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MEDIEVAL NOTARY MANUSCRIPT ON VELLUM, Verona, 9 June 1428.A scroll of...
MEDIEVAL NOTARY MANUSCRIPT ON VELLUM, Verona, 9 June 1428.
A scroll of parchment (63,5x24 cm), written in sepia ink by a very elegant 15th century cursive writing.Text in Latin.
5-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 Antonius Santus Bonvicini from Gusolengo Gardesane (now Bussolengo, near Garda Lake).
An agreement concerning the sale of some grassland and wood land in the area of Galgagnago (now Gargagnago) in Valpolicella (the renowned area of Verona wine).
The seller is Pietro de Catafloribus, from the contrada (a city quarter) of San Matteo, and the buyers are the two brothers (both notaries) Galvano and Danesio de Buri (sons of Guarnerio de Buri) from the contrada called Pigna (so they moved from Santo Stefano to this new quarter, see previous lot 152).
The agreed price was 300 Ducats auri boni et iusti ponderis («pure gold and of proper weight») and 33 soldi veronesi.
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).