The slaveholder named Leonardo Cibo leases out an enslaved baptized Muslim woman named Cita, who is approximately 30 years of age, to a merchant named Niccolò Panigarola, for a term of five years and total payment of 58 Genoese lire.
The slaveholder named Nicolosia de Lo Paraso, who is the wife of the deceased Antonio de Campomorono, leases out an enslaved Russian woman named Maria, who is approximately 32 years of age, to a notary named Battista Stella, for a term of 10 years and total payment of 80 Genoese lire to be paid in income from shares of San Giorgio. The contract states that the term had begun over six months earlier, which suggests that Maria might have been leased on a trial basis or that the lease was entered into a personal account in March before being formalized by the notary in November.
The slaveholder named Lazzaro de Villanova out an enslaved Tatar woman named Marta, who is approximately 30 years of age, to a lawyer named Paolo Basadonna, for a term of five years and a total price of 40 Genoese lire. Lazzaro is represented in the contract by his brother Antonio de Villanova who serves as his procurator by the power of a contract enacted in Savona by the notary Bartolomeo de Zocco. The contract suggests that this is a sub-lease of the enslaved Marta who had orignally been leased to Lazzaro by Antonio Lomellini. The starting date of the lease was the 21st of February 1458.
The slaveholder named Lodisio de Rocheta leases out an enslaved Circassian woman named Margarita, who is approximately 27 years of age, to the nobleman named Girolamo Doria, for a term of 2 years and a total price of 40 Genoese lire. The principals waive all obligations and claims related to the health of the enslaved Margarita and the contract indicates that she is to serve as a wet nurse.
The slaveholder and physician named Antonio de Novis leases out an enslaved Greek woman named Margarita, who is approximately 18 years of age, to a nobleman named Soldano Cattaneo, for a term of 12 years and total payment of 100 Genoese lire. The enslaved Margarita is to be manumitted at the end of the term of service. Margarita is also absent during the transaction and represented by the enacting notary Tommaso Duracino.
The slaveholder and draper named Girolamo Calvo leases out an enslaved Russian woman named Caterina, who is approximately 18 years of age, to the merchant named Paolo de Promontorio, for a term of 2 years and total payment of 25 Genoese lire. The contract mentions that remuneration would be based on an earlier agreements between the two principal contractors. The contract also specifies that Caterina will be leased with her own clothes, money, and other goods. Furthermore, the contract states that Caterina cannot be subleased during the contract without the express permission of Girolamo under the penalty of 40 Genoese Florins.
The slaveholder and cutler named Tommaso Merello leases out an enslaved Bulgarian woman named Maria, who is approximately 25 years of age, to the tinsmith named Alegrino Gatto, for a term of 6 years and total payment of 50 Genoese lire. The contract states that the enslaved Maria cannot be subleased to anyone living outside the walls of Genoa.
The slaveholder named Margaritta de Marco leases out an enslaved Tatar woman named Lucia, who is approximately 30 years of age, to a silk merchant named Giovanni de Sancto Salvatore, for the purposes of being a wet nurse, for a term of one year at a total cost of 20 Genoese lire. The contract contains an option to extend the lease for another year. Margaritta is represented in the contract by her son Egidio Sacherio who serves as her procurator.
The slaveholder and cheesemaker named Michele de Turrilia leases out an enslaved Circassian woman Maddalena, who is approximately 25 years of age, to an apothecary named Agostino Botto, for a term of 1 year and total payment of 100 Genoese lire. Michele agrees to provide the enslaved Maddalena with shoes and clothing.
The slaveholder named Soldano Cattaneo leases out an enslaved Greek woman named Margarita, who is approximately 25 years of age, to a merchant named Raffaele de Marco, for a term of 11 years and total cost of 96 Genoese lire. This is a sublease of the enslaved Margarita, whom Soldano had received from Antonio de Novis the previous summer. At the end of the term of service Margarita is to be freed.
The slaveholder and apothecary named Michele de Turrilia leases out an enslaved Circassian woman named Maddalena, who is approximately 25 years of age, to the merchant named Antonio de Ferrari, for a term of 1 year at a total cost of 12 Genoese lire. Michele is absent at the transaction and is represented by the apothecary named Agostino Botto who had previously leased Maddalena from Michele.
The slaveholder and widow named Argentina Carrega leases out an enslaved Circassian man named Giorgio, who is approximately 25 years of age, to a certain Niccolò de Varixio, for a term of six years at a total cost of 60 Genoese lire. Argentina is represented in the sale by her brother Antonio Carrega who serves as her procurator.
The slaveholder and merchant named Tobia de Lazario leases out an enslaved Abkhazan woman Margarita, who is approximately 32 years of age, to the nobleman Costantino de Marini for a term of 3 years and total cost of 60 Genoese lire, for the purposes of wet nursing. Tobia is absent at the transaction and is represented by a certain Biaggio de Bargono who serves as his procurator.
The slaveholder named Giacomo de Mezano leases out an enslaved Russian woman named Maddalena, who is approximately 30 years of age, to a blacksmith named Giovanni de Ianato, for a term of nine years and a total price of 56 Genoese lire.
The slaveholder named Taddeo de Marini confesses to receiving the sum of 100 Genoese lire from a certain Lodisio Cattaneo. For this sum he cedes the rights over an enslaved Circassian woman named Maddalena, who is approximately 29 years of age, to a certain Lodisio de Castiliono. Maddalena had been leased to Taddeo by the cheesemaker Michele de Turrilia in December of 1462 for a term of one year and this transaction reflects a form of sub-lease.
The slaveholder named Niccolò Barbaro, a merchant from Venice, leases out an enslaved Circassian woman named Scaramuccia, who is approximately 24 years of age, to the Genoese merchants Pellegro and Francesco de Gradis, for a term of 2½ years and a total price of 17½ Genoese ducats. Niccolò is represented in the contract by his brother Giovanni who serves as his procurator and who presents a notarial contract enacted in Venice as proof. This contract is a sub-lease. The enslaved Scaramuccia had previously been leased to Niccolò and Giovanni Barbaro by the Milanese merchant named Venturino Borromeo on 22 November 1463.
The slaveholder named Isolta de Franchi leases out an enslaved Circassian woman named Elena, who is approximately 25 years of age, to a merchant named Marco Giustiniani, for a term of seventeen years and total payment of 170 Genoese lire. The enslaved Elena is to be manumitted at the end of the term of service. The principals waive all claims and guarantees regarding the health of Elena and the contract notes that she was exchanged about one year before this enactment. Isolta retains the right of patronage after the manumission. The contract also lists the following places where Marco agrees to uphold the conditions specified in the contract: Genoa, Savona, Lombardy, Milan, Nice, Pisa, Albenga, Florence, Venice, Rhodes, Chios, Pera, and Caffa. This indicates that Marco was likely an itinerant merchant who intended to bring Elena with him during his travels and that the principals wanted to ensure that the contract would remain in force across the Mediterranean.
