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MEDIEVAL NOTARY MANUSCRIPT ON VELLUM, Verona, 11 January 1421.A scroll of...
MEDIEVAL NOTARY MANUSCRIPT ON VELLUM, Verona, 11 January 1421.
A scroll of parchment (54x25 cm), written in sepia ink by a neat 15th century cursive handwriting. Text in Latin.
7-lines capital I drawn in pen at the beginning of the document. At the upper left corner of the page, the signum tabellionis of the notary Bartolomeo Maticiani.
An agreement concerning the sale of a land with olive groves and orchards in the area of Verona.
The seller is Leonardo del Cora, from the contrada (a city quarter) of San Giorgio, and the buyers are the two brothers (both notaries) Galvano and Danesio de Buri from the contrada of Santo Stefano. The land was paid 200 Ducats.
The Buri family was very influential in Verona. The friar Fino de' Buri was prior of the Augustinian monastery of Santa Eufemia in 1262. In 1405 Galvano Buri, ascribed to the Noble Council of Verona, was one of the leaders of the College of Notaries. The descendants of Galvano obtained by the Venetians the title of count, with jurisdiction over the town of Villa Bartolommea, Lazise and San Bonifacio. The family also owned other properties in Verona and in its province. With the permission of the Venetians who ruled the Verona region, the Buri family built the villa near the Adige (still existing) that bears their name (Villa Bernini Buri).