Tommaso Duracino, filza 1, series I, nr. 34
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 house inhabited by Giovanni Cattaneo
Tommaso Duracino, filza 1, series II, nr. 52
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 house inhabited by the glassmaker Lanzarotto de Bederio
Andreolo Caito, register 1, volume II, 1370, fol. 158v
The slaveholder and swordsmith named Pietro de Vernacia sells an enslaved Tatar woman named Giacobina, who is approximately 28 years of age, to a certain Antonio Morigia, from Milan, for 30 Genoese lire. Pietro was declared to be of the age of majority by his father Oberto, who was present during the transaction. The contract states that the enslaved Giacobina is to be manumitted after six years of service, essentially rendering the contract a six-year lease. If at any time during the six years of service the enslaved Giacobina engages in sexual relations with Gregorio de Vernacia, the brother of Pietro, then the manumission will be declared void.
Antonio Pastorino, filza 10, series II, nr. 368
The slaveholder named Bartolomeo Roisecco leases out an enslaved baptized Jewish child named Margarita, who is approximately 15 years of age, to a jeweller named Pellegro de Poliasca for a term of 12 years and total payment of 24 Genoese ducats. Bartolomeo also mandates that Margarita is manumitted at the end of the term of service with Bartolomeo renouncing the right of patronage. Margarita was absent during the transaction and was represented by the enacting notary Antonio Pastorino.
The workplace of the notary Antonio Pistarino
Venditio sclave per annis septem et manumissio
The slaveholder named Antonio de Sale leases out an enslaved baptized Muslim named Giovanni, who is approximately 25 years of age, to a certain Raffaele de Reynero, for a term of 7 years and total payment of 20 Genoese ducats. The receiver waives all claims related to the health of the enslaved Giovanni. Antonio mandates that Giovanni will be manumitted at the end of the term of service and that he retains the right of patronage.
The workplace of the collectors of the grain tax
Branca Bagnara, register 4, 1429–1431, fol. 280r–v
The slaveholder and paper-maker named Basilio Axinela manumits an enslaved woman from Samgrelo named Elena, who is approximately 24 years of age. Basilio retains the right of patronage. Elena was absent during the manumission and was represented by the enacting notrary Branca Bagnara. The contract was extracted.
The workplace of the notary Branca Bagnara
Approximate location of the home of the slaveholder Battista Axinela and the enslaved Elena
workplace of Branca Bagnara, where the manumission was enacted
Samgrelo region of Georgia, origin of the enslaved Elena
Lorenzo Costa, filza 7, series I, nr. 358
The slaveholder named Brancaleone Doria sells an enslaved Hungarian woman named Maria, who is approximately 35 years of age, to a commercial agent named Tommaso Frugone for 50 Genoese lire. Maria is to be freed after seven years of service. The contract also mentions that Maria also comes with her own clothing and that she is pregnant at the time of sale, and that if she should pass away as a result of her pregnancy, then the sale would be cancelled and the monetary payment returned.
Niccolò de Coronato Pallavicini, filza 6, nr. 245
The slaveholder and blacksmith named Illario de Croce leases out an enslaved Turkish woman named Maria, who is approximately 33 years of age, to a silk merchant named Davide de Iordanis, for a term of seven years and total payment of 125 Genoese lire. At the end of her service she is to be freed.
The house inhabited by the archbishop of Genoa
Oberto Foglietta, filza 5, series I, nr. 104
The slaveholder and notary named Silvestro Brignole leases out an enslaved Ruthenian woman named Maria, who is approximately 30 years of age, to the wool merchant named Girolamo de Iugo, for 80 Genoese lire. A certain Simone de Padua provides 50 Genoese lire towards the lease and Luca di Negro provides the remaining 30 lire. The contract notes that the enslaved Maria had been previously leased to Luca. Maria is to be freed after a term of eight years with Silvestro retaining the right of patronage.
Andrea Medianotte, filza 1, series I, nr. 85
The slaveholder named Domenico Merello leases out an enslaved Circassian woman named Caterina, who is approximately 24 years of age, to the man named Agostino Gropallo, for a term of 10 years and total payment of 60 Genoese lire. At the end of the contract she is to be manumitted.
Antonio Fazio, filza 13, series I, nr. 203
The slaveholder and merchant named Cristoforo de Fornari leases out an enslaved Ruthenian man named Giacobino, who is approximately 20 years of age, to a certain Illario Squarciafico, for a term of 7 years and total payment of 80 Genoese lire. Giacobino is absent during the transaction and is represented by the enacting notary Antonio de Facio. At the end of the term the enslaved Giacobino is to be manumitted with Cristoforo retaining the right of patronage.
The bank of Niccolò Spinola and associates
The workplace of the notary Antonio de Facio
Antonio Fazio, filza 13, series II, nr. 257
The slaveholder named Matteo de Davania leases out an enslaved Russian woman named Maria, who is approximately 30 years of age, to a certain Battista Costa, for a term of 8 years and total payment of 100 Genoese lire. At the completion of the contract Maria is to be freed.
Antonio Fazio, filza 14, series I, nr. 65
The slaveholder and cheesemaker named Giovanni de Davania leases out an enslaved Russian woman named Marta, who is approximately 28 years of age, to a notary named Pietro Grasso, for a term of 5 years and a total payment of 100 Genoese lire. Part of the payment is made from the account of the brothers Giovanni and Otto de Cazerio. The contract manumits Marta at the end of the term of service.
The bank of Cristoforo de Bozzolo and associates
Antonio Fazio, filza 20, series II, nr. 45
The slaveholder named Inoffio Sauli leases out an enslaved Bulgarian child named Anastasia, who is approximately 16 years of age, to the nobleman named Giovanni Antonio Spinola, for a term of 8 years and total payment of 65 Venetian ducats. At the end of the contract Anastasia is to be manumitted.
The slaveholder named Bartolomeo Campofregoso leases out an enslaved Abkhazan woman named Lucia, who is approximately 36 years of age, to a banker named Antonio Calvo, for a term of 6 years and total payment of 44 Genoese lire. At the end of the contract she is to be freed.
The slaveholder named Raffaele Salvago leases out an enslaved Russian woman named Marta, who is approximately 45 years of age, to a nobleman named Stefano Spinola, for a term of 7 years and total payment of 70 Genoese lire. Raffaele also mandates that Marta is liberated after the term of service.
The slaveholder named Luchina Spinola leases out an enslaved Abkhazan woman named Maria, who is approximately 22 years of age, to the noblewoman named Teodorina Spinola, for a term of 20 years and total payment of 225 Genoese lire. Luchina also mandates that Maria is manumitted after the end of the term of service.
The formerly enslaved Greek woman named Elena enters into the service a certain Francesco Lomellini for a term of ten years. The enslaved Elena had previously been manumitted by a certain Niccolò Piccaluga with an agreement that she serve a certain Antonio de Natino for a term of fifteen years (in a contract enacted on 26 February of the same year) as a condition of manumission. This contract represents an instance of a sublease, for which Niccolò and Antonio are present and give their consent, and for which Francesco pays Antonio the sum of 71 Genoese lire. The remaining five years on the contract are remitted in favour of Elena. Elena is present during the enactment and is represented by the enacting notary Antonio Pistarino.
Giovanni de Benedetti, filza 3, item dated 1487-02-14
The workshop of the silk merchants Agostino and Giovanni Battista de Opicello
The slaveholder named Benedetto de Passano leases out an enslaved Albanian woman named Calì to the silk merchant named Paolo Salucio, for a term of 10 years and total payment of 100 Genoese lire. Benedetto mandates that Calì is manumitted at the end of the term of the lease.
The slaveholder named Francesco Grimaldi leases out an enslaved baptized Muslim named Giorgino, who is approximately 30 years of age, to a shoemaker named Gabriele de Pinu, for a term of 4 years and a total payment 100 Genoese lire. Francesco mandates that Giorgino is manumitted at the end of the lease.
Bartolomeo Risso, filza 1, series I, nr. 108
The slaveholder named Maria Spinola leases out an enslaved Wallachian woman named Anna, who is approximately 30 years of age, to a certain Raimondo Aimario, for a term of 3 years and total cost of 25 Genoese lire. At the end of the contract she is to be freed (by manumission). Maria is represented in the transaction by Leonello de Marini, who serves as her procurator.
The bank of Girolamo Lercari and associates
The house inhabited by the lawyer Niccolò de Nicolao
Bartolomeo Risso, filza 1, series III, nr. 92
The slaveholder and merchant from Catalonia named Bernardo Dala leases out an enslaved Circassian woman named Agnese, who is approximately 22 years of age, to the merchant named Franco Giustiniani, for a term of two years and a total cost of 40 Genoese lire, for the purpose of being a wet nurse. The contract notes that the enslaved Agnese had initially been leased by Lazzaro de Feliziano to Agostino de Ripalta for a term of ten years, and then subsequently subleased by Agostino to Bernardo for a term of approximately nine years. The current contract shortens the initial ten year period by approximately 5 years after which Agnese is mandated for manumission. Franco makes the 40 lire payment with the understanding he Franco must use the money to invest in part of a single share (locum) of San Giorgio to be registered in the name of Agnese. The contract was extracted.
Giovanni Brignole, contract enacted 1447-05-05
Antonio Fazio, filza 13, series I, nr. 165
The neighbourhood (contrada) of the Giustiniani albergo
Bartolomeo Risso, filza 2, series II, nr. 353 (formerly nr. 348)
The slaveholder named Illario Grillo leases out an enslaved Abkhazian woman named Maria, who is approximately 35 years old, to a banker named Niccolò de Fornari, for a term of 12 years and total payment of 100 Genoese lire. The contract notes that the term of service had begun on 15 September 1452. The principals in the contract waive all guarantees and claims related to the health of the enslaved Maria. Maria is to be manumitted at the end of the lease with Illario retaining the right of patronage. The contract was extracted.
Bartolomeo Risso, filza 4, series II, nr. 99
The slaveholder named Antonio Usodimare leases out an enslaved Circassian woman named Lucia, who is approximately 21 years of age, to a certain Gil Rois, a merchant from Catalonia, for a term of 3 years at a total cost of 30 Genoese lire. An earlier contract enacted in Caffa by the notary Gabriele Botario on 15 July 1455 notes that the enslaved Lucia had promised to serve in the household of Antonio for five years after which she would have been freed, and the contract notes that there remains four years, two months, and four days remaining on that term. This is essentially a sub-lease of the term of service of the formerly enslaved Lucia. The contract also states that Lucia may not leave the city of Genoa during the three-year term and after the end of this term she will be manumitted. The contract was extracted.
Bartolomeo Risso, filza 5, series I, nr. 332
The slaveholder named Maria de Mari, spouse of the deceased Demetrio Vivaldi, leases out an enslaved woman named Maddalena to the nobleman named Federico Centurione, for a term of 4 years at a total cost of 70 Genoese lire, for the purposes of serving as a wet nurse. The transactors waive all guarantees and claims related to the health of the enslaved Maddalena. Maria mandates that Maddalena is manumitted at the end of the term of lease and she retains the right of patronage after the manumission. Federico is absent during the transaction and is represented by the enacting notary Bartolomeo Riccio. The contract was extracted.
The slaveholder named Ambrogio Garetto leases out an enslaved Russian woman named Maddalena, who is approximately 25 years of age, to a certain Domenigina de Finario, for a term of 7 years and a total payment of 90 Genoese lire. The principals waive any and all guarantees and claims related to the health of the enslaved Maddalena. Ambrogio also mandates that Maddalena is to be manumitted after the term of service. Domenigina is absent during the transaction and is represented by the silk merchant Bartolomeo de Ligioriis, who serves as her procurator.
Battista Muffola, filza 1, series I, nr. 266
The slaveholder named Illario Squarciafico leases out the enslaved Bosnian woman named Melica, who is approximately 34 years of age, to the banker named Tommaso Gentile, for a term of 8 years and total payment of 80 Genoese lire. Illario mandates that Melica is manumitted at the completion of the term.
Branca Bagnara, filza 5, series II, nr. 53
The slaveholder and carpenter named Oberto de Sancta Agnete leases out an enslaved child named Luchina, who is approximately 14 years of age, to a wool merchant named Andrea de Petra, for a term of 8 years and total cost of 31 Genoese lire. The lease of Luchina functions as a partial debt settlement for the earlier sale of another enslaved woman named Margarita by Andrea to Oberto for 130 Genoese lire, and as such, the 31 lire amount for the lease is immediately set off against the unpaid balance related to the sale of Margarita. The enslaved Luchina is to be manumitted at the end of the term of service. The contract was extracted.
Cristoforo de Revellino, register 18, 1401, fol. 128r
The slaveholder named Perrino Gentile leases out an enslaved woman named Caterina to a merchant named Cosmo Tarigo, for a term of 5 years and total cost of 45 Genoese lire. Perrino mandates the manumission of Caterina at the end of the term.
The sisters of the monastery of Santo Sepolcro di Sampierdarena lease out an enslaved Abkhazian woman named Lucia, who is approximately 25 years of age, to a certain Bartolomeo Doria, for a term of 13 years at a total cost of 130 Genoese lire. She is to be freed at the end of the contract.
The Monastery of Santa Maria di San Sepolcro in Sampierdarena
Remains of the cloisters of the Santa Maria di San Sepolcro
The merchant named Melchiorre de Gradis leases out an enslaved Circassian woman named Cali, who is approximately 24 years of age, to the merchant named Colombino de Campis, from Bobbio, for a term of 11 years and total price of 125 Genoese lire to be paid annually. The term of the lease had already a few months earlier started in June of 1434. Melchiorre mandates the manumission of Cali the end of the term of service, and if Cali is able to pay Columbino the equivalent of the remaining lease amount, she can gain her freedom earlier.
Giovanni Battista Parisola, filza 12, nr. 229
The slaveholder named Giacomo de Plebe leases out an enslaved Abkhazan woman named Caterina, who is approximately 25 years of age, to a merchant named Bartolomeo de Franchi, for a term of 6 years and total payment of 60 Genoese lire. The contract notes that the enslaved Caterina has her own clothing which is being held by a notary named Christoforo de Rapallo. Giacomo mandates the manumission of the enslaved Catarina after the term of the contract. The contract specifically notes that Caterina may be subleased during the term of the contract, but only if Giacomo is given the option to first take her back, and if not, that the proportional amount for the remaining time Catarina would have served is remitted to Giacomo.
The workplace of the notary Giovanni Battista Parisola
Giovanni Danove, filza 2, series I, nr. 578
The slaveholder named Francesco Maruffo leases out an enslaved Circassian woman named Lucia, who is approximately 24 years of age, to a banker named Giovanni Battista Grimaldi, for a term of 8 years and total payment of 90 Genoese lire. At the end of the term Lucia is to be manumitted.
The bank of Merualdo and Giovanni Battista Grimaldi
The slaveholder named Argentina de Fravega leases out an enslaved woman named Cristina, who is approximately 26 years of age, to a carpenter named Giorgio de Rocha, for a term of 5 years and a price of 10 Genoese lire per year. At the end of the contract she is to be freed.
Giovanni Valdettaro, filza 1, series I, nr. 10
The slaveholder and merchant named Ambrosio Palmario leases out an enslaved Russian woman named Lucia to a merchant named Giovanni de Demetrio, for a term of 20 years and a total payment of 120 Genoese lire. At the end of the contract she is to be freed.
The house inhabited by Ambrogio Palmario
Giovanni Valdettaro, filza 1, series II, nr. 30
The slaveholder named Battista de Monsia leases out an enslaved Bulgarian woman named Lucia, who is 24 years of age, to a merchant named Battista Carena, for a term of 15 years and total payment of 150 Genoese lire. At the end of the contract she is to be freed.
The slaveholder named Raffaele Doria leases out the enslaved Albanian woman named Maria, who is approximately 35 years of age, to the nobleman named Niccolò Piccamiglio, for a term of 12 years and total payment of 125 lire. At the end of the contract she is to be freed.
Girolamo Loggia, filza 2, series II, nr. 372
The slaveholder named Maria Burone leases out an enslaved Circassian woman named Maddalena, who is approximately 45 years of age, to a nobleman named Giuliano Grimaldi, for a term of 9 years and total payment of 90 Genoese lire. Maria had received the enslaved Maddalena to fulfill her dowry claim against her deceased husband Ambrogio de Albingana from the notary Battista de Palodio, who served as the curator of the estate of Ambrogio. The enslaved Maddalena is manumitted at the end of the term of service with Maria retaining the right of patronage.
