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A brief explanation of the office of notary and the purpose of notarial documents (f. 1r), followed by transcriptions of deeds and acts arranged in subject order as examples for a notary drawing up a document. The numbering of books corresponding to subjects is frequently in error, and the manuscript was probably compiled for personal use by the notary Contarini (or Conticini). Subjects include loans, sale contracts, dowries, wills, confessions, and evidence. Deeds added at the end (f. 37v-40v) may be in multiple hands. A marginal note in a later hand is dated 1301 (f. 9r).
Support: parchment; Extent: 40 leaves : 154 x 110 (115 x 69) mm. bound to 161 x 121 mm; Collation: Parchment, ii (19th-century parchment) + 40 + ii (19th-century parchment); 1-5⁸.
Written in 25 long lines, with the first line of text above the line; ruled in lead; prickings visible on most leaves.
Written in Gothic script.
Small drawings in red ink of a bird (f. 27r) and a lion (f. 40v); sketch in black ink of an animal, perhaps a dragon (f. 9v); large initial in red ink with color wash and penwork (f. 1r); 2- and 3-line initials and chapter headings in red throughout.
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Ms. codex.
Title from caption title (f. 1r).
These are pages that we pulled aside that disrupted the flow of the manuscript reader. These may be bindings, inserts, bookmarks, and various other oddities.
Padua
Written in Padua between 1227 (earliest dated deed recorded in manuscript, f. 2r) and 1237 (beginning of tenure of Ezzolino da Romano, who does not appear in the manuscript, as podestà of Padua)
19th-century Italian gold-tooled diced leather.
Latin
Sold at auction at Gabus (Bevaix, Switzerland), 11 Dec. 1989, lot 5253; handled by Sam Fogg (London) at some point between Gabus and Kraus.
Appears in H. P. Kraus's catalog 188 (1991), no. 6, and 199 (1995), no. 112; sold by H. P. Kraus to Lawrence J. Schoenberg, Sept. 1996 (bookplate inside upper cover).
Gift of Lawrence J. Schoenberg and Barbara Brizdle, 2011.
Padua
Written in Padua between 1227 (earliest dated deed recorded in manuscript, f. 2r) and 1237 (beginning of tenure of Ezzolino da Romano, who does not appear in the manuscript, as podestà of Padua)
Latin
Sold at auction at Gabus
Appears in H. P. Kraus's catalog 188
Gift of Lawrence J. Schoenberg and Barbara Brizdle, 2011.
A brief explanation of the office of notary and the purpose of notarial documents (f. 1r), followed by transcriptions of deeds and acts arranged in subject order as examples for a notary drawing up a document. The numbering of books corresponding to subjects is frequently in error, and the manuscript was probably compiled for personal use by the notary Contarini (or Conticini). Subjects include loans, sale contracts, dowries, wills, confessions, and evidence. Deeds added at the end (f. 37v-40v) may be in multiple hands. A marginal note in a later hand is dated 1301 (f. 9r).
Ms. codex.
Title from caption title (f. 1r).
Written in Gothic script.
Small drawings in red ink of a bird (f. 27r) and a lion (f. 40v); sketch in black ink of an animal, perhaps a dragon (f. 9v); large initial in red ink with color wash and penwork (f. 1r); 2- and 3-line initials and chapter headings in red throughout.
For a full list of Decorations in this manuscript please see the Content and Decorations section by clicking on the [i] button in the top left corner of the image viewer above.
These are pages that we pulled aside that disrupted the flow of the manuscript reader. These may be bindings, inserts, bookmarks, and various other oddities.
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