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Title

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

Authors

• Bragadin family

Other related names

• Jastrow, Morris, 1861-1921, former owner

Call number

Ms. Codex 246
(3420 Walnut Street, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19104-6206., University of Pennsylvania, Kislak Center for Special Collections, Rare Books and Manuscripts)

Alternate identifiers

• bibid: 9924864473503681
• http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/63613493
• http://hdl.library.upenn.edu/1017/d/medren/2486447

Publisher

University of Pennsylvania

Language

Italian, with some Latin, most frequently for the openings and closings of documents

Origin

Date

1540-1565

Place

Italy

Summary

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.

Notes

• Ms. codex.
   
• Title supplied by cataloger (Zacour-Hirsch).
   
• Some smudges and stains. Some passages have been underlined and marked with orange pencil.
   

Extent

44 leaves : 235 x 165 (178-183 x 115) mm. bound to 239 x 170 mm

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.

Support

Parchment

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.

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).

Script

Written in italic and cursive scripts by multiple hands.

Provenance

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

Subjects topical

• Inheritance and succession--Italy
• Real property--Italy--16th century

Genres

• Codices
• Agreements
• Estate records
• Financial records
• Notarial documents
• Manuscripts, Italian--16th century
• Manuscripts, Renaissance

Keywords

• 16th century
• Financial records
• Italian
• Italy

Licenses

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Decorations

• fol. 1r — Decorated initial, Initial I, f. 1r
• fol. 1r — Manicule, f. 1r
• fol. 4r — Manicule, f. 4r
• fol. 6r — Manicule, f. 6r
• fol. 8v — Notarial signet, f. 8v
• fol. 9v — Notarial signet, f. 9v
• fol. 10r — Decorated initial, Initial I, f. 10r
• fol. 12v — Notarial signet, f. 12v
• fol. 13r — Notarial signet, f. 13r
• fol. 15r — Manicule, f. 15r
• fol. 24r — Notarial signet, f. 24r
• fol. 27r — Notarial signet, f. 27r
• fol. 27r — Decorated initial, Initial I, f. 27r
• fol. 28v — Notarial signet, f. 28v