The workplace of the notary Girolamo Loggia
Girolamo Loggia, filza 2, series II, nr. 43
The slaveholder named Andrea Bonerio manumits an enslaved Bosnian woman named Caterina, who is approximately 32 years of age. The manumission is made in his role as the curator of the property of the deceased Ottaviano Imperiale, who held Caterina as his servant and who he had leased to Battista Piccamiglio for a term of 16 years in a contract enacted on 18 December 1479. The manumission will take effect when the term of lease to Battista (or his father Giovanni) has been completed. Andrea retains the right of patronage.
Tommaso Duracino, filza 22, nr. 681 (formerly nr. 482)
Girolamo Loggia, filza 4, series I, nr. 104
The slaveholder named Costantino Doria leases out an enslaved baptized Mulsim woman named Caterina, who is approximately 30 years old, to a merchant named Giacomo de Domoculta, for a term of 12 years and total payment of 100 Genoese lire. At the end of the term she is to be freed.
The slaveholder named Teodora Adorno leases out an enslaved Circassian woman named Lucia, who is approximately 35 years of age, to the nobleman named Lorenzo di Negro, for a term of 12 years and total payment of 120 Genoese lire. At the end of the contract she is to be freed.
Lorenzo Costa, filza 3, series I, nr. 368
The slaveholder named Giovanni de Natino leases out the enslaved Bosnian woman named Elena, who is 26 years of age, to the nobleman named Girolamo Vento, for a term of 18 years and total payment of 70 gold ducats. At the end of the contract she is to be freed.
Lorenzo Costa, filza 3, series II, nr. 228
An enslaved Russian woman named Anatasia, who is approximately 33 years of age, is leased for a term of 13 years and total payment of 125 Genoese lire. At the end of the contract she is to be freed.
The slaveholder named Isabella de Columnis leases out an enslaved Abkhazan woman named Maddalena, who is approximately 28 years of age, to a certain Giuliano, a man whose surname is not indicated, for a term of 14 years and total payment 150 Genoese lire. At the end of the contract she is to be freed.
The slaveholder named Matteo Vivolo leases out an enslaved Abkhazan woman named Cita to the shoemaker named Giriforte Costa, for a term of 10 years and total payment of 90 Genoese lire. At the end of her service she is to be freed.
Lorenzo Costa, filza 8, series I, nr. 320
The slaveholder named Mariola Fieschi leases out an enslaved Mingrelian woman named Margarita, who is approximately 26 years of age, to a certain Paride Fieschi, for a term of 11 years and total payment of 110 Genoese lire. At the end of the contract she is to be freed.
The slaveholder named Manfredo di Negro leases out an enslaved Circassian woman named Maddalena, who is approximately 35 years of age, to the merchant named Giacomo Fontana, for a term of 7 years and total payment of 45 Genoese lire. At the end of the contract she is to be freed.
The slaveholder named Bartolomeo Centurione leases out an enslaved child named Elena, who is approximately 8 years of age, to a noblewoman named Isabella Grimaldi, for a term of 26 years and total payment of 25 gold ducats. The principals wave all guarantees and claims related to the health of the enslaved Elena. At the end of the contract she is to be freed.
The slaveholder named Giacomo Spinola leases out an enslaved Bosnian woman named Anna, who is approximately 26 years of age, to an apothecary named Battista Sofia, for a term of 12 years and total payment of 100 Genoese lire. At the end of the contract she is to be freed.
The silk merchant named Pietro de Rettalio leases out an enslaved Albanian woman named Melica, who is approximately 36 years of age, to a certain Gregorio Castagnola, for a term of 10 years and total payment of 100 Genoese lire. At the end of the term she is to be freed.
The slaveholder and notary named Stefano Bracelli, who is the chancellor of the Republic of Genoa, leases out an enslaved baptized Muslim woman named Francisca, who is approximately 20 years of age, to a merchant named Girolamo de Porta, for a term of 5 years and 50 Genoese lire. At the end of the contract she is to be freed.
The slaveholder and merchant named Francesco Giustiniani leases out an enslaved Russian woman named Teodora, who is approximately 30 years of age, to the noblewoman named Sabrina Spinola, for a term of 12 years and total payment of 120 Genoese lire. At the end of the contract she is to be freed.
The slaveholder and merchant named Pellegro Tarigo leases out an enslaved Albanian woman named Elena, who is approximately 40 years of age, to a certain Nicolosia Tarigo, for a term of 8 years and a total amount of 100 Genoese lire. At the end of the contract she is to be freed.
The slaveholder named Girolamo de Camulio, who is also the bishop of Chios, leases out an enslaved Albanian woman named Anna, who is approximately 24 years of age, to a pelter named Bernardo Celesia, for a term of 4 years and total payment of 30 Genoese lire. The enslaved Anna is to be manumitted at the end of the term of service. The enslaved Anna was being held by Teodora de Camulio, the sister of Girolamo, and she transferred custody over Anna to Girolamo before the lease was enacted. Girolamo retains the right of patronage which he cedes to his sister Teodora.
Tommaso Boveto, filza 2, series III, nr. 2 (formerly nr. 18)
The slaveholder and merchant named Percivale Ardissone leases out a formerly enslaved woman from Cyprus named Agnese to a cloth merchant named Guglielmo Assereto, for a term of 10 years and total payment of 75 Genoese lire. The enslaved Agnese had already been manumitted subject to a service obligation of thirteen years to Percivale. The term of conditional manumission continues for the remaining ten years of service to Guglielmo.
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 workplace of the notary Tommaso Duracino
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 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 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 house inhabited by the brothers Tommaso, Lazzaro, and Domenico Grimaldi
Tommaso Duracino, filza 18, nr. 601 (formerly nr. 502)
The slaveholder named Oberto Ittaliano leases out an enslaved Abkhazan man named Lazzarino, who is approximately 18 years of age, to the nobleman named Niccolò Spinola, for a term of 11 years and total payment of 100 Genoese lire. At the end of his service he is to be freed with Oberto retaining the right of patronage.
The bank of Giovanni Battista and Luca Grimaldi
Tommaso Duracino, filza 23, series II, nr. 49
The slaveholder and shipwright named Martino de Coronato, an inhabitant of the commune of Voltri, leases out an enslaved Albanian child named Pietro, who is approximately 17 years of age, to a certain Bartolomeo Palmario, for a term of eight years and a total price of 12 Genoese ducats. The enslaved Pietro is manumitted after the term of service. Pietro is absent during the transaction and is represented by the enacting notary Tommaso Duracino.
Tommaso Duracino, filza 25, series II, nr. 105
The slaveholder and merchant from Barcelona named Gabriel de Tolosa leases out an enslaved baptized Muslim woman named Grazia, who is approximately 37 years of age, to the nobleman named Cristoforo Centurione, for a term of 6 years and total payment of 45 Genoese lire. At the end of the lease, Grazia is to be freed.
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.
Tommaso Duracino, filza 5, nr. 627 (formerly nr. 622)
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.
Giacomo Rondanina, filza 1, series II, nr. 56
The slaveholder named Pietro Campofregoso, who is also the doge of Genoa, frees an enslaved Circassian woman named Anna, who is approximately 40 years of age, along wither her enslaved daughter Maria, who is approximately 18 years of age. The enslaved women are represented in the contract by the enacting notary Giacomo Rondanina, who serves as their procurator. Pietro also relinquishes the right of patronage over Anna and Maria. This is an unconditional manumission that is unrevokable.
Tommaso Duracino, filza 23, series I, nr. 3
The slaveholders, cloth merchants, and brothers named Agostino and Francesco de Cazerio manumit an enslaved Circassian woman named Lucia, who is approximately 37 years of age. The liberated Lucia agrees to work as a household servant without salary for ten years for the families of Agostino and Francesco as a condition of the manumission. The contract also specifically mentions that should Lucia fail to serve for the full ten-year term then she loses her freedom and reverts to the status of an enslaved person. Lucia was present during the manumission and was represented by the enacting notary Tommaso Duracino. The contract was extracted.
The house inhabited by Agostino and Francesco de Cazerio
Giovanni de Bozzolo, register 2, 1382–1403, fol. 236v
The slaveholders and brothers named Donaino Imperiale and Gabriele Imperiale manumit an enslaved Tatar man named Giorgio.
Antonio Fazio, filza 14, series II, nr. 249
The slaveholders and brothers named Niccolò and Caloccio de Fornari manumit an enslaved Abkhazan woman named Margarita, who is approximately 40 years of age.
Bartolomeo Risso, filza 1, series III, nr. 6
The slaveholders and brothers named Oberto and Ilario Squarciafico manumit an enslaved Abkhazan woman named Cita, who is approximately 40 years of age. The enslaved Cita agrees to serve the brothers for one additional year, with the term beginning on 1 March 1450, as a condition and compensation for the manumission. The brothers retain the right of patronage. Cita was absent during the transaction and was represented by the enacting notary Bartolomeo Risso. The contract was extracted.
Paolo Foglietta, filza 1, series I, nr. 409
The brothers Argano and Clemente Vegetto manumit an enslaved Tatar man named Demetrio, who is approximately 30 years of age.
Simone Canella, filza 1, series I, nr. 316
The slaveholder and brothers named Enrico and Luca Pinelli manumit an enslaved Ruthenian woman named Maria, who is approximately 32 years of age. The enslaved Maria agrees to serve Enrico and his family for the next 12 years as a condition and compensation for manumission. The brothers retain the right of patronage. Maria was absent during the transaction and was represented by the enacting notary Simone Canella. The contract was extracted.
The workplace of the notary Simone Canella
The slaveholders named Girolamo, Pasquale, and Antonio Bondenario manumit an enslaved Abkhazan woman named Caterina under the condition that she serves Pasquale (or whoever he appoints) for two additional years. The contract notes that the manumission was made according to the wishes of their mother Linò Ittaliano for whom the enslaved Catarina had served for a long time and especially during her illness. The contract mentions that the title over the enslaved Catarina was split as follows—⅙ part each for Girolamo and Antonio and ⁴⁄₆ part for Pasquale—and for the purposes of cost-sharing the title is valued at 100 Genoese florins. Pasquale and Girolamo retain the right of patronage.
The house inhabited by Lodisio Bondenario
The brothers Raffaele and Paolo Pallavicini manumit an enslaved baptized Muslim woman named Marta, who is approximately 40 years of age. The contract obligates Marta to continue service to the brothers for another 5 years.
Antonio Fazio, filza 15, series I, nr. 294
The slaveholder named Pietro de Vignolo and his wife Isolta manumit an enslaved Russian woman named Margarita, who is approximately 32 years of age.
The slaveholders named Maria Spinola and her sons Francesco, Lorenzo, Pileo, and Samuele manumit an enslaved Circassian woman named Maddalena, who is approximately 45 years of age. Pileo and Samuele are represented in the transaction by Maria, Francesco, and Lorenzo.
Domenico de Algario, filza 1, series I, nr. 58
The slaveholders and brothers named Angelo, Paolo, and Stefano Giustiniani, in their own names and in the names of their brothers Giorgio and Benedetto, manumit an enslaved Russian man named Antonio, who is approximately 28 years of age. Antonio agrees to pay the sum of 1500 Ottoman asperes for his freedom. The Giustiniani brothers retain the right of patronage.
Ambrogio Fasciolo, register 1, volume II, 1333–1415, fol. 22r–v
The slaveholder from Verona named Aloisio de Maffeis manumits an enslaved Tatar woman named Lucia, who is approximately 20 years of age. The enslaved Lucia agrees to serve in the household of Sebastiano di Negro for a term of 10 years as a condition of manumission. The contract was extracted.
Verona, the home of the slaveholder Aloisio de Maffeis
the lands of the Tatars, origin of the enslaved Lucia
The house of the slaveholder Sebastiano di Negro
Ambrogio Garumbero, filza 7, item dated 1499-07-11
This contract describes the manumission of an enslaved Jewish peron.
The slaveholder named Cristoforo de Fornari manumits an enslaved woman named Caterina. She agrees to work as a domestic servant in the household of Cristoforo for an additional five years as a condition of manumission. Caterina is absent during the enactment and is represented by the enacting notary Andrea de Cairo. Cristoforo retains the right of patronage.
The workshop of the breadmaker Giovanni de Varcio
The slaveholder named Chiara Ittaliano manumits an enslaved Circassian woman named Marta, who is approximately 25 years of age, along with her descendants. The contract was extracted.
The Monastery of Sant'Andrea della Porta in Genoa
Andrea de Cairo, filza 41, series I, nr. 140
The slaveholder named Girolamo de Camulio, who is also the bishop of Chios, manumits an enslaved Musltim woman named Linor, who is approximately 19 years of age and described as coming from Seville. She had been purchased from the Genoese merchant Giovanni Antonio Cavatia in August 1485 (the previous summer) in a transaction recorded in Giovanni's private account book. The contract also specifies that Linor must remain in the city of Genoa for the next three years. An exception to the restriction of movement is made in the case that the bishop of Accia (one Bartolomeo Pammoleo) requests her, then she may relocate freely.
The house inhabited by Girolamo de Camulio
Andrea Medianotte, filza 1, series I, nr. 219
The slaveholder and wool merchant named Taddeo Bazurro manumits an enslaved woman from the Ottoman Empire woman named Lucia.
Andrea Medianotte, filza 1, series I, nr. 220
The slaveholder named Caterina Murialdo manumits an enslaved Tatar man named Francesco, who is approximately 50 years of age.
Andrea Medianotte, filza 1, series I, nr. 277
The slaveholder named Isabella de Acqua manumits an enslaved Tatar woman named Margarita, who is approximately 20 years of age.
Andreolo Caito, register 3, 1380–1400, fol. 13r–v
The slaveholder and apothecary from Rapallo named Damiano de Oliverio, along with his brother Oliverio de Oliverio, manumit an enslaved Tatar man named Martino, who is approximately 20 years of age. There are several conditions attached to the manumission. The enslaved Martino agrees to pay the sum of 2 soldi and 6 denarii of Genoese currency daily, except for Sundays and certain feast days, to the brothers for the next eight years. At the end of each month, Martino must provide a full accounting of his earnings beyond the agreed daily payment and the excess earnings must be handed over for safekeeping to Damiano or Oliverio. The brothers agree to provide Martino with lodging but he is responsible for providing his own food, clothing, and footwear. Martino must return to sleep at the house of Damiano in evenings unless expressly permitted otherwise and he is obligated to protect their property, prevent theft, and report any such incidents. Martino cannot accept any third-party wages or contracts without permission of the brothers for whom he must serve if tasked with any specific duties. Finally, Martino is also forbidden from gambling and cannot leave the city of Genoa without permission of the brothers.
Antonio Credenza, register 1, 1375–1418, fol. 132r
The slaveholder named Tommaso de Sancto Salvatore manumits an enslaved Tatar woman named Margarita.
The slaveholder and abbes of the monastery of Sant'Agnata named Isabella Fieschi manumits an enslaved Circassian woman named Agnese, who is approximately 40 years of age.
Antonio Fazio, filza 13, series I, nr. 107
The slaveholder named Gaspare Cattaneo manumits an enslaved Tatar woman named Marta, who is approximately 30 years of age.
Antonio Fazio, filza 13, series I, nr. 448
The slaveholder named Maria manumits an enslaved Bulgarian woman named Melica, who is approximately 26 years of age.
Antonio Fazio, filza 14, series I, nr. 47
The slaveholder named Pancrazio Gentile (named Pancrazio Falamonica at this time, before he entered into the Gentile albergo) manumits an enslaved Tatar woman named Margarita, who is approximately 38 years of age. Margarita was absent during the enactment and was represented by the enacting notary Antonio de Facio. Pancarzio retains the right of patronage. The contract was extracted.
Antonio Fazio, filza 14, series II, nr. 382
The slaveholder named Ambrogio Cattaneo manumits an enslaved Abkhazan woman named Caterina, who is approximately 32 years of age.
Antonio Fazio, filza 15, series I, nr. 55
The slaveholder and member of the de Marini family manumits an enslaved Tatar woman named Margarita, who is approximately 40 years of age.
Antonio Fazio, filza 15, series I, nr. 301
The slaveholder named Niccolò Giustiniani manumits an enslaved Ruthenian woman named Margarita, who is approximately 60 years of age.
Antonio Fazio, filza 17, series II, nr. 167
The slaveholder named Giovanni Lomellini manumits an enslaved Circassian woman named Maddalena, who is approximately 25 years of age.
Antonio Fazio, filza 4, series II, nr. 136
The slaveholder and reseller named Giorgio de Carmo manumits an enslaved Russian woman named Maria, who is approximately 18 years of age.
Antonio Fazio, filza 5, series I, nr. 156
The slaveholder named Raffaele Paterio, a burgensis of Chios, manumits an enslaved Russian woman Agnese, who is approximately 20 years of age.
