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Title

Capitoli matrimoniali tra l'eccellentissima signora Dama Marianna Alliata ... e l'eccellentissimo signore Don Baldassare Naselli e Morso, principe di Poggioreale

Authors

• Filippone, Carlo

Call number

Ms. Codex 1579
(Philadelphia, University of Pennsylvania, Rare Book & Manuscript Library)

Alternate identifiers

• bibid: 9948383683503681
• http://hdl.library.upenn.edu/1017/d/medren/4838368

Publisher

The University of Pennsylvania Libraries

Language

Italian, with a few passages in Latin

Origin

Date

1763

Place

Sicily

Summary

Copy of the prenuptial agreement (capitoli matrimoniali) entered into by Marianna Alliata, daughter of Domenico Alliata, prince of Villafranca and duke of Saponara, and Baldassare Naselli e Morso, prince of Poggioreale and son of Luigi Naselli, prince of Aragon, before their wedding in August, 1763. Because both parties were the heirs of substantial estates, including large portions of land and real property, as well as titles of nobility and privileges, the two families meticulously drafted the document to regulate matters preceding the wedding (such as Marianna's rich dowry, whose yearly installments followed a strict schedule and a set of compensatory measures should the bride's father fail to comply) and every possible outcome of the union itself (including separation, death of either spouse, offspring etc.). The document also contains the names of the numerous witnesses who were present when the agreement was made public (f. 37v-38r), as well as a brief passage, written in Latin (f. 38r-39v), in which the notary Carlo Filippone, guarantees the authenticity of the information provided.

Notes

• Ms. codex.
   
• Title from caption title (f. 1r).
   
• Forms part of: Villafiorita Ducal Records.
   

Watermark

Unidentified watermark containing 3 flowers and a crown.

Extent

39 leaves : 304 x 212 (245 x 105) mm. bound to 311 x 218 mm

Foliation

Paper, v (paper) + 39 + iv (paper); modern foliation in pencil, upper right recto.

Support

Paper

Binding

Contemporary leather with gilt stamped borders and center floral ornament on both covers; gilt stamped spine; gilt edges; remnants of two pairs of ribbon ties.

Layout

Written in one column of 21-26 lines.

Script

Written in a cursive script by a single hand, with some contemporary notes and marginalia in a second hand.

Provenance

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

Subjects topical

• Dowry--Italy
• Marriage law--Italy
• Marriage--Italy--Sicily
• Real property--Italy--Sicily--18th century

Genres

• Codices
• Agreements
• Legal documents
• Notarial documents
• Manuscripts, Italian--18th century
• Manuscripts, Latin--18th century
• Manuscripts, European

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