. The front and back endleaves are formed by a paper bifolium wrapped around the manuscript before it was bound.; Layout: Written in 26-28 long lines; frame-ruled in ink (text block in horizontal lines, f. 1-9; in a grid, f. 10-42).; Origin: Written in northern Italy, from 27 January 1540 (f. 1r) to 5 October 1565 (f. 38r), with some additions and emendations that appear to be slightly later in date.; Binding: Contemporary vellum, with inscriptions including the name Pauli Bragadino, the word Divisio, and possibly the date 1565; top stitching loose; cover torn and pulling away from the stitching at the top part of the spine.; Script: Written in italic and cursive scripts by multiple hands.; Italian, with some Latin, most frequently for the openings and closings of documents.

Physical Location:

Ms. Codex 246