Antonio Fazio, filza 5, series I, nr. 36
The slaveholder named Angelo Imperiale manumits an enslaved Russian woman named Giannina, who is approximately 28 years of age.
Antonio Fazio, filza 6, series I, nr. 194
The slaveholder named Bartolomeo Bondenario manumits an enslaved Russian woman named Caterina, who is approximately 32 years of age.
Antonio Fazio, filza 6, series I, nr. 234
The slaveholder and farmer from the Bisagno Valley named Andrea de Guisulfis manumits an enslaved Russian man named Antonio, who is approximately 28 years of age.
Antonio Fazio, filza 6, series II, nr. 209
The slaveholder named Guglielmo Marenco manumits an enslaved Abkhazan woman named Maddalena, who is approximately 22 years of age.
Antonio Fazio, filza 8, series I, nr. 210
The slaveholder named Giuliano Leardo manumits an enslaved Bulgarian woman named Elena, who is approximately 30 years of age.
Antonio Foglietta, filza 1, series I, nr. 120
The slaveholder named Girolamo de Loreto manumits an enslaved Ruthenian woman named Maria, who is approximately 24 years of age. The contract mentions that Girolamo is ill and bedridden while making the manumission, in which he renounces the right of patronage. The contract was extracted.
The slaveholder named Mariola de Iudice manumits an enslaved Crimean woman named Caterina, who is approximately 20 years of age.
The slaveholder and apothecary named Antonio de Coronato manumits an enslaved Jewish woman named Anna, who is approximately 22 years of age.
The slaveholder and shoemaker named Antonio de Ceva manumits an enslaved Greek woman named Caterina, who is approximately 28 years of age.
The slaveholder named Pellegra Sofia manumits an enslaved Russian woman named Margarita, who is approximately 50 years of age. Margarita agrees to serve in the household of Marco Grimaldi for a term of six years as a condition of the manumission, three of which have already been served. Pellegra retains the right of patronage.
The slaveholder and navigator named Giovanni de Chio manumits an enslaved Albanian woman named Calì, who is approximately 27 years of age. The manumission mandates that Calì must serve Giovanni for the next 5 years.
The slaveholder named Gregorio Cicala manumits an enslaved Tatar woman named Margarita.
The slaveholder and notary named Daniele Oltramarino manumits an enslaved Abkhazan woman.
The slaveholder and notary named Giovanni de Castiliono manumits an enslaved Tatar woman, who is approximately 20 years of age.
The slaveholder named Gregorio Gallo manumits an enslaved Bulgarian woman named Lucia, who is approximately 26 years of age.
Bartolomeo Pino de Saulo, filza 1, nr. 136
The slaveholder named Niccolò Guisolfo manumits an enslaved Tatar woman named Clara, who is approximately 50 years of age, with the obligation of four years of service in the household of Guglielmo de Bardis, who is from Camogli, and from whom he received 22 Genoese lire.
Bartolomeo Pino de Saulo, filza 1, nr. 238
The slaveholder named Gregorio Bessignano manumits an enslaved Tatar woman named Maria, who is approximately 70 years of age.
Bartolomeo Pino de Saulo, filza 1, nr. 269
The slaveholder named Gherardo de Clavica manumits an enslaved Tatar woman named Melica, who is approximately 50 years of age.
Bartolomeo Risso, filza 2, series II, nr. 59
The slaveholder named Demetrio Negrone manumits an enslaved Abkhazan woman named Lucia, who is approximately 40 years of age. Lucia is absent during the transaction and is represented by the enacting notary Bartolomeo Riccio. Demetrio retains the right of patronage. The contract was extracted.
Bartolomeo Risso, filza 5, series I, nr. 214
The slaveholders named Costanza Grimaldi and Pietro Pallavicino manumit an enslaved Circassian man named Valentino, who is approximately 25 years of age. The two holders manumitted Valentino through their roles as testamentary executors of the deceased Benedetto Vivaldi as per the testament enacted in 1455 by the notary Branca Bagnara. The testament stipulated that Valentino would be freed after five additional years of service to the heirs of Benedetto. Valentino served the heirs for part of the five years and then paid Costanza an unspecified sum of money in lieu of the remaining years of service. Costanza and Pietro retain the right of patronage. The contract was extracted.
The house inhabited by the heirs of Benedetto Vivaldi
Bartolomeo Risso, filza 5, series II, nr. 14
The slaveholder named Girolamo de Monelia manumits an enslaved Russian woman named Eliana, who is approximately 30 years of age.
Bartolomeo Risso, filza 5, series III, nr. 75
The slaveholder named Caterina Centurione manumits an enslaved Hungarian woman named Caterina, who is approximately 30 years of age. The enslaved Caterina agrees to serve Caterina Centurione for the remainder of her life (that of Caterina Centurione) and then serve her daughter Maria de Maria for one additional year after her death as a condition of the manumission. Caterina Centurione retains the right of patronage. The contract was extracted.
Bartolomeo Risso, filza 5, series III, nr. 83
The slaveholder and silk worker named Lodiso Paxerio manumits an enslaved Tatar woman named Maddalena, who is approximately 35 years of age. Brigida agrees to serve in the household of the Milanese merchants named Melchiorre and Biaggio de Gradis as per an agreement contracted immediately before the manumission (which was a term of 10 years, for which Lodisio received a payment of 90 Genoese lire). Lodisio retains the right of patronage. The contract was extracted.
Bartolomeo Risso, filza 5, series III, nr. 82
The house inhabited by Melchiorre and Biaggio de Gradis
Bartolomeo Risso, filza 5, series III, nr. 83a
Bartolomeo Risso, filza 5, series II, nr. 99
The slaveholder and shoemaker named Paolo Giusto frees an enslaved Circassian woman named Brigida, who is approximately 24 years of age. Brigida agrees to serve in the household of the merchant named Filippo Aurego, for a term of 7 years as a condition of the manumission and as per the agreement contracted the same day in a lease contract between Paolo and Filippo. Brigida is absent during the transaction and is represented by the enacting notary Bartolomeo Riccio. Paolo retains the right of patronage.
Bartolomeo Risso, filza 5, series II, nr. 23
The slaveholder named Caterina Lanzapanico manumits an enslaved Circassian woman named Melica, whose is approximately 40 years of age.
The slaveholder named Bartolomeo de Clavaro manumits an enslaved Russian woman named Maria.
The slaveholder named Galeotto Pinelli manumits an enslaved Abkhazan man named Olivetto, who is approximately 30 years of age.
The slaveholder and notary named Paolo de Almano manumits an enslaved Russian woman named Lucia, whose is approximately 28 years of age.
The slaveholder named Susanna Doria manumits an enslaved Bulgarian woman named Caterina, who is approximately 25 years of age.
The slaveholder named Giovanni de Accurso manumits an enslaved Abkhazan woman named Margarita.
The slaveholder and theologian named Benedetto de Signorio manumits an enslaved man named Giovanni, who is from the Ottoman Empire and who is approximately 25 years of age.
The slaveholder and blacksmith named Giacomo de Matteis manumits an enslaved Tatar woman named Nestasia, who is approximately 55 years of age.
Biagio Foglietta, filza 1, item dated 1487-04-09
The slaveholder named Mariola Cassana manumits an enslaved Russian woman named Margarita.
The slaveholder and lawyer named Giovanni Odone liberates an enslaved Hungarian woman named Nestasia, who is approximately 45 years of age.
The slaveholder named Niccolosia Ittaliano manumits an enslaved woman named Lucia, who is approximately 33 years of age.
The slaveholder named Chiara Ittaliano manumits an enslaved Hungarian woman named Cristina, who is approximately 40 years of age.
Branca Bagnara, filza 6, series I, nr. 16
The slaveholder and notary named Battista de Calestano manumits an enslaved Albanian woman named Margarita, who is approximately 30 years of age. The contract states that she must marry within one year or she will lose her freedom.
Branca Bagnara, filza 8, series I, nr. 23
The slaveholder named Raffaele Adorno, who is serving as the doge of Genoa, manumits an enslaved Russian woman named Lucia, who is approximately 35 years of age. Raffaele retains the right of patronage. The contract was extracted and suffers from extensive water damage, so the information is incomplete.
Branca Bagnara, register 3, 1426–1428, fol. 167r–v
The slaveholder named Giovanni Lercari manumits an enslaved Circassian woman named Margarita, who is approximately 34 years of age, with the condition that the formerly enslaved Margarita agrees to serve as a wet nurse and household servant for the family of Paolo Battista Lercari until the end of 1429. The contract also notes that Giovanni received 80 Genoese lire from Margarita for the manumission. Giovanni retains the right of patronage. Margarita was absent during the manumission and was represented by the enacting notary Branca Bagnara. The contract was extracted.
Genoa, enacted at the house of the heirs of Beda Usodimare
Genoa, the house of the slaveholder Giovanni Lercari
Land of the Circassians, origin of the enslaved Margarita
Branca Bagnara, register 3, 1426–1428, fol. 242r–v
The slaveholder named Melchiorre Imperiale manumits an enslaved Bulgarian woman named Maria, who is approximately 30 years of age. The manumission of Maria had been mandated in the testament of Ottaviano Imperiale, her former holder and the father of Melchiorre. Maria was absent during the manumission and was represented by the enacting notary Branca Bagnara. Melchiorre retains the right of patronage. The contract was extracted.
Genoa, the house inhabited by Melchiorre Imperiale, where the enslaved Maria served
Genoa, the house inhabited by Egidio Lomellini, the place of enactment of the manumission
Cipriano Foglietta, filza 2, series II, nr. 418
The slaveholder named Giovanni Fieschi manumits an enslaved woman named Lucia, who is approximately 26 years of age.
Cristoforo de Revellino, register 18, 1401, fol. 134r
The slaveholder and pelter named Simone de Sancto Quilico manumits an enslaved man named Giacomaccio. The enslaved Giocomaccio promises to continue working in the workshop of Simone (and not for anyone else) for which he will receive a wage.
Cristoforo de Revellino, register 18, 1401, fol. 292r
The slaveholder and vermillion dyer named Giovanni de Arzile manumits an enslaved man named Cristiano.
Cristoforo de Revellino, register 24, 1405, volume I, fol. 239r
The slaveholder named Bartolomeo de Mari frees an enslaved Tatar man named Cristiano.
Cristoforo de Revellino, register 24, volume I, 1404–1405, fol. 271v
The slaveholder named Lodisio de Servaricia manumits an enslaved Circassian woman named Margarita.
The slaveholder and silk dyer named Gaspare Botto manumits an enslaved baptized Muslim man named Giacobino, who is approximately 19 years of age. Giacobino agrees to serve Gaspare without salary for the next ten years as a condition of manumission and Gaspare agrees to provide education, clothing, and footwear to Giacobino during this term. Gaspare retains the right of patronage.
The house inhabited by the silk dyer Gaspare Botto
origin of the enslaved Giacbino, roughly
the neighbourhood of the home of the slaveholder Gaspare Botto, roughly ascribed
home of the slaveholder Gaspare Botto, approximate location
Domenico de Algario, filza 1, series I, nr. 18
The slaveholder named Ansaldo Usodimare manumits an enslaved woman named Gigemben, who is approximately 35 years of age. The enslaved Gigemben promises to serve Ansaldo and his wife for a term of two years as a condition of manumission, after which she will be formally manumitted. Ansaldo and his heirs also promise not to oppose her freedom after the two year period. Gigemben is not present during the transaction and is represented by the enacting notary Luchino de Porta.
Domenico de Algario, filza 1, series I, nr. 32
The slaveholder named Giovanni Fontana manumits an enslaved Abkazan man named Martino, who is approximately 25 years of age. Giovanni retains the right of patronage.
Domenico de Algario, filza 1, series I, nr. 40
The slaveholder and armorer named Guglielmo de Recho manumits an enslaved Abkhazan man named Giorgio, who is approximately 32 years of age. The contract mentions that Giorgio had been a servant to Guglielmo for about 20 years. Guglielmo retains the right of patronage.
The house inhabited by the armorer Guglielmo de Recho
Egidio Damezzano, filza 1, series I, nr. 225
The slaveholder named Lucia de Mari manumits an enslaved Bulgarian woman named Elena.
The slaveholder named Girolamo de Camulio, who is also the bishop of Chios, manumits an enslaved Bosnian woman named Maria, who is approximately 29 years of age and described as coming from Sclavonia. The contract notes that Girolamo had purchased the enslaved Maria from in Chios from a person from Ragusa.
Francesco Casanova, filza 1, series II, nr. 62
The slaveholder named Sigismondo di Negro manumits an unnamed Circassian person.
Francesco Casanova, filza 2, series I, nr. 187
The slaveholder named Pietra de Mari manumits an enslaved Bulgarian person, who is approximately 25 years of age. Pietra is represented in the transaction by Francesco Grimaldi who serves as her procurator.
Giacomo Rondanina, filza 7, series II, nr. 476
The slaveholder named Giovanni Garrone manumits an enslaved Circassian woman named Agnese, who is approximately 28 years of age.
Giovanni Battista Parisola, filza 4, nr. 318
The slaveholder named Girolamo Salvago manumits an enslaved Circassian woman named Caterina, who is approximately 45 years of age.
Giovanni Battista Pilosio, filza 1, series II, nr. 496
The slaveholder and gardener named Battista de Goano manumits an enslaved Greek man from Negroponte named Giacomo, who is approximately 25 years of age.
The slaveholder named Niccolò Carmandino manumits an enslaved woman from the Ottoman Empire named Maddalena. The enslaved Maddalena had been working as a household servant for the mother of Niccolò. Maddelana agrees to work as a servant for Niccolò, or whomever he designates within Genoa, for a term of seven and a half years, starting from January 1 1490, as a condition of manumission. Niccolò retains the right of patronage. Maddalena is absent during the transaction and is represented by the enacting notary Giovanni Costa.
The house inhabited by Niccolò Carmandino
The slaveholder named Niccolò Carmandino manumits an enslaved woman from the Ottoman Empire named Margarita. The enslaved Margarita had been working as a household servant for the mother of Niccolò. Margarita agrees to work as a servant for Niccolò, or whomever he designates within Genoa, for a term of seven and a half years, starting from January 1 1490, as a condition of manumission. Niccolò retains the right of patronage. Margarita is absent during the transaction and is represented by the enacting notary Giovanni Costa. The contract was extracted.
The slaveholder and silk merchant named Giovanni Antonio Costa manumits an enslaved Circassian woman named Caterina. Caterina is obligated to serve Giovanni Antonio and his family for eight more years as a condition of the manumission. Giovanni Antonio retains the right of patronage. She is absent during the transaction and is represented by the enacting notary Giovanni Costa. The contract was extracted.
Giovanni Costa, filza 2, series I, nr. 155
The slaveholder named Gregorio de Franchi manumits an enslaved Bosnian woman named Maria. Gregorio retains the right of patronage.
Giovanni Danove, filza 1, series II, nr. 139
The slaveholder named Pietro Battista Lomellini manumits an enslaved Circassian man named Giorgio, who is approximately 28 years of age. The daughter of Pietro Battista (who is indicated as being of an advanced age) named Maria Lomellini retains the right of patronage. The contract was extracted.
Giovanni Danove, filza 1, series II, nr. 159
The slaveholder named Maurizio Cattaneo liberates an enslaved Circassian man named Martino, who is approximately 28 years of age. Maurizio retains the right of patronage. The contract was extracted.
Giovanni Danove, filza 1, series II, nr. 224
The slaveholder named Moisia Centurione manumits an enslaved Circassian woman named Maddalena, who is approximately 45 years of age. As a condition of manumssion Maddalena agrees to work as a household servant for Moisia for the remainder of her life and then, after the death of Moisia, work as a household servant for her son Cattaneo Doria for one year, and following that period, work as a household servant for the family of her daughter Chiara Doria for three more years. Moisia retains the right of patronage.
Giovanni Danove, filza 1, series II, nr. 225
The slaveholder named Moisia Centurione manumits an enslaved Tatar man named Giorgio, who is approximately 60 years of age. As a condition of manumssion Giorgio agrees to work as a household servant for Moisia for the remainder of her life and then, after the death of Moisia, work as a household servant for her son Cattaneo Doria for one year. Moisia retains the right of patronage.
Giovanni Danove, filza 1, series II, nr. 275
The slaveholder and merchant named Giuliano Gategario manumits an enslaved Circassian man named Giorgio, who is approximately 28 years of age. Giorgio agrees to serve as a servant for Giuliano for four years as a condition of the manumission. The term of service is to begin once Giuliano has returned from a commercial voyage which is about to leave from the port of Genoa. The contract was extracted.
