The slaveholder named Paolo Adorno manumits an enslaved Circassian man named Giorgino, who is approximately 25 years of age, under the condition that work as a servant for a certain Giuliano de Finario for a term of one year. Giuliano also pays Paolo 45 ducats of Chios.
The slaveholder named Benedetto Salvago manumits an enslaved Tatar man named Giorgio, who is approximately 35 years of age, whom he had purchased in a public auction from the testamentary trustees of another Benedetto Salvago (deceased).
The slaveholder named Raffaele de Sigestro manumits an enslaved Ruthenian woman named Lucia, who is approximately 45 years of age, under the condition that she serves the family of Raffaele for an additional year.
The slaveholder and lawyer named Stefano Lercari manumits an enslaved Abkhazan woman named Caterina, who is approximately 18 years of age, under the condition that she continues to serve Stefano for an additional ten years.
The slaveholder named Giovanni de Sigestro manumits an enslaved Tatar woman named Maria, who is approximately 27 years of age. The manumission was conducted in order that Giovanni and Maria get married.
The slaveholder named Giovanni Cattaneo manumits an enslaved Tatar woman named Marta, who is approximately 35 years of age. Marta agrees to serve Giovanni and his family in their home for the next four years, without salary, but she will be provided with food and clothing. Giovanni retains the right of patronage. Giovanni makes the manumission in his role of exectuor of the testament of his father Borruele which had been enacted by the notary Branca Bagnara. The enslaved Marta was present during the manumission and was represented by the enacting notary Tommaso Duracino. The contract was extracted.
The slaveholder named Chiara Gentile manumits an enslaved Abkhazan woman named Melica, who is approximately 38 years of age, with the condition that the enslaved Melica works as a household servant for Chiara for the next three years. Melica retains the right of patronage. The enslaved Melica was represented in the manumission by the enacting notary Tommaso Duracino. The contract was extracted.
The brothers Pietro and Antonio de Cassina manumit an enslaved Tatar woman named Maria, who is approximately 45 years of age. There are no conditions to the manumission, but the brothers retain the right of patronage. The contract was extracted.
The slaveholder named Domenico Pinelli manumits an enslaved Circassian man named Giacomo Dentuto, who is approximately 38 years of age. This is a rare case in which an enslaved person has the surname of their holder, in this case, the former surname of Domenico Pinelli, indicating their entry into the albergo as a famulus. Domenico retains the right of patronage.
The slaveholder named Selvagio Salvago manumits an enslaved man from Samgrelo named Giorgio Salvago, who is approximately 25 years of age. The enslaved Giorgio had been held by the deceased father of Selvagio named Battista Salvago and inherited by Selvagio as his universal heir. Selvagio was a minor at the time of the manumission and is represented in the manumission by his fiduciaries Accellino and Pietro Salvago. This is a rare case in which an enslaved person has the surname of their holder indicating their entry into the albergo as a famulus. Selvagio and his fiduciaries retain the right of patronage.
The slaveholder named Battista Cibo leases out an enslaved Ruthenian woman named Elena, who is approximately 34 years of age, to the merchant named Ansaldo Giustiniani, for a term of 7 years at a total price of 70 Genoese lire. Battista also mandates the manumission of Elena at the end of the term. The contract notes that the term of service had started on 1 February 1469.
The slaveholder and merchant named Agostino Lazania leases out an enslaved Circassian woman named Maria, who is approximately 29 years of age, to a widow named Andreola Spinola, for a term of 7 years at a total cost of 70 Genoese lire. The contract stipulates that 10 lire from the 70 lire payment is marked for clothing for the enslaved Maria. The enslaved Maria will be manumitted for manumission once Maria provides Agostino the cost for extracting the notarial contract which has been written by the notary Matteo Riccio.
The slaveholder and Catalan merchant named Galcerán Adret, who is resident in Genoa, manumits an enslaved Russian woman named Lucia, who is approximately 25 years of age. There are no conditions attached to the manumission.
The slaveholder named Luciano Ittaliano frees an enslaved Abkhazan woman named Margarita, who is approximately 36 years of age. The belt maker named Antonio de Castellana paid the sum of 140 Genoese lire to Luciano for the manumission. Luciano pays 100 lire immediately and promises to pay the remaining 40 lire at a future date as contracted in item 275 from this filza. The contract also states that Antonio has fathered several children with the enslaved Margarita. Isabealla Ittaliano, the wife of Luciano, also renounces any claims over the enslaved Margarita. The contract was extracted.
The slaveholder named Damiano Cattaneo manumits an enslaved Greek woman named Maria, who is approximately 30 years of age. Maria agrees to serve the family of Damiano for three years with no salary as a condition of manumission. Maria is present during the manumission and is represented by the enacting notary Tommaso Duracino. Damiano and his heirs retain the right of patronage.
The slaveholder named Giovanni de Stanchino, from the commune of Moneglia, leases out an enslaved Hungarian woman named Melica, who is approximately 30 years of age, to a certain Pietro Ambrogio Carrega, for a term of 15 years and a total payment of 125 Genoese lire. She is to be liberated at the end of the term. The contract represents the ratification of the transfer of Melica by Filippo Cassana, serving as the procurator of Giovanni, to Pietro Ambrogio, a few months earlier on 1 December 1473. The contract also specifies that Melica cannot be subleased to the heirs of Battista de Franchi nor a certain Filippo de Caneto.
The slaveholder and barber named Simone Cantalupo manumits an enslaved Russian woman named Giacobina, who is approximately 36 years of age. The formerly enslaved Giacobina agrees to work as a household servant without salary in the household of Leonardo di Negro for a term of two years and also agrees to pay the sum of 60 Genoese lire to Simone within four years, both conditions of the manumission. The contract was extracted.
The shoemaker and slaveholder named Pagano de Abbatibus manumits an enslaved Circassian woman named Caterina, who is approximately 38 years of age. Caterina was present during the manumission and represented by the enacting notary Tommaso Duracino. Pagano retains the right of patronage. The contract was extracted.
The slaveholder and banker named Teramo Centurione leases out an enslaved Ruthenian child, who was born in Barcelona and named Micaela, and who is approximately 16 years of age, to Paolo de Puteobonello, for a term of 6 years and total payment of for 72 Genoese lire. Paolo is represented in the transaction by the Milanese citizen Antonio de Parabiago who serves as his procurator by the power of a contract enacted by the notary Paolo de Odino. The enslaved Micaela was present during the transaction and represented by the enacting notary Tommaso Duracino. The contract states that should Paolo enter into marriage with Micaela during the period of the lease then she is to be manumitted. Teramo retains the right of patronage after any manumission. The contract was twice extracted.
The slaveholders and brothers named Tommaso, Lazzaro, Gaspare, and Domenico Grimaldi lease out an enslaved Ruthenian woman named Margarita, who is approximately 38 years of age, to a certain Lorenzo Cacia, for a term of 10 years and total payment of 120 Genoese lire. The enslaved Caterina was declared as part of the inheritance of the brothers and had been held by their now deceased father Domenico Grimaldi. Tommaso Grimaldi represents his brothers (who are absent) in the transaction and the enacting notary Tommaso Duracino represents the absent Margarita. The contract mandates that Margarita will be manumitted at the end of the term of service with Tommaso retaining the right of patronage. The contract was twice extracted.
The slaveholder and clothing reseller named Anechino de Bruges manumits an enslaved Circassian woman named Agnese de Bruges, who is approximately 30 years of age. The enslaved Agenese was in Avignon during the manumission and was represented by the enacting notary Tommaso Duracino. Anechino retains the right of patronage. The contract was extracted.
