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Copies of three legal actions, 1393.

Kislak Center for Special Collections - Manuscripts Ms. Coll. 764 Item 40
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Format:
Manuscript
Language:
Latin
Subjects (All):
Spini, Antonio.
Baldi, Filippo.
Uzzano, Angelo da.
Giovanni, Angelo di.
Civil law--Italy.
Civil law.
Debt.
Trials.
Italy.
Trials--Italy.
Debt--Italy--Florence.
Florence (Italy)--History--14th century.
Florence (Italy).
Italy--Florence.
Genre:
notarial documents
legal documents
receipts (financial records)
scrolls (information artifacts)
Manuscripts, Renaissance.
Penn Provenance:
Sold by Renzo Rizzi (Milan).
Physical Description:
1 item (3 membranes) : parchment
Contained In:
Samminiati Records. Item 40
Place of Publication:
1393.
Language Note:
In Latin.
Summary:
Long rolled document containing copies of three sets of legal actions. The first set of actions, dated 12 June 1393, describes the order by Florentine nobleman Antonio Spini for legal officer Filippo Baldi to sue Angelo da Uzzano and Angelo di Giovanni, for an unpaid debt contracted in 1388. The second set of actions, dated 13 June 1393, contains a verdict that condemns Angelo di Giovanni to pay his part of the debt. The third set, dated 14 June 1393, includes the last actions of the trial, when Angelo da Uzzano, too, was sentenced to pay his share of the debt, as well as a receipt stating that he had fulfilled his obligations.
Notes:
Long rolled document shelved at the end of the collection.
Cited in:
From collection described in Zacour, Norman P. and Hirsch, Rudolf. Catalogue of Manuscripts in the Libraries of the University of Pennsylvania to 1800 (Philadelphia: University of Pennsylvania Press, 1965), p. 228 (Ms. Lea 398).
OCLC:
729726353

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