The workshop of the apothecary Paolo Martignone
Giovanni Danove, filza 1, series II, nr. 338
The slaveholder named Gherardo Lomellini manumits an enslaved Circassian woman named Lucia, who is approximately 42 years of age. Lucia agrees to work as a household servant for Gherardo for the remainder of his life and then, after his death, work as a household servant for his heirs for one additional year. Gherardo retains the right of patronage.
The house of Gherardo and Galeazzo Lomellini
Giovanni Danove, filza 1, series II, nr. 498
The slaveholder and banker named Luciano Grimaldi manumits an enslaved Circassian woman named Caterina, who is approximatetly 40 years of age. As a condition of the manumission Caterina agrees to work as a household servant for Luciano and his heirs for a term of two years. The contract was extracted.
Giovanni Danove, filza 1, series II, nr. 93
The slaveholder named Bartolomeo Lomellini manumits an enslaved Tartar man named Tartarino, who is approximately 25 years of age. Bartolomeo retains the right of patronage. The contract was extracted.
The workshop of the apothecary Giovanni de Viale
Giovanni Danove, filza 2, series I, nr. 280
The slaveholder named Giacomo Guastavino manumits an enslaved Russian woman named Maria, who is approximately 32 years of age. She agrees to serve in the household of Benedetto Guastavino, the brother of Giacomo, for a term of nine years as a condition of manumission. The contract notes that Maria is currently under lease to the silk merchant Gregorio de Zurlis with three years remaining on the term. Gregorio agrees to cede his rights for the remaining three years of the lease and return Maria for the manumission. Giacomo retains the right of patronage.
Giovanni Danove, filza 2, series I, nr. 287
The slaveholder and Lord of Piombino named Giacomo de Appiano manumits an enslaved Russian woman named Maddalena, who is approximately 50 years of age. Giacomo is represented in the transaction by his mother-in-law Cattochia Spinola. Maddalena agrees to serve the family of Giovanni Fieschi for a term of three years as a condition of the manumission. Giacomo retains the right of patronage with Cattochia acting as his representative in maintaing the patronage relationship. The contract was extracted.
Giovanni Danove, filza 2, series I, nr. 347
The slaveholder named Selvagia Fieschi manumits an enslaved Circassian woman named Cita, who is approximately 40 years of age. Selvagia retains the right of patronage.
Giovanni Danove, filza 2, series I, nr. 438
The slaveholder named Selvagia Doria manumits an enslaved Circassian woman named Maria, who is approximately 35 years of age. Selvagia is represented in the transaction by Antonio de Argiroffo, who acts as her procurator. Maria agrees to serve in the household of Rainaldo Gentile for a term of 12 years as a condition of the manumission. This twelve year period of service had already began with the lease of the enslaved Maria to Rainaldo in a contract enacted on 6 May 1468. Selvagia retains the right of patronage. The contract was extracted.
Giovanni Danove, filza 2, series I, nr. 341
Giovanni Danove, filza 2, series I, nr. 355
The workshop of the draper Antonio de Argiroffo
Giovanni Danove, filza 2, series I, nr. 467
The slaveholder named Andronico de Franchi manumits an Circassian man named Valentino, who is approximately 25 year of age. As a condition of manumission Valentino agrees to serve in the household of a certain Girolamo Viacava for a term of 4 years. Andronico retains the right of patronage. The contract was extracted.
Giovanni Danove, filza 2, series II, nr. 296
The slaveholder named Pietro Fieschi manumits an enslaved Circassian woman named Maria, who is approximately 31 years of age.
Giovanni Danove, filza 2, series II, nr. 8
The slaveholder named Ingo Cattaneo manumits an enslaved Russian man named Giorgio, who is approximately 35 years of age. Ingo retains the right of patronage. The contract was extracted.
The workshop of the apothecary Michele de Vernengis
Giovanni Danove, filza 3, series I, nr. 202
The slaveholders and brothers named Francesco, Girolamo, and Agostino de Columnis manumit an enslaved baptized Muslim woman named Marta, who is approximately 35 years of age. The brothers are represented in the transaction by their mother Bartolomea Ittaliano who serves as their procurator. Marta agrees to work as a household servant for the family for a term of six years as a condition of manumission. The brothers retain the right of patronage.
The house of the brothers Francesco, Girolamo, and Agostino de Columnis
Giovanni Danove, filza 3, series I, nr. 203
The slaveholder named Maria Usodimare manumits an enslaved Abkazan woman named Maddalena, who is approximately 35 years of age. As a condition of manumission Maddalena agrees to work as a household servant for Maria for a term of 10 years. Maria retains the right of patronage.
Giovanni Danove, filza 3, series I, nr. 375
The slaveholder named Maurizio Cattaneo manumits an enslaved Abkhazan woman named Marta, who is approximately 38 years of age. Maurizio retains the right of patronage. The enslaved Marta had been mandated for manumission in the testament of the deceased Pietra Giustiniani who had been the spouse of Maurizio. The contract was extracted.
Giovanni Danove, filza 3, series I, nr. 299
The house of the heirs of Niccolò Cattaneo
Giovanni Danove, filza 3, series II, nr. 123
The slaveholder named Selvagia Maruffo manumits an enslaved Albanian woman named Elena, who is approximately 34 years of age. Selvagia retains the right of patronage. The contract was extracted.
Giovanni Danove, filza 3, series II, nr. 251
The slaveholder named Alerame Pallavicino manumits an enslaved Hungarian woman named Agnese, who is approximately 30 years of age. Alerame retains the right of patronage. As a condition of manumission Agnese agrees to work as a household servant for Alerame and his wife for a term of six years. The contract was extracted.
Giovanni Danove, filza 3, series II, nr. 266
The slaveholder named Marta Pinelli frees an enslaved Albanian woman named Margarita, who is approximately 45 years of age. The manumission is made with the consent of Barnaba Pinelli and her son Giovanni Battista Lomellini.
Giovanni Danove, filza 3, series II, nr. 285
The slaveholder named Primafiore Giustiniani liberates an enslaved baptised Muslim woman named Maria, who is approximately 33 years of age. As a condtion of manumission, Maria agrees to serve in the household of Primarfiore for three more years and Primafiore retains the right of patronage. The participation of Primafiore in the transaction was made with the consent of her son Andrea Gambone. The contract was extracted.
The house inhabited by Primafiore Giustiniani
Giovanni Danove, filza 3, series II, nr. 324
The slaveholder named Chiara Doria frees an enslaved Turkish woman named Lucia, who is approximately 40 years of age. Chiara retains the right of patronage.
The house of the notary Giovanni de Novis
Giovanni Danove, filza 3, series II, nr. 339
The slaveholder named Bernardo Grimaldi manumits an enslaved baptized Muslim named Maddalena, who is approximately 23 years of age. As a condition of manumission Maddalena continues to work as a household servant for the heirs of the deceased Battista Gentile, for a term of 12 years, which had begun on 1 Februrary 1498 in a leasing contract initated by Bernardo and his spouse Violante Cicala. Maddalena was absent during the transaction and represented by the enacting notary Giovanni de Novis. Bernardo retains the right of patronage. The contract was extracted.
The workshop of the blacksmith Niccolò Riccio
Giovanni Danove, filza 3, series II, nr. 84
The slaveholder named Loisina Cattaneo manumits an enslaved baptized Muslim named Margarita, who is approximately 38 years of age. Loisina retains the right of patronage. The contract was extracted.
The house of Alerame Pallavicini and his brothers
Giovanni de Recco, filza 1, series I, nr. 69
The slaveholder named Antonio de Cavo manumits an enslaved Bulgarian woman named Anna. The enslaved Anna agrees to work as a household servant for Antonio for the next seven years as a condition of manumission. Antonio retains the right of patronage.
The house of the notary Giovanni de Recco
Giovanni Guiraldi, filza 1, series I, nr. 202
The slaveholder named Giorgio Spinola, who was once an enslaved person himself, ratifies the manumission of an enslaved Circassian slave woman named Lucia and cancels her obligation of third party service. The contract notes that Lucia has been manumitted in an earlier contract enacted on 6 May 1478 with the condition that she serve the family of Simone Negrone for six years and with her salary paid to Giorgio. But since the formerly enslaved Lucia wanted to marry a certain Teramo de Ferrari, the status of enslavement, which would continue until the term of service was complete, represented an obstacle to the marriage. As such, the manumission was granted immediately and Giorgio was compensated by Simone for 32 Genoese lire for the loss of income for the six years of service. It is assumed that Lucia would continue to serve in the household of Simone as a free person and as such that Giorgio would not be entitled to her salary. The next contract in the filza describes her marriage.
Giovanni Guiraldi, filza 1, series I, nr. 171
Giovanni Labaino, filza 1, nr. 132 (formerly nr. 31)
The slaveholder named Luca Grillo frees an enslaved Alanian man named Antonio who is approximately 24 years of age. The enslaved Antonio paid the sum of 600 asperes of Caffa as a condition of manumission. The manumission is declared valid by the lawyer named Giacomo de Gambarana, who is the consul of the Genoese in Caffa.
Giovanni Labaino, filza 1, nr. 360 (formerly nr. 147)
The slaveholder named Raffaele Campanario frees an enslaved Russian woman who is approximately 24 years of age.
The slaveholder and apothecary named Martino Raibaldo frees an enslaved Circassian man named Giorgio, who is approximately 31 years of age.
The slaveholder and lawyer named Pietro Centurione frees an enslaved Bulgarian woman named Margarita, who is approximately 30 years of age.
The slaveholder and bootmaker named Benedetto de Bergamo frees an enslaved Bulgarian woman named Rosa.
The slaveholder named Tommaso de Campionibus manumits an enslaved woman named Caterina, whom he had obtain through an inheritance.
The slaveholder and notary named Giovanni de Vernacia manumits an enslaved Circassian woman named Caterina. The enslaved Caterina agrees to work in the household of Giovanni as a servant for a term of two years and pay Giovanni the sum of 20 Genoese lire as a condition of manumission.
The house inhabited by the notary Giovanni de Vernacia
Girolamo Casella, filza 1, item dated 1437-06-07
The slaveholder named Battista de Albingana manumits an enslaved Tatar man named Giorgino.
The slaveholder and banker named Agostino Doria frees an enslaved baptized Muslim named Caterina, who is approximately 21 years of age.
Girolamo Loggia, filza 2, series II, nr. 41
The slaveholder named Pietro Doria frees an enslaved baptized Muslim woman named Mattia, who is approximately 25 years of age.
Girolamo Loggia, filza 2, series II, nr. 72
The slaveholders named Melchiorre and Corrado Imperiale manumits an enslaved Circassian woman named Maria, who is approximately 60 years of age. Corrado is represented in the transaction by his son Melchiorre Imperiale. The contract states that Melchiorre must provide food, clothing, and all necessities to Maria for the remainder of her life provided provided she resides in the home of Corrado or Melchiorre. It also states that if Corrado attempts to re-enslave or burden Maria in any way, then Melchiorre must pay her, or the Office of the Misericordia (if Maria is unable to receive payment), the sum of 150 Genoese lire. Corrado and Melchiorre retain the right of patronage.
Girolamo Loggia, filza 3, series I, nr. 254
The slaveholder named Maria de Mari manumits an enslaved Circassian woman named Caterina, who is approximately 40 years of age.
Girolamo Loggia, filza 3, series I, nr. 415
The slaveholder named Barbagina Doria frees an enslaved Tatar woman named Giacobina, who is approximately 50 years of age.
Girolamo Loggia, filza 3, series II, nr. 325
The slaveholder named Cesare Cattaneo manumits an enslaved woman named Maddalena whom he has just purchased at a public auction. Maddalena agrees to work as a household servant to the family of Cesare as a condition of the manumission for a term of 20 years. Cesare retains the right of patronage.
Girolamo Loggia, filza 6, series II, nr. 335
The slaveholder named Franco Fieschi manumits an enslaved Jewish woman named Maria, who is approximately 22 years of age. Maria agrees to serve in the household of Franco for an additional term of four years as a condition of the manumission. The brother of Maria named Giovanni de Aragonis also promises to pay to Franco the sum of 15 Genoese ducats for Maria’s redemption. Franco waives the right of patronage over Maria.
Girolamo Loggia, filza 7, series II, nr. 182
Giuliano Canella, register 3, 1412–1413, fol. 278v
The slaveholder and notary named Bertolino Sisto manumits an enslaved Ruthenian woman named Agnese, who is approximately 45 years of age, with the conditions that Agnese must marry and that she make annual gifts to Bertolino of 40 Genoese soldi and two amphorae of wine each year on Christmas day. Bertolino retains the right of patronage.
The workplace of the notary Giuliano Canella
Gregorio de Ponte, filza 1, series I, nr. 104
The slaveholder and notary named Domenico de Matteis manumits an enslaved Russian person.
Gregorio Labaino, filza 6, series I, nr. 80
This contract refers to manumission of an enslaved Tatar woman named Maria, who is approximately 22 years of age.
Guirardo Brevei, filza 1, series I, nr. 36
The slaveholder named Imperiale Lomellini manumits an enslaved Circassian woman named Circassa, who is approximately 40 years of age.
Guirardo Brevei, filza 1, series I, nr. 51
The slaveholder named Rainaldo Calerio frees an enslaved Circassian woman named Margarita.
Guirardo Brevei, filza 1, series I, nr. 62
The slaveholder named Niccolò de Marini frees an enslaved Circassian man named Martino, whose is approximately 19 years of age, with the obligation of service for the next 10 years.
The slaveholder named Cattaneo Spinola frees an enslaved Hungarian woman named Elena, who is approximately 24 years of age.
The slaveholder named Caterina de Porta frees an enslaved Abkhazan woman named Maria, who is approximately 50 years of age.
The slaveholder named Violante Salvago frees an enslaved Abkhazan child named Maria, who is approximately 14 years of age.
The slaveholder named Tobia Lomellini frees an enslaved Mingrelian woman named Marta, who is approximately 45 years of age.
Lombardo di Santo Stefano, filza 2, series I, nr. 35
The slaveholder and draper named Antonio de Cairo manumits an enslaved Tatar woman named Marta.
The slaveholder named Pietro Grillo liberates the Russian slave Marta. The contract is a formalization of a manumission that took place in 1462. Marta agrees to serve as a household servant for Pietro during the remainder of his lifetime. Pietro retains the right of patronage.
The slaveholder named Anastasia Spinola manumits an enslaved Circassian woman named Lucia, who is approximately 50 years of age. Anastasia retains the right of patronage. Lucia is absent during the manumission, and indicated as being resident in Pisa, and is represented by the enacting notary Lorenzo Costa. The manumission is void if Lucia does not present herself in Genoa within one year to personally accept the manumission.
The slaveholder named Brigida Picio manumits an enslaved Abkhazan woman named Margarita. The liberated Margarita agrees to serve in the household of Brigida for four years as a condition of the manumission. Margarita is present during the manumission and represented by the enacting notary Lorenzo Costa. Brigida and her heirs retain the right of patronage.
The slaveholder named Domenico de Mari frees the an enslaved baptized Muslim woman named Maria.
The slaveholder named Enrico Camilla frees an enslaved baptized Muslim man named Valentino.
The slaveholder named Genesio Costa frees an enslaved Circassian woman named Margarita, who is approximately 55 years of age.
The slaveholder named Novellina Tarigo frees an enslaved Russian woman named Marta.
The slaveholder named Gaspare Giustiniani frees an enslaved Circassian woman named Lucia.
The slaveholder named Francesco de Levanto manumits an enslaved Greek woman named Margarita.
The slaveholder named Bernardo Boecio frees an enslaved baptized Muslim woman named Marta.
The slaveholder named Giorgio Doria manumits an enslaved Abkhazan woman named Maddalena.
The slaveholder named Franca de Guisulfis frees an enslaved Abkhazan woman named Anastasia.
The slaveholder named Niccolò de Canevalis manumits an enslaved Circassian woman named Caterina, who is approximately 45 years of age, under the condition that she serves Niccolò and his spouse Sobrana for the remainder of their lives. Sobrana also renounces all rights that she might have over the enslaved Caterina from her dowry property. Niccolò retains the right of patronage.
The slaveholder named Raffaele Cattaneo manumits an enslaved Tatar woman named Caterina under the condition that she serves in the household of Raffaele and his family for an additional four years. Raffaele retains the right of patronage.
The house inhabited by Raffaele Cattaneo
Lorenzo Costa, filza 6, nr. 764 (formerly nr. 214)
The slaveholder and cutler named Michele de Plano manumits an enslaved Ruthenian woman named Margarita with Michele retaining the right of patronage.
Lorenzo Costa, filza 8, series I, nr. 175
The slaveholder named Giovanni Andrea de Vivaldi frees an enslaved Wallachian woman named Caterina, who is approximately 30 years of age, having received a payment from Anfreone Spinola of 60 gold ducats.
Lorenzo Costa, filza 8, series I, nr. 69
The slaveholder named Lorenzo Grillo frees an enslaved Russian woman named Lucia.
The slaveholder named Matteo de ser Antonio, a merchant from Florence, frees an enslaved Russian woman named Lucia, who is approximately 18 years old.
The slaveholder named Pietra de Mari frees an enslaved woman named Marta, who is approximately 40 years of age.
The slaveholder named Simone Gentile frees an enslaved Turkish man named Pietro, who is approximately 38 years of age.
The slaveholder named Agostino Trainacio frees an enslaved Bulgarian woman named Maria, who is approximately 40 years of age.
The slaveholder named Battista de Palmis frees an enslaved Albanian woman named Maddalena, who is approximately 27 years of age. The contract specifies that Maddalena is to keep her clothes, objects of silver, and other goods.
The house inhabited by Battista de Palmis
The slaveholder named Battista Lomellini frees an enslaved woman named Maria, who is approximately 30 years of age. He compensates his children Agostino and Niccolò, the owners, who are the legal owners of Maria, for the sum of 300 Genoese lire.
Narino Montaldo, filza 3, series I, nr. 150
The slaveholder and notary named Bartolomeo Riccio frees an enslaved Russian man named Giorgio.
Narino Montaldo, filza 3, series I, nr. 159
The slaveholder named Gregorio de Ortis frees an enslaved Circassian woman named Maria, whose is approximately 50 years of age.
Narino Montaldo, filza 5, series I, nr. 264
The slaveholder and nun named Costanza Spinola, from the monastery of San Sepulcro di Sampierdarena, with the consent of the abbess Argenta Salvago, frees an enslaved Russian woman named Caterina, who is approximately 30 years of age. Costanza retains the right of patronage should Caterina die without heirs born from a legitimate marriage. The manumission contains a conditional employment clause that states that if Caterina chooses to work for a salary with another employer, she must first offer her services to Constanza or the monastery, and if they should match the salary offered by an outside empolyer, then Caterina is obliged to continue her service to Constanza them. The contract also states that Caterina will retain all personal property she had acquired before the manumission.
Narino Montaldo, filza 5, series II, nr. 340
The slaveholder named Teodora Lomellini manumits an enslaved Tatar woman named Caterina.
The slaveholder named Bartolommea Centurione, along with her sons Filippo and Battino Gentile, liberates an enslaved Albanian woman named Caterina, who is approximately 30 years of age. The librerated Caterina agrees to serve in the household of Bartolommea for 15 years as a condition of the manumission.
The house inhabited by Bartolommea Centurione
Niccolò de Coronato Pallavicini, filza 11, nr. 127bis
The duke of Milan and slaveholder named Francesco II Sforza, manumits an enslaved baptized Muslim from Collo named Bastiano, who is approximately 25 years of age, along with his descendants.
The slaveholder named Francisca Spinola manumits an enslaved Russian man named Martino, who is approximately 60 years of age.
The slaveholder named Battista Giustiniani manumits an enslaved Circassian woman named Maddalena, who is approximately 31 years of age.
The slaveholder named Giovanni de Moreno manumits an enslaved Russian woman named Caterina, who is approximately 45 years of age.
The slaveholder named Leonardo Centurione frees the enslaved Abkhazan woman named Margherita, who is approximately 27 years of age.
The slaveholder named Domenico Grimaldi frees an enslaved woman named Caterina.
The slaveholder named Isolta Gentile, along with her sons Giacomo and Pietro Centurione, all named as heirs of her deceased spouse Niccolò Centurione, manumit an enslaved African woman named Caterina, who is approximately 28 years of age.
The slaveholder named Battista Piccamiglio frees an enslaved Bosnian man named Venturino, who is approximately 22 years of age.
The slaveholder named Giacomo de Sexto manumits an enslaved Circassian woman named Caterina, who is approximately 45 years of age.
The slaveholder and merchant from Milan named Bartolomeo de Crivellis liberates an enslaved Abkhazan woman named Margarita, who is approximately 32 years of age.
The slaveholder named Primaflore de Pendula frees an enslaved woman named Caterina, who is from the Canary Islands and who is approximately 37 years of age. Caterina agrees to serve in the household of Gironima de Penudula for a term of 15 years as a condition of manumission. Caterina is absent during the transaction and is represented by the enacting notary Niccolò Raggio.
The workplace of the notary Niccolò Raggio
The slaveholder named Cosmo Pinelli frees an enslaved woman named Maddalena, who is approximately 30 years of age.
The slaveholder named Tommasina de Ferrari frees an enslaved woman named Caterina, who is approximately 29 years of age. Caterina agrees to serve Tommasina for another 15 years.
The slaveholder and pelter named Antonio de Plebe manumits an enslaved Abkhazan woman named Lucia, who is approximately 40 years of age.
The slaveholder named Despina Pinelli manumits an enslaved Circassian woman named Maddalena, who is approximately 50 years of age. Maddalena is absent during the transaction and is represented in the transaction by the enacting notary Niccolò Raggio. Despina retains the right of patronage.
The slaveholder named Pietro Centurione manumits an enslaved baptized Muslim woman from Granada named Agnese, who is approximately 30 years of age, under the condition that Agnese promises to serve in the household of Pietro for six years, starting from 1 January 1497. Agnese is represented in the transaction by the enacting notary Niccolò Raggio. Pietro and his heirs retain the right of patronage. The contract was extracted.
The slaveholder named Battistina Delfino manumits an enslaved Ruthenian woman named Maddalena, who is approximately 65 years of age. The contract notes that Maddalena had worked as a household servant for the family of Battistina and for her deceased spouse Stefano de Sopranis for over forty years as well as serving as a wet nurse for several of her children. It also mentions that Battistina came into possession of Maddalena through her dowry from Stefano through a contract enacted by Oberto Foglietta in 1461. Maddalena agrees to work as a servant for Battistina for the remainder of Battistina's life as a condition of the manumission. Battistina and her heirs retain the right of patronage. The contract was extracted.
The slaveholder named Angelo Ihosa manumits an enslaved baptized Muslim woman named Maddalena, who is approximately 45 years of age.
The slaveholder named Antonio Doria manumits an enslaved Ruthenian woman named Maddalena, who is approximately 40 years of age. Maddalena agrees to pay any taxes and expenses related to the manumission. Antonio and his heirs retain the right of patronage. The contract also mentions that Antonio was infirm while making the manumission.
Paolo de Recco, filza 5, series II, nr. 255
The slaveholder named Bianca Gentile manumits an enslaved Abkhazan woman named Caterina, who is approximately 38 years of age.
The slaveholder named Bianca de Columnis manumits an enslaved Circassian woman named Lucia, who is approximately 45 years of age.
The slaveholder named Giacoba Pinelli frees an enslaved Hungarian woman named Maddalena, who she had just inherited.
Pellegro Testa, filza 3, series III, nr. 45
The slaveholder named Bernardo Dondedeo liberates an enslaved Bulgarian man named Venturino, who is approximately 25 years of age.
Pietro de Ripalta, filza 2, series II, nr. 274
The slaveholder named Baldassare Spinola manumits an enslaved Hungarian woman name Caterina, who has paid 180 lire to Baldassare to redeem herself from enslavement.
The slaveholder and notary named Cristoforo de Rapallo manumits an enslaved baptized Muslim woman named Caterina, who is approximately 30 years of age.
The slaveholder named Maria Spinola manumits an enslaved baptized Muslim woman named Maria, who is approximately 35 years of age.
Simone Canella, filza 1, series I, nr. 80
The slaveholder named Angelo Pinelli frees an enslaved Russian woman Lucia, who is approximately 42 years of age. Angelo retains the right of patronage.
The workplace of the bankers Filippo and Federico Centurione
Stefano Saoli Carrega, filza 5, item dated 1532-11-16
The slaveholder named Marco Usodimare frees an enslaved Jewish woman from Tunisia named Cita. The Jewish man named Josef de Domo David arranges a payment 122 Genoese scudi to secure her freedom, which he has collected from a number of individuals. The ransom was composed as follows: 26 gold scudi paid by a bill of exchange sent from Rome by Francesco Lomellini in Rome to the Andrea Doria; 60 gold scudi paid by Rabbi Abram Salsat (who is from the Amhara Region of Ethiopia) in Naples to Raffaele Usodimare, who acts of behalf of Marco; and 38 gold scudi to be paid by Mordechai de Tunixia, the father of Cita, to Marco within four months of the date of the contract. The contract states that if Cita has converted to Christianity before being freed then the contract is void.
The workplace of the notary Stefano Sauli
Tommaso Duracino, filza 1, series II, nr. 216
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 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.
Tommaso Duracino, filza 13, series I, nr. 276
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.
Tommaso Duracino, filza 13, series I, nr. 275
The house inhabited by Giovanni Imperiale
Tommaso Duracino, filza 13, series II, nr. 391
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 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 named Teodora Cattaneo frees an enslaved baptized Muslim named Giorgio, who is approximately 37 years of age.
Tommaso Duracino, filza 18, nr. 155 (formerly nr. 13)
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.
Tommaso Duracino, filza 19, series I, nr. 68
The slaveholder named Giovanni Francesco Palmario manumits an enslaved Circassian woman named Margarita, who is approximately 40 years of age. Margarita was absent during the manumission and was represented by the enacting notary Tommaso Duracino. Giovanni Francesco retains the right of patronage. The contract was extracted.
Tommaso Duracino, filza 19, series II, nr. 125
The slaveholder and priest named Illario de Murchio manumits an enslaved baptized Muslim man named Giulio, who is approximately 60 years of age.
Tommaso Duracino, filza 2, series II, nr. 168
The slaveholder and judiciary officer named Antonio de Molinariis manumits an enslaved Tatar woman named Maddalena, who is approximately 45 years of age. Maddalena agrees to serve Antonio and his family for a term of one year from the date of the contract. Maddalena was absent during the manumission and was represented by the enacting notary Tommaso Duracino. Antonio retains the right of patronage. The contract was extracted.
Tommaso Duracino, filza 2, series II, nr. 234
The slaveholder and barber named Guglielmo de Lancia manumits an enslaved Tatar woman named Lucia, who is approximately 23 years of age. The man named Giovanni Renzo de Cabella pays 100 Genoese lire to Guglielmo to secure her manumission. Guglielmo retains the right of patronage. The contract was extracted.
The workshop of the apothecary Luca de Prato
Tommaso Duracino, filza 2, series II, nr. 25
The slaveholders and brothers named Cristoforo and Battista Grillo manumit an enslaved Abkhazan woman named Caterina, who is approximately 40 years of age. Battista is represented by his brother Cristoforo who serves as his procurator. The brothers had received the enslaved Caterina as an inheritance from their father Antonio. A certain Percivale Marchione agrees to pay all taxes related to the manumission. The contract was extracted and the brothers retain the right of patronage.
The house inhabited by the lawyer Damiano Pallavicini
Tommaso Duracino, filza 2, series II, nr. 282
The slaveholder named Cesarina de Recco manumits an enslaved Ruthenian man named Asperto, who is approximately 28 years of age. Cesarina retains the right of patronage. The contract was extracted.
The workshop of the barber Pietro Francorino de Ceva
Tommaso Duracino, filza 2, series II, nr. 337
The slaveholder named Antonio Usodimare manumits an enslaved Tatar woman named Anna, who is approximately 36 years of age. There are two conditions to the manumission. First, Anna agrees to serve the family of Franco Prezenda for a term of 18 months. Second, Anna agrees to pay the sum of 20 Genoese lire to Antonio within three and a half years from the date of the contract. Antonio retains the right of patronage. The contract was extracted.
The house inhabited by Antonio Usodimare
Tommaso Duracino, filza 2, series II, nr. 51
The slaveholder named Giovanni de Marini manumits an enslaved Ruthenian woman named Anna, who is approximately 38 years of age. Anna is absent during the manumission and is represented by the enacting notary Tommaso Duracino. Giovanni retains the right of patronage. The contract was extracted.
The slaveholder named Bartolomeo Bione frees an enslaved baptized Muslim woman named Caterina, whom he had just purchased, and who is approximately 22 years of age.
Tommaso Duracino, filza 27, series I, nr. 168
The slaveholder and barber named Giorgio Traxino manumits an enslaved Ruthenian woman named Caterina, who is approximately 40 years of age. As a condition of manumission, Caterina agrees to work for the family of Gentile Camilla as a household servant without pay for six years for which Gentile will pay Giorgio the sum of 60 Genoese lire. Caterina was absent during the manumission and was represented by the enacting notary Tommaso Duracino. The contract was extracted.
Tommaso Duracino, filza 27, series II, nr. 235
The slaveholder named Giacomo Cattaneo manumits an enslaved baptized Muslim man named Gianico.
Tommaso Duracino, filza 28, series I, nr. 218
The slaveholder named Gabriele Casanova promises to manumit an enslaved Bosnian woman named Anna, who is approximately 26 years of age, within the next five years. Gabriele is represented in the transaction by Girolamo Casanova who serves as his procurator by a power of attorney issued in Chios in 1488. The contract notes that the enslaved Anna is currently under the service of a butcher named Francesco Pipo and that Francesco agrees to pay 40 Genoese lire for the manumission within the next six months. The contract also mandates that should Girolamo choose to lease the services of Anna to another third party, that this must be for a period not exceeding four years. Anna is present but silent during the manumission and is represented by the enacting notary Tommaso Duracino. The contract was extracted.
Giovanni Castagnola, contract enacted 1488-07-15
Tommaso Duracino, filza 28, series II, nr. 87
The slaveholders and brothers named Manfredo, Giovanni Battista, Giorgio, and Stefano de Clavaro manumit an enslaved Hungarian woman named Caterina, who is approximately 40 years of age. They had received the enslaved Caterina as an item of inheritance from the testament of their deceased father Pietro de Clavaro. As a condition of the manumission Caterina promises to work as a household servant for Manfredo and his family for three years without pay. At the end of the term of service Manfredo must provide Caterina all her clothing and goods and formally deliver them to her via the notary. Manfredo and his brothers retain the right of patronage. Caterina is present but silent and is represented by the enacting notary Tommaso Duracino. The contract was extracted.
Maurizio de Parma, contract enacted 1488-06-20
Tommaso Duracino, filza 3, series I, nr. 288
The slaveholder named Lorenzo Marchesano manumits an enslaved Ruthenian woman named Maddalena, who is approximately 32 years of age. The contract obligates Maddalena to serve for an additional 7 years without salary. However, her food and clothing will be provided. Lorenzo retains the right of patronage. The contract was extracted.
The house inhabited by Lorenzo Marchesano
Tommaso Duracino, filza 3, series I, nr. 321
The slaveholder named Niccolò Cattaneo manumits an enslaved Ruthenian woman named Caterina, who is approximately 40 years of age. Niccolò retains the right of patronage. The contract was extracted.
Tommaso Duracino, filza 3, series I, nr. 90
The slaveholder named Francesco Stella manumits an enslaved Circassian man named Venturino, who is approximately 25 years of age. Venturino agrees to serve Francesco and his family for the next five years, both on land and at sea, without salary or payment, but with his food and clothes provided. If Venturino fails to serve for the specified period, the manumission is nullified and he will return to a condition of enslavement. Francesco also retains the right of patronage.
The slaveholder named Raffaele de Monterubeo manumits an enslaved Russian woman named Caterina, who is approximately 40 years of age. Caterina agrees to serve in the household of Raffaele for the next three years without pay. Raffaele maintains the right of patronage.
The house inhabited by the notary Tommaso Duracino
The slaveholders and brothers named Leoterio and Giacomo Picio manumit an enslaved Ruthenian woman named Maria, who is approximately 38 years of age. They had received the enslaved Maria from their mother Argenta as named heirs in her testament. Maria agrees to pay the sum of 40 Genoese lire for the manumission, 10 lire of which were loaned to Maria by a certain Bartolomeo Salvago. Leoterio was not present during the manumission and was represented by the enacting notary Tommaso Duracino. Giacomo retains the right of patronage. The contract was extracted.
The house inhabited by Meliaduce Salvago
The slaveholder and inhabitant of Bonifacio named Niccolò Granello manumits an enslaved Circassian woman named Lucia, who is approximately 18 years of age. Lucia agrees to remain in servitude to Niccolò for the next nine years without salary. Niccolò retains the right of patronage. The contract was extracted.
The slaveholder named Costantino de Malta manumits an enslaved Russian woman named Caterina, who is approximately 44 years of age.
Tommaso Duracino, filza 5, nr. 280 (formerly nr. 447)
The slaveholder named Battista de Marini manumits an enslaved Tatar woman named Elena, who is approximately 40 of age. Elena was absent during the manumission and was represented by the enacting notary Tommaso Duracino. Battista retains the right of patronage. The contract was extracted.
Tommaso Duracino, filza 5, nr. 282 (formerly nr. 448)
The slaveholder named Maria Lomellini manumits an enslaved Ruthenian woman named Marta, who is approximately 38 years of age. Maria retains the right of patronage and Marta agrees to serve in the house of Maria for three additional years without salary. The contract is enacted with the consent of Giovanni and Andrea de Marini, the sons of Maria. The contract was extracted.
The house inhabited by Andrea and Giovanni de Marini
Tommaso Duracino, filza 6, series I, nr. 184
The slaveholders and brothers Daniele and Santino Spinola, heirs of the goods of their deceased father Giacomo Spinola, manumit an enslaved Circassian woman named Margarita, who is approximately 35 years of age. The brothers retain the right of patronage. The contract was extracted.
The house inhabited by Daniele and Santino Spinola
Tommaso Duracino, filza 6, series II, nr. 96
The slaveholder named Gregorio Doria manumits an enslaved Circassian woman named Maddalena, who is approximately 40 years of age. Maddalena is absent during the manumission and is represented by the enacting notary Tommaso Duracino. Gregorio retains the right of patronage. The contract was extracted.
Tommaso Duracino, filza 7, series I, nr. 44
The slaveholder and Genoese citizen named Giovanni de Marini manumits an enslaved Ruthenian man named Giorgio, who is approximately 25 years of age. Giorgio was absent durign the manumission and was represented by the enacting notary Tommaso Duracino. Giovanni retains the right of patronage. The contract was extracted.
Tommaso Duracino, filza 7, series II, nr. 29
The slaveholder named Filippo Salvago manumits an enslaved Russian woman named Agnese, who is approximately 45 years of age. The manumission is made under the condition that Agnese continue to work as a household servant for Filippo and his family for a term of five years starting from 1 January 1464. Filippo retains the right of patronage. The contract was extracted.
The house inhabited by Giovanni Ambrogio de Marini
Tommaso Duracino, filza 7, series II, nr. 357
The slaveholder named Francesco de Turrilia liberates the enslaved woman named Marta.
Notai ignoti, busta 63, 1480–1500, doc. 60
The slaveholder named Girolamo de Camulio, the bishop of Chios, liberates the enslaved Wallachian child named Teodora, who is approximately 12 years of age. As a condition of the manumission the freed Teodora agrees to work as a servant in the household of Teodora de Camulio, the sister of Girolamo, for a term of 7 years.
Abazia di San Siro 1316–1653, entry dated 1387-10-02
The slaveholder named Giovanna de Vigono, the widow of Valente de Valentibus, leases out an enslaved Albanian man named Giorgio and his son named Andrea to a farmer from the Bisagno valley named Domenico Riccio. The term was eight years for Giorgio and twelve years for Andrea for a total payment of 40 Genoese lire. The contract stipulated that both Giorgio and Andrea were to be manumitted at the end of their terms.
The house inhabited by Giovanna de Vigono
Lorenzo Calvi, filza 1, series I, nr. 62
The slaveholder named Lorenzo Gattilusio manumits an enslaved Vlach woman named Sofia. The formerly enslaved Sofia agrees to work as a household servant for Lorenzo and his family for the next three years as a condition of manumission.
The house of the tailor Antonio Guidotto
Giovanni Loggia, filza 1, series III, nr. 35
The slaveholder and nun named Tobietta de Levanto of the Monastery of San Tommaso in Genoa, with the consent of the abbess Maria Grillo and a quorum of other nuns, manumits an enslaved Abkhazan woman named Lucia, who is approximately 22 years of age. The contract specifically indicates that the enslaved Lucia was a servant at the monastery.
Giovanni Valdettaro, filza 1, series I, nr. 131 (formerly nr. 122)
The slaveholder named Cosmo de Monelia manumits an enslaved Abkhazan man named Lanzarotto. Cosmo retains the right of patronage. He was also absent during the transaction and was represented by Filippo de Franchi who acted as his procurator.
The slaveholder named Niccolò Piccaluga manumits an enslaved Greek woman named Anna, with the condition that the enslaved Anna serve a certain Antonio de Natino for a term of fifteen years.
Manumissio Lucie serve Georgii Spinule liberti
The slaveholder named Giorgio Spinola, who was once an enslaved person himself for the family of Eliano Spinola, and his wife Antonia, noted only as "Sicilian" and who is also likely a formerly enslaved person, manumit an enslaved Circassian woman named Lucia, who is approximately 21 years of age. Lucia agrees to serve in the household of Simone Negrone for a term of six years as a condition of manumission. The contract also states that her wages are to be paid directly to Giorgio and Antonia, and that they will be determined beforehand by Giorgio, Antonia, and Simone. Giorgio and Simona retain the right of patronage.
Antonio Fazio, filza 2, series II, nr. 393
The farmer from the Bisagno Valley named Giannino de Guigermeize manumits an enslaved Tatar man named Giorgio, who is approximately 60 years of age. The enslaved Giorgio agrees to work as a servant to Giannino for an additional two years as a condition of the manumission. Giannino retains the right of patronage. The contract was extracted.
Antonio Fazio, filza 2, series II, nr. 76
The slaveholder named Antonio de Varcio manumits an enslaved man named Asano who is approximately 38 years of age. The enslaved Asano agrees to pay 30 Genoese lire to Antonio as a condition of the manumission. Antonio retains the right of patronage.
Antonio Fazio, filza 3, series I, nr. 175
The slaveholder named Linò Cattaneo manumits an enslaved Bulgarian woman named Caterina, who is approximately 30 years of age. Linò retains the right of patronage.
Antonio Fazio, filza 3, series I, nr. 176
Antonio Fazio, filza 3, series I, nr. 189
The slaveholders and brothers named Isnardo and Girolamo Cattaneo manumit an enslaved Circassian woman named Elena, who is approximately 36 years of age. The brothers retain the right of patronage.
The house inhabited by Girolamo Cattaneo
Antonio Fazio, filza 3, series I, nr. 190
The slaveholder named Isnardo Cattaneo manumits an enslaved Tatar woman named Margarita, who is approximately 50 years of age. Isnardo retains the right of patronage.
The workshop of the barber Nigro de Guilellmo
Antonio Fazio, filza 3, series I, nr. 358
The slaveholder named Cattaneo Camilla manumits an enslaved Tatar woman named Lucia, who is approximately 45 years of age. Cattaneo retains the right of patronage.
Antonio Fazio, filza 3, series I, nr. 359
The slaveholder named Cattaneo Camilla manumits an enslaved Akhazan woman named Agnese, who is approximately 40 years of age. Cattaneo retains the right of patronage. The contract mentions that she had been previously held by the deceased Andreola Camilla and that she was enumerated as an item in her inventory of possessions.
Antonio Fazio, filza 3, series II, nr. 326
The slaveholder named Giovanni manumits an enslaved man named Giacobino. The contract is damaged and it is not possible to read the surname of the slaveholder or any additional information about the enslaved Giacobino. Giovanni retains the right of patronage.
The shop that sells shares in the Casa di San Giorgio
Antonio Gallo, filza 1, nr. 260 (formerly nr. 267)
The slaveholder named Antonio de Ponte manumits an enslaved woman named Anna. The enacting notary Antonio Gallo serves as the representative for Anna during the enactment even though she is present. Antonio de Ponte retains the right of patronage.
The office of the chancellor of the Casa di San Giorgio
Antonio Pastorino, filza 10, series I, nr. 149
The slaveholder named Giovanni Antonio Spinola manumits an enslaved Albanian woman named Maria, who is approximately 24 years of age. The enslaved Maria agrees to serve in the household of Giovanni Antonio for another two years as a condition of the manumission. Giovanni Antonio retains the right of patronage. The contract was extracted.
Antonio Pastorino, filza 10, series I, nr. 63
The slaveholder named Emanuele de Almano manumits an enslaved woman from the Crimean region named Caterina, who is approximately 25 years of age. The enslaved Caterina is absent during the enactement and is represented by the enacting notary Antonio Pastorino. Emanuele renounces the right of patronage. The contract was extracted.
Antonio de Fontanelio, register 1, 1370–1389, fol 104v
The slaveholder named Pietra Costa, named an heir of her father the notary Luca Costa, manumits an enslaved woman named Sofia.
Antonio de Fontanelio, register 1, 1370–1389, fol 107v
Bartolomeo Risso, filza 3, series I, nr. 105
The slaveholder and silk weaver named Giorgio Galetto manumits an enslaved Hungarian woman named Elena, who is approximately 35 years of age. Giorgio retains the right of patronge. The contract was extracted.
Bartolomeo Risso, filza 3, series II, nr. 100
The slaveholders and brothers named Damiano and Giovanni Spinola manumit an enslaved Russian woman named Anna, who is approximately 30 years of age. The enslaved Anna had previously been leased to a certain Branchaleone Grillo, who subequently sub-leased her to a certain Tommasina Doria, with her original term of service ending on 1 October 1460. Tommasina agrees to forgive the final two years of Anna’s service so that she only owes service until 1 October 1458. The contract also has an option for Anna to redeem any or all of her remaining service to Tommasina at a cost of 10 Genoese lire per year. Damiano and Giovanni retain the right of patronage.
The slaveholder and merchant from Milan named Matteo de Nigris manumits an enslaved Russian woman named Maddaleana, who is approximately 24 years of age. The contract notes that Maddalena was already required to serve Gherardo de Brevei for a period six years, beginning 1 April of the current year, by a lease contract enacted on 20 May 1452. Matteo retains the right of patronage. The contract was extracted.
Bartolomeo Risso, filza 2, series II, nr. 179
The slaveholder named Ambrogio Garretto manumits an enslaved Russian woman named Maddalena, who is approximately 24 years of age. The enslaved Maddalena had been leased to the earlier the same day to a certain Domenigina de Finario, for a term of 7 years and a total payment of 90 Genoese lire. The manumission is granted once the seven year term is complete. The contract was twice extracted.
Branca Bagnara, filza 1, series I, nr. 149
The slaveholder named Luca Sichero manumits an enslaved Tatar woman named Lucia, who is approximately 34 years of age. The enslaved Lucia agrees to serve a certain Antonio Squarciafico for a term of six years as a condition of manumission. The contract notes that Antonio had also agreed to pay 55 Genoese lire to Luca for the term of service as specified in a lease contract enacted earlier in the day. Battista de Benisia acts as a guarantor for Antonio against any claims related the the manumission, particulary any claims related to the manumission tax. Luca retains the right of patronage. The contract was extracted.
Branca Bagnara, filza 1, series I, nr. 148
Branca Bagnara, filza 1, series II, nr. 279
The slaveholders named Carlo Spinola, his mother Agenta Cattaneo, and his brothers Giacomo, Angelo, Leonardo, and Gaspare Spinola manumit an enslaved woman named Maddalena. The enslaved Maddalena had been manumitted in a contract enacted on 8 May 1430 by Lombardo de Sancto Stephano (now lost) with an obligation of to serve Argenta and her sons for a term of two years. This current manumission remits and cancels the two-year service obligation with the Spinola family retaining the right of patronage. The contract was extracted.
The workshop of the belt-maker Giovanni de Viterbo
Branca Bagnara, filza 1, series II, nr. 288
The enslaved Elena agrees to serve the slaveholder and paper-maker Basilio Axinela for a term of eight years. Basilio promises to manumit Elena after the term of service. The enslaved Elena also promises not to work as a servant for Girolamo Lercari or his household.
The workshop of the silk merchant Andrea de Albingana
Branca Bagnara, filza 1, series II, nr. 303
The slaveholder and paper-maker named Basilio Axinello transfers an enslaved woman named Elena to a certain Girolamo Lercari as the satisfaction for a debt of 150 Genoese lire which Basilio owes Girolamo and which was recorded in a debt instrument enacted on 10 October 1430. The contract states that the enslaved Elena would be restored to Basilio upon repayment of the sum and that Girolamo would have the right to purchase Elena for the same amount within one year after she was returned. If Basilio refused the resale then Girolamo is bound to immediately manumit the enslaved Elena.
Branca Bagnara, filza 1, series II, nr. 271
Branca Bagnara, filza 5, series I, nr. 196
The slaveholders and siblings named Evangelista, Taddeo, and Lucrezia de Marini manumit an enslaved woman named Maria, who is approximately 42 years of age. The manumission of the enslaved Maria had been mandated in the testament of their mother Alterisia Cattaneo enacted in July 1438, in which the siblings were named as heirs and Evangelista named as the executor. Maria was absent during the manumission and was represented by the enacting notary Branca Bagnara. The siblings retain the right of patronage. The contract was extracted.
Taddeo de Mauro, contract dated 1438-07-15
Branca Bagnara, filza 5, series I, nr. 197
The slaveholders and siblings named Evangelista, Taddeo, and Lucrezia de Marini manumit an enslaved woman named Maddalena, who is approximately 45 years of age. The manumission of the enslaved Maddalena had been mandated in the testament of their mother Alterisia Cattaneo enacted in July 1438, in which the siblings were named as heirs and Evangelista named as the executor. Maddalena was absent during the manumission and was represented by the enacting notary Branca Bagnara. The siblings retain the right of patronage. The contract was extracted.
The testator and slaveholder named Alterisia Cattaneo names her son Evangelista de Marini as her executor. Evangelista is also named as an heir along with his siblings Taddeo and Lucrezia de Marini. The testament mandates that two enslaved women held by Alterisia named Maddalena and Maria be manumitted.
Branca Bagnara, filza 8, series I, nr. 247
The slaveholder named Giovanni Tommaso di Negro manumits an enslaved Abkhazan woman named Maddalena, who is approximately 30 years of age. Maddalena is present during the transaction and is represented by the enacting notary Branca Bagnara The contract suffers from extensive water damage, so the information related to the manumission is incomplete.
Region of Abkhazia, regional provenance of the enslaved Maddalena
Genoa, the house of the slaveholder Giovanni Tommaso di Negro
Branca Bagnara, filza 8, series I, nr. 267
The slaveholder named Maria de Columnis manumits an enslaved Ruthenian woman named Lucia, who is approximately 40 years of age, with the condition that the enslaved Lucia continue to work as a household servant for Maria for the remainder of Maria's life. Lucia is absent during the transaction and is represented by the enacting notary Branca Bagnara. The contract suffers from extensive water damage, so the information related to the manumission is incomplete.
The house inhabited by the lawyer Andrea de Benigassio
Region of Ruthenia, regional provenance of the enslaved Lucai
Genoa, the region house inhabited by the lawyer Andrea de Benigassio
Branca Bagnara, filza 8, series I, nr. 297
The house of the heirs of Anfreone Aspirano
Region of Ruthenia, regional provenance of the enslaved Marta
The house of the heirs of Anfreone Aspirano, where the enslaved Marta would have worked as a household servant (approximate region)
The house of the heirs of Anfreone Aspirano, where the enslaved Marta would have worked as a household servant
Branca Bagnara, filza 8, series II, nr. 67
The slaveholder named Bartolomeo Portinario manumits and enslaved Abkhazan woman named Lucia, who is approximately 30 years of age, with the condition that she works as a household servant for Bartolomeo for the subsequent eight years. Lucia was absent during the manumission and was represented by the enacting notary Branca Bagnara. The contract was extracted.
The house inhabited by Bartolomeo Portinario
Region of Abkhazia, regional provenance of the enslaved Lucia
The house inhabited by Bartolomeo Portinario, where the enslaved Lucia would have worked as a household servant
The house inhabited by Bartolomeo Portinario (approximate extent)
Branca Bagnara, filza 9, series II, nr. 40
The slaveholder named Damiano di Negro manumits an enslaved Abkhazan woman named Maria, who is approximately 28 years of age, under the condition that the enslaved Maria serve the households of Damiano and his son Giovanni for five years beginning on the forthcoming Easter. Damiano retains the right of patronage. The enslaved Maria was present during the manumission and was represented by the enacting notary Branca Bagnara. The contract was extracted.
Region of Abkhazia, regional provenance of the enslaved Maria
Genoa, the house of Angelo di Negro, where the manumission contract was enacted
Genoa, the house inhabited by Damiano and Giovanni di Negro, where the enslaved Maria has agreed to serve for five years
The slaveholder named Pellegro Salvago manumits an enslaved Bosnian woman named Lucia, who is approximately 24 years of age, under the condition that she remains in his service for the following six years. This is the same Lucia that Pellegro leased out on the same day in the previous contract. The enslaved Lucia was absent during the transaction and was represented by the enacting notary Davide Staliano.
The neighbourhood (contrada) of the Lomellini albergo
the neighbourhood of the Lomellini albergo
Bosnia, the origin of the enslaved Lucia
the place of enactment, a house in the neighbourhood of the Lomellini albergo
Diversorum comunis Ianue, filza 1, item dated 1409-08-18
The formerly enslaved Tatar woman named Lucia, who had been manumitted by a certain Urbano Marchesano earlier the same day, agrees to work as a servant for Urbano for an unspecified period of time. The contract mentions that the enslaved Lucia had been purchased by Urbano from the heirs of the deceased Paolo de Valegia before her manumission. The combination of sale and manumission thus represents a form of redemption by Urbano.
Antonio de Credenza, contract dated 1409-08-18
approximate location of the home of Antonio Credenza, the place of enactment
approximate location of the home of Urbano Marchesano, the place where the formerly enslaved Lucia will work as a servant
land of the Tatars, the region of origin for the formerly enslaved Lucia
The slaveholder named Urbano Marchesano manumits an enslaved Tatar woman name Lucia, whom he had earlier purchased from the heirs of the deceased Paolo de Valegia for an unspecified sum. The enslaved Lucia agrees to work as a servant for Urbano and this agreement is enacted in a subsequent contract.
Francesco Casanova, filza 3, series I, nr. 261 (formerly nr. 192)
The slaveholder named Accellino Cicala manumits an enslaved Tatar woman named Margarita, who is approximately 38 to 40 years of age, with the condition that the enslaved Maria serves him for the next three years. Accellino retains the right of patronage.
the house of Accellino Salvago, place of service of the enslaved Margarita
lands of the Tatars, origin of the enslaved Margarita
Giovanni Balbi, filza 1, series I, nr. 309 (formerly nr. 251)
The slaveholder named Antonio Marruffo manumits an enslaved Circassian man named Valentino. Antonio retains the right of patronage. The contract was extracted.
place of manumission of the enslaved Valentino
region of origin of the enslaved Valentino
Giovanni Balbi, filza 1, series I, nr. 379 (formerly nr. 190)
The slaveholder named Enrico Lecavello manumits an enslaved Tatar man named Martino. Enrico retains the right of patronage.
place of manumission of the enslaved Martino
region of origin of the enslaved Martino
Genoa, place of citizenship of the slaveholder Enrico Lecavello
Giovanni Balbi, filza 1, series I, nr. 408 (formerly nr. 291)
The slaveholder from Naples named Cola Bucciotto manumits an enslaved Vlach woman named Caraiha. Cola retains the right of patronage. The contract was extracted.
place of manumission of the enslaved Caraiha
region of origin of the enslaved Caraiha
Giovanni Balbi, filza 1, series I, nr. 412 (formerly nr. 322)
The recently manumitted Vlach woman named Caraiha agrees to enter into service for her former slaveholder from Naples named Cola Bucciotto for a term on one-and-a-half years. The agreement also contains a promise that Caraiha will not practice the apotechary's art (under her own name or someone else's name) in Chios or elsewhere. The contract was extracted.
place of service agreement for the formerly enslaved Caraiha
region of origin of the formerly enslaved Caraiha
Giovanni Balbi, filza 1, series II, nr. 3
This contract is for the manumission of an enslaved man named Niccolò. The contract is extremely damaged and it is not possible to ascertain any additional features about the manumission.
place of manumission of the enslaved Niccol
Giovanni Balbi, filza 1, series II, nr. 4
The slaveholder and baker name Giovanni Ungaro manumits an enslaved woman named Tedora under the condition that she enters into the service of Giovanni for the remainder of his lifetime. The contract mentions that the manumission included a gift of clothing and that Giovanni retains the right of patronage. The contract was very damaged so the information is incomplete.
place of manumission of the enslaved Tedora
Giovanni Balbi, filza 1, series II, nr. 5
The slaveholder named Stefano de Bozzolo manumits an enslaved Ruthenian woman named Teodisia. The enslaved Teodisia had agreed, as per an earlier sentence issued on 11 November 1451, to either pay 15 ducats of Chios to Stephano or work for him as a servant for two years as a condition of manumission. This manumission acknowledges the receipt of the 15 ducats paid through the bank of Edoardo Giustiniani on 11 March 1462. Stefano retains the right of patronage. The contract was extracted.
Castle of Chios, View from Outside (2013)
place of manumission of the enslaved Teodisia
region of origin of the enslaved Teodisia
Giovanni Balbi, filza 1, series II, nr. 8
The slaveholder and chancellor of Genoa named Niccolò de Credenza manumits an enslaved Albanian woman named Cita, who is over 30 years of age (the complete age is obliterated by the contract perforation). The contract mentions that Cita had served Niccolò and his family for nine years. Niccolò explicitly renounces the right of patronage. The contract was extracted.
place of manumission of the enslaved Cita
Giovanni Balbi, filza 1, series II, nr. 6
The slaveholder named Paolo Adorno manumits an enslaved woman from the Alanian peoples named Caterina. Paolo retains the right of patronage.
The house inhabited by Gabriele Giustiniani
Giovanni Balbi, filza 1, series II, nr. 9
The slaveholder named Francesco Giustiniani manumits an enslaved Hytuk woman named Margarita, who is approximately 30 years of age. Francesco retains the right of patronage.
The house inhabited by Francesco Giustiniani
place of manumission of the enslaved Margarita
region of origin of the enslaved Margarita
The slaveholders Giovanni Battista de Manci from Naples, Vito Antonio de Aquaviva in the Duchy of Bari, Paride Albertino from Amatrice, and Giovanni di Giacomo from Amatrice manumit an enslaved Muslim woman from Aguer, in Morocco, named Margarita, and who is approximately 27 years of age, after receiving a ransom payment of 35 scudi from Ludovic de Lacatin de Molines. These men had taken Margarita during the looting that occurred after Siege of Genoa in May 1522, seizing her from her holder Demetrio Ittaliano. The manumission also notes that Ludovic, who was a French man resident in Genoa, was the father of Margarita's child.
house of Demetrio Ittaliano, where the enslaved worked as a servant
The slaveholder named Pellegro Salvago manumits an enslaved baptized Muslim woman named Margarita, who is approximately 25 years of age, under the condition that she continues to serve Pellegro and his spouse Battistina Rau for the remainder of their lives. Pellegro and his heirs retain the right of patronage.
home where the enslaved Margarita served
region of origin of the enslaved Margarita (rough extent)
Girolamo Loggia, filza 2, series I, nr. 211
The slaveholder named Eliana Negrone manumits an enslaved woman named Maddalena who had been transfered into the custody of Eliana as a partial return of her dowry against the estate of her deceased spouse Illario Squarciafico. This transfer is valued at 70 Genoese lire towards the larger (and unspecified) dotal liability. The enslaved Maddalena agrees to serve in the household of Eliana and her family for a term of five years as a condition of the manumission. The contract states that if, at any point, Maddalena wants to exit the term of service, then she must pay the sum of 6 lire per year for the remaining time to Cosmo and Raffaele Squarciafico, the sons of Eliana. The sons retain the right of patronage, which is renounced by Eliana.
Girolamo Loggia, filza 2, series I, nr. 312
The slaveholder named Maria Spinola manumits an enslaved woman named Andreola under the condition that she continues to serve Maria for a term of five years. Maria and her heirs retain the right of patronage. The contract was extracted.
place of manumission and future service, approximate extent
Girolamo Loggia, filza 6, series I, nr. 344
The slaveholder named Cosmo Lomellini manumits an enslaved baptized Muslim named Caterina, whom he had purchased in the Iberian as a child at least 16 years earlier. She agrees to serve Cosmo for an additional ten years as a condition of manumission. The contract also states that Caterina cannot enter into a service or employment agreement without the consent of Cosmo and that she may also not enter into marriage without his consent. The enslaved Caterina is absent during the manumission and is represented by the enacting notary Girolamo Loggia. Cosmo retains the right of patronage.
origin of the enslaved Caterina (approximate extent)
Girolamo Loggia, filza 6, series I, nr. 465
The slaveholder and banker named Teramo Centurione manumits an enslaved baptized Muslim man named Giacobino, who is approximately 25 years of age, under the condition that Giacobino pays 125 Geneose lire for his freedom. Teramo retains the right of patronage.
The house inhabited by the banker Teramo Centurione
origin of the enslaved Giacobino (approximate extent)
place of manumission (approximate extent)
Girolamo Loggia, filza 7, series I, nr. 212
The slaveholder named Baldassare Negrone manumits an enslaved baptized Jewish woman named Anna, who is approximately 28 years of age, under the condition that she continues to serve in the household of Baldassare for an additional seven years.
The house inhabited by Baldassare Negrone
origin of the enslaved Anna, approximate extent
Girolamo Loggia, filza 7, series I, nr. 28
The slaveholders Pellegro Salvago and his spouse Battistina Rau manumit an enslaved baptized Muslim woman named Margarita, who is approximately 18 years of age, under the condition that she serve Pellegro and Battistina for the remainder of their lives.
Giuliano Canella, register 5, 1415–1417, fol. 446r
The slaveholder named Leonello Lomellini manumits an enslaved Tatar man named Francesco under the condition that Francesco serve Leonello for the remainder of his (Leonello's) life. The manumission replaces an earlier contract enacted on 11 January 1413 by the notary Giovanni de Diano that required Francesco to serve Leonello for a term of 12 years after which he would be manumitted. The contract was extracted.
Giovanni de Diano, contract dated 1413-01-11
The house inhabited by the Florentine dyer Vitale di Bartolomeo
The slaveholder named Leonello Lomellini manumits an enslaved Tatar man named Francesco under the condition that Francesco serve Leonello for a term of 12 years.
Bernardo de Ferrari, filza 2, series I, nr. 161
The slaveholder named Antonio Gentile manumits an enslaved Ruthenian man named Andrea. This is an unconditional manumission with no retention of patronage.
Bernardo de Ferrari, filza 2, series I, nr. 184
The slaveholder and bishop of Chios named Antonio Pallavicini manumits an enslaved Tatar man named Martino under the condition that he serves the bishop for an additional term of one year. Antonio retains the right of patronage.
Bernardo de Ferrari, filza 2, series I, nr. 184a
Antonio Foglietta, filza 1, series I, nr. 281
The slaveholder from Pera named Andrea de Corrado manumits an enslaved Ruthenian woman named Marta, who is approximately 24 years of age. The enslaved Marta agrees to serve Francesco Pallavicini for a term of five years as a condition of manumission from whom Andrea receives the sum of 75 ducats of Chios. The contract is structured in a manner that both Andrea and Francesco are named as the persons giving the manumission. The transcript is incomplete (possibly due to damage).
The house of the physician Barnaba Trainatio
Antonio Foglietta, filza 1, series I, nr. 298
The slaveholder from Levanto named Oberto de Alpe manumits an enslaved woman from the region of Serbia named Caterina, who is approximately 26 years of age. The transcript is incomplete (likely due to damage to the original item).
Antonio Foglietta, filza 1, series I, nr. 320
The slaveholder and notary named Baldassare de Signorio manumits an enslaved Circassian woman named Maria, who is approximately 35 years of age. The transcript is incomplete (likely due to damage to the original item).
Antonio Foglietta, filza 1, series II, nr. 22
The slaveholder and cloth dyer named Diego de Siblia manumits an enslaved Greek man from Achaia named Manouil Moraito, who was named Valentino while enslaved. The transcript is incomplete (possibly due to damage to the original item).
Antonio Foglietta, filza 1, series II, nr. 23
The slaveholder named Bartolomeo Giustiniani manumits an enslaved baptized Muslim named Ambrogio, who is approximately 35 years of age. The transcript is incomplete (possibly due to damage to the original item).
Bernardo de Ferrari, filza 1, series II, nr. 112
Manumissio Dominici Salvagi olim servi quondam Benedicti
The slaveholders named Gregorio Giustiniani and Oberto Imperiale, acting as the legal administrators of the estate of the deceased Benedetto Salvago, manumit an enslaved Abkhazan man named Domenico, who had been held by Benedetto, under the condition that Domenico pays the administrators 20 ducats of Chios for the manumission. The heirs and successors of Benedetto retain the right of patronage.
The workplace of the apothecary Antonio Picio
Tommaso de Recco, filza 2, series II, nr. 96
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.
Tommaso de Recco, filza 2, series II, nr. 130
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.
Tommaso de Recco, filza 1, series I, nr. 64
The slaveholder and notary named Cassano Casella manumits an enslaved woman named Catalina.
Tommaso de Recco, filza 1, series I, nr. 65
Bernardo de Ferrari, filza 1, series II, nr. 90
The slaveholders named Pietro de Castiliono and Giacomo Ravina manumit an enslaved man named Giorgino.
Bernardo de Ferrari, filza 1, series II, nr. 91
The slaveholder named Giacomo Ravina manumits an enslaved woman named Caterina.
Bernardo de Ferrari, filza 1, series III, nr. 112
The slaveholder and lawyer named Alberto Bullo manumits an enslaved Circassian woman from the Hytuk region named Maddalena. The contract mentions that she had been leased for a term of six years to Pellegro Giustiniani with a promise of manumission at the end of the term. Pellegro had then subleased her to Leonardo Buzurro where she served as a wet-nurse for his son.
The slaveholder named Giovanni Merano manumits an enslaved Ruthenian woman named Lucia, who is approximately 30 years of age, under the condition that she serve him until his death and serve his daughter Angela until her marriage.
Bernardo de Ferrari, filza 1, series III, nr. 70
The slaveholder named Napoleone Lomellini manumits an enslaved Abkhazan man named Giacomo. The manumission has the condition of a third-party payment.
Bernardo de Ferrari, filza 1, series V, nr. 62
Guirardo Parisola, register 2, 1341–1398, fol. 185v
The slaveholder Teodora Usodimare and her sons Damiano, Antonio, Pasquale, and Gregorio manumit an enslaved Tatar man named Martino, who is approximately 30 years of age. The enslaved Martino was an item of inheritance from the deceased Bendinello Sauli who was his original holder. Damiano acts as procurator in the name of his brothers Antonio, Pasquale, and Gregorio. Teodora and her sons retain the right of patronage. The contract notes that the property of Martino reverts to the Sauli family after his death, even if he enters into marriage and has children.
Tommaso de Recco, filza 2, series II, nr. 103
The slaveholder named Battista de Vignano manumits an enslaved Tatar woman named Maddalena, who is approximately 23 years of age.
Guirardo Parisola, register 2, 1341–1398, fols. 20v–21r
The slaveholder and butcher from Chiavari (and who is working in Genoa) named Bartolomeo Grillo manumits an enslaved Tatar woman named Marta, who is approximately 40 years of age. Bartolomeo renounces the right of patronage. The enslaved Marta is represented in the manumission by the enacting notary Cristoforo de Revellino.
Guirardo Parisola, register 3, 1382–1383, fol. 9r
The nuns of the monastery of Santi Giacomo e Filippo collectively manumit an enslaved Tatar woman named Margarita who had been married three years previously to the formerly enslaved Tatar man named Giovanni. The enslaved Margarita had been sold to the monastery on 15 July 1378 under the condition that she could only leave the monastery in case of war or if she gets married. The nuns confirm that the marriage is validly contracted and consummated, allowing her to leave the monastery.
Cristoforo de Pineto, contract dated 1378-07-15
The Monastery of Santi Giacomo e Filippo
Guirardo Parisola, register 3, 1382–1383, fol. 9v
The slaveholder named Orietta Cocalosa manumits an enslaved Ruthenian woman named Agnese, with the right of patronage retained by Orietta and her heirs.
The slaveholder named Girolamo Bondenario manumits an enslaved woman named Cita whose manumission had been bequeathed in the testament of the deceased Isabella Bondenario enacted on 11 May 1470. Girolamo acts as the universal heir of Isabella and executes the manumission which is under the condition that Cita work as a servant in the household of Maria Bondenario for five years, two of which have already been served. Cita is absent during the manumission and is represented by the enacting notary Lorenzo Costa. The contract has a unique penalty for non-compliance: if the heir fails to manumit Cita, then he must pay 150 Genoese lire to the Officium Misericordie for distribution to the poor. Girolamo retains the right of patronage. The contract was extracted.
The workplace of the notary Lorenzo Costa
This item is the testament of the slaveholder Isabella Bondenario in which she mandates the manumission of an enslaved woman named Cita. Isabella names her nephew Girolamo Bondenario as her universal heir.
Gregorio Labaino, filza 2, series II, nr. 190
The slaveholder named Raimondo Bisaccia manumits an enslaved Tatar woman named Cristiana, who agrees to serve Raimondo and his son Raffaele for the next eight years as a condition of the manumission.
Cristoforo Revellino, register 6, 1392, fol. 107v
The slaveholders, notaries, and brothers named Battista and Cristoforo Stella manumit an enslaved Tatar woman named Marta, who had been held by their deceased father Giorgio. The brothers retain the right of patronage.
The house of the notary Niccolò Bracelli
region of origin (approximate) of the enslaved Marta
Narino Montaldo, filza 1, series II, nr. 126a
The slaveholder named Megollo Lercari manumits an enslaved Circassian woman named Cristiana, who is approximately 35 years of age, and who had just been leased in the previously enacted contract for a term of ten years. The manumission takes effect after the term of service. Megollo retains the right of patronage.
Narino Montaldo, filza 1, series II, nr. 126
The slaveholder named Ottobone Lomellini manumits an enslaved Bosnian woman named Maria, who is approximately 30 years of age, under the condition that she serves the silk merchant named Girolamo de Canalis for a term of 12 years. The service obligation was recorded in a lease contract enacted immediately before the manumission for which Girolamo paid Ottobone the sum of 120 Genoese lire. Ottobone and his heirs retain the right of patronage. Maria was absent during the manumission and was represented by the enacting notary Niccolò Raggio. The contract was extracted.
Oberto Foglietta, filza 5, series I, nr. 309
The slaveholders named Battista and Raffaele Richeme manumit an enslaved Ruthenian woman named Maria, who is approximately 40 years of age, with the condition that Maria continue to serve Battista until Christmas 1457 (approximately 3 months). The manumission also specifies additional conditions. First, that Maria perform laundry duties to Battista at least once per month after the term of service for the remainder of her life. Second, that Maria must serve Battista and Raffaele, or their families, in case of their illness (without pay). Maria is represented in the contract by the enacting notary Oberto Foglietta. Battista and Raffaele retain the right of patronage.
The workplace of the notary Oberto Foglietta
The slaveholder named Dionisio Rissotto manumits an enslaved Ruthenian woman named Maria, who is approximately 28 years of age, with Dionisio retaining the right of patronage. Maria is present and represented in the manumission by the enacting notary Teramo de Castelaccio.
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.
Pietro Fazio, contract enacted 1466-02-17
Tommaso Duracino, filza 2, series I, nr. 283
The slaveholder and shoemaker named Battista de Serravalle manumits an enslaved Hungarian woman named Elena, who is approximately 35 years of age, with the condition that the enslaved Elena agrees to serve Battista and his householder for a term of 10 years. Battista retains the right of patronage. The contract was extracted.
The house inhabited by the shoemaker Battista de Serravalle
The slaveholder named Bartolomeo Doria manumits an enslaved baptized Muslim from Granada named Maddalena, with Bartolomeo retaining the right of patronage.
Giovanni Ballauco, register 5, fol. 39r–v
Pro Marta Gibella manumissio facta per Antonium Gibellum eius dominum
The slaveholder named Antonio Gibello manumits an enslaved Hungarian woman named Marta, who is approximately 25 years of age, under the condition that Marta serves Antonio for the remainder of his life. If Antonio should die before his son Giovanni reaches 22 years of age, then Marta must also serve him until he reaches the age of 22. Marta is absent during the manumission and is represented by the enacting notary Giovanni Balluco. Antonio renounces the right of patronage.
place of manumission of the enslaved Marta
Antonio Fazio, filza 3, series I, nr. 263
The slaveholder named Giuliano Lercari leases out an enslaved Bulgarian woman named Caterina, who is approximately 30 years of age, to the banker named Girolamo Lercari, for a term of 10 years and total payment of 130 Genoese lire. The contracts mandates the manumission of Elena at the end of the term under the condition that she pays the manumission tax herself. Giuliano retains the right of patronage. The contract was extracted.
Antonio Fazio, filza 3, series I, nr. 283
The slaveholder named Emanuele Cattaneo leases out an enslaved Circassian man named Giorgio, who is approximately 24 years of age, to a certain Battista Calvo for a term of five-and-a-half years and total payment of 100 Genoese lire. The enslaved Giorgio is completely manumitted at the end of the term with Emanuele retaining the right of patronage. The contract was extracted.
Antonio Fazio, filza 3, series I, nr. 283a
Antonio Fazio, filza 3, series I, nr. 321
The slaveholder and shoemaker named Bartolomeo Parisola manumits an enslaved Bulgarian woman named Lucia, who is approximately 22 years of age, with the enslaved Lucia agreeing to serve Bartolomeo for an additional seven years as a condition of manumission. Lucia was absent during the manumission and was represented by the enacting notary Antonio de Facio. Bartolomeo retains the right of patronage. The contract was twice extracted.
The house inhabited by the shoemaker Bartolomeo Parisola
Antonio Fazio, filza 3, series I, nr. 322
The slaveholder named Luca Gentile manumits an enslaved Circassian man named Giorgio, who is approximately 25 years of age, under the condition that he completes his previously contracted three-year term of service to the lawyer Giacomo de Leone, which began over a week earlier, on 12 June 1433. Luca retains the right of patronage. The contract was twice extracted.
Antonio Fazio, filza 3, series II, nr. 350
The slaveholder named Violante Porco leases out and enslaved woman child named Maria, who is approximately 16 years of age, to a certain Gaspare Lercari, for a term of twelve years and a total payment of 125 Genoese lire. The enslaved Maria is to be manumitted at the end of the term. Gaspare was absent during the transaction and was represented by the enacting notary Antonio de Facio.
The slaveholder named Lazzaro de Feliziano leases out an enslaved Circassian woman named Agnese, who is approximately 19 years of age, to the draper named Agostino de Ripalta, for a term of ten years. The enslaved Agnese is mandated for manumission at the end of the term of service.
The slaveholder and draper named Agostino de Ripalta leases out an enslaved Circassian woman named Agnese, who is approximately 20 years of age, to a merchant from Catalonia named Bernardo Dala, for a term of eight years, eleven months, and two days. This represents the reminder of service that the enslaved Agnese was mandated to serve Agostino from a previous lease enacted on 5 May 1447. The enslaved Agnese is mandated for manumission at the end of the term of service.
Branca Bagnara, filza 5, series II, nr. 17
The slaveholder named Demetrio Sauli leases out an enslaved woman named Maria, who is approximately 32 years of age, to a bootmaker named Pietro de Lugano for a term of six years and total payment of 40 Genoese lire (with 20 lire paid immediately and the remainder paid within eighteen months). The enslaved Maria is mandated for manumission at the end of the six year term. The contract was extracted.
The workshop of the bootmaker Antonio de Castelaccio
Branca Bagnara, filza 8, series II, nr. 53
The slaveholder named Bianca de Lavello leases out an enslaved Circassian woman named Caterina, who is approximately 26 years of age, to a certain Angelo Centurione, for a term of 17 years and a total payment of 130 Genoese lire. The enslaved Caterina is manumitted at the end of the term of service with Bianca retaining the right of patronage. Caterina was also absent during the transaction and represented by the enacting notary Branca Bagnara. The contract was extracted.
The slaveholder named Girolamo Navone manumits an enslaved woman named Margarita, who is approximately 24 years of age, under the condition that she serve a merchant named Enrico de Franchi, for a term of 15 years (as specified in the previously enacted contract). Girolamo retains the right of patronage. The contract was extracted.
The slaveholder, merchant, and citizen of Florence named Bartolo Sonaglini manumits an enslaved woman named Grazia and all her present and future descendants. He also renounces the right of patronage. Grazia is absent during the manumission and is represented by the enacting notary Antonio di ser Chelli.
The slaveholder and nun of the monastery of San Domenico in Pisa named Maria de Caveggia, who was formerly resident in Genoa, manumits an enslaved Circassian woman named Agnese. Maria renounces the right of patronage.
The former monastery of San Domenico in Pisa
place of manumission of the enslaved Agnese
place of inhabitation of the slaveholder and nun Maria de Caveggia
city of origin of the slaveholder and nun Maria de Caveggia
Lorenzo Calvi, filza 1, series I, nr. 49
The slaveholder named Ansaldo Usodimare manumits an enslaved Circassian man named Giacobino. The formerly enslaved Giacobina agrees to serve Ansaldo for the subsequent three years as a condition of the manumission.
The workshop of the apothecary Pietro Lavania
Lorenzo Calvi, filza 1, series I, nr. 51
The slaveholder named Caracosa Cattaneo manumits an enslaved Ruthenian woman named Margarita. The formerly enslaved Margaritaagrees to work as a household servant for Margarita for the next three years as a condition of manumission. It also notes that the manumission was made in order to prevent flight and possible religious conversion.
The house inhabited by Caracosa Cattaneo
Lorenzo Calvi, filza 1, series I, nr. 61
The slaveholder named Niccolò Testa manumits an enslaved Ruthenian man named Ivan, under the condition that the formerly enslaved Ivan serves Niccolò for a term of two years. Niccolò retains the right of patronage.
Lorenzo Calvi, filza 1, series I, nr. 60
The slaveholder named Benedetto Salvago manumits an enslaved Circassian woman named Anna. Benedetto is absent during the transaction and is represented by Domenico Salvago who is named as the custodian of his household. The manumission is requested by Anna and another Circassian man and convert to Islam named Acmat.
Franceschi-Galletti, item dated 1437-04-20
The slaveholder and merchant named Rainero Rainerii, who is a citizen of Florence currently living in Pisa, manumits an enslaved woman from the Crimean region named Maddalena. The formerly enslaved Maddalena agrees to serve Rainero for a term of five years and reside with him, for which she will receive the sum of 6 gold florins, paid annually.
Spedale Trovatelli, item dated 1462-01-11
The slaveholder named Maffeo Lecavella manumits an enslaved Tatar woman named Lucia. The formerly enslaved Lucia is present during the manumission and is represented by the enacting notary Niccolò Donati. Maffeo explicitly renounces the right of patronage. The contract also notes that if Lucia dies intestate and without children, then Maffeo will inherit her property.
Acquisto Cappelli, entry dated 1464-09-17
The slaveholder from Catalonia named Juan de Villamare manumits an enslaved baptized Muslim from Alexandria named Giovanni Francesco with the condition that the formerly enslaved Giovanni Francesco serve Giovanni de Villamare for a term of three years. Giovanni explicitly renounces the right of patronage.
Pisa, origin of the slaveholder Giovanni Maiolino
Genoa, the workplace of the notary Andreolo de Caito
Florence, origin of procurator Ardingo Riccio
Land of the Tatars, regional provenance of the enslaved Maddalena
Acquisto Cappelli, entry dated 1479-02-16
The slaveholder named Niccolò de Orlandis manumits an enslaved Circassian woman named Lucia under the condition that the formerly enslaved Lucia serve him for a subsequent term of two years. Niccolò renounces the right of patronage. The enslaved Lucia is absent during the manumission and is represented by the enacting notary Piero de Roncionibus. An undated addendum to the contract notes that Lucia eventually served in the household of Sandra de Orlandis, the daughter of Niccolò, until her death.
The house inhabited by Niccolò de Orlandis
Pia Casa di Misericordia, item dated 1500-01-24
Spedale Trovatelli, item dated 1529-02-20
The slaveholders and widow named Ursola, along with Francesco Gerardi, manumit an enslaved Tunisian man named Ali, who is approximately 25 years of age, who is described as having an olive complexion. Ali is a baptized Muslim who has taken the Christian name Giovanni Battista and whose manumission had been mandated by the testament of the deceased spouse of Ursola, the potter named Sano di Giovanni Borghesi. The formerly enslaved Ali later requested an authenticated copy because the original had been worn and damaged.
Spedale Trovatelli, item dated 1559-08-30
The formerly enslaved Giovanni Battista requests an authorized transcript of his manumission contract, enacted approximately 30 years previously, on account that is is worn by time and suffers from damage due to moisture.
The slaveholder and inhabitant of Pera named Melica Casatiano manumits an enslaved Tatar man named Erini (who is also known as Cotollo), who is approximately 30 years of age. Erini pays the sum of 50 asperes of Pera for the manumission.
These are silver coins minted in the Genoese colony of Pera.
The slaveholder and notary named Antonio de Castiliono manumits an enslaved Melkite man from Cyprus named Giorgio under the condition that he serves Agostino de Pinu for a term of one year. Agostino agrees to pay Antonio the sum of 14 gold ducats for the manumission, which will be remitted from the salary of Giorgio, denoted as 18 Genoese lire per annum.
Oberto Foglietta, register 5, 1390–1391, fols. 93v–94v
This contract is a judicial composition between the slaveholder Antonio Clavio and the Bulgarian named Michali, whom Antonio had purchased as an enslaved Tatar from Andrea Gagiola of Palermo for 50 Genoese lire approximately three months previous. It turned out that Michali was not a Tatar but a Bulgarian Christian who had concealed his identity in order to escape the abuse he had faced from Andrea. To recoup his capital outlay, as well as avoid the risk a possible legal challenge by holding Michali in enslavement, Antonio enters into an agreement with him to convert the original purchase into an eight-year term of service. The contract was extracted.
Tommaso de Recco, filza 1, series I, nr. 303
The slaveholder named Gherardo Vivaldi leases out an enslaved Ruthenian child named Brigida, who is approximately 16 years of age, to a certain Gregorio Stella, for a term of five years. The enslaved Brigida was immediately manumitted on the condition that she serve the term of service for Gregorio.
Tommaso de Recco, filza 2, series I, nr. 196a
The slaveholder and sugar master named Antonio de Cairo manumits an an enslaved Greek woman from Constantinople named Anna, whom he had just purchased on the same day. The third party named Lorenzo Gatto paid the sum of 30 ducats for the manumission.
Tommaso de Recco, filza 2, series I, nr. 8a
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.
Tommaso de Recco, filza 2, series I, nr. 139
The slaveholder named Gherardo de Carretto manumits an enslaved Ruthenian woman named Lucia, who is approximately 32 years of age, under the condition that she continues to work as his servant until his death.
Tommaso de Recco, filza 2, series I, nr. 139a
The slaveholder named Gherardo de Carretto manumits an enslaved Ruthenian child named Giacobino , who is approximately 17 years of age, under the condition that he continues to work as his servant until his death.
Tommaso de Recco, filza 1, series I, nr. 317
The slaveholder from Ancona named Giovanni de Landinis manumits an enslaved Tatar man named Giacobino, who is approximately 26 years of age. A certain Marcone Torriglione from Ancona pays the sum of 25 Venetian ducats to ensure the manumission.
Tommaso de Recco, filza 1, series I, nr. 317a
Tommaso de Recco, filza 1, series I, nr. 308c
The slaveholder and furrier named Antonio Carena manumits an enslaved Bulgarian child named Gregorio, who is approximately 17 years of age, after he finishes a four-year term of service to Giacomo Salvago, for which Antonio is paid the sum of 22 ducats and 5 zigliati in currency of Chios.
Domenico de Algario, filza 1, series I, nr. 64a
The slaveholder named Benedetto de Spigno mandates an enslaved Ruthenian child named Lucia, who is approximately 16 or 17 years of age, provided that she completes the six year term of service to Giovanni de Sancto Georgio enacted earlier the same day.
Domenico de Algario, filza 1, series I, nr. 135
The slaveholder named Giovanni de Tabia manumits an enslaved Vlach woman named Anna, who is approximately 25 years of age, under the condition that she serves in the household of Tommaso Sperone for a term of six years. Tommaso recompenses Giovanni the sum of 40 ducats of Chios for the manumission.
Domenico de Algario, filza 1, series I, nr. 137
The slaveholder named Battista de Tabia manumits an enslaved Ruthenian woman named Anna, who is approximately 25 years of age, under the condition that she serves in the household of Gherardo Paterio for a term of six years. Gherardo recompenses Giovanni the sum of 60 ducats of Chios for the manumission. Battista is represented by his brother Giovanni de Tabia in the manumission.
Tommaso de Recco, filza 1, series I, nr. 247
The slaveholder named Giovanni Andrea de Campis manumits an enslaved Vlach woman named Anna, who is approximately 27 years of age.
Lorenzo Calvi, filza 1, series I, nr. 70
The slaveholder named Isabella Salvago manumits an enslaved Circassian woman named Caterina. Caterina is absent during the enacting of the manumission and is represented by the enacting notary Lorenzo Calvo. The enslaved Caterina is manumitted with the condition that she remains a catholic Christian, and apostasy will void the manumission.
Lorenzo Calvi, filza 1, series I, nr. 125
The slaveholder named Girolamo de Franchi manumits an enslaved woman named Lucia, under the condition that work as a servant for the physician Quirico de Franchi for a term of five years. Girolamo retains the right of patronage. Lucia was absent during the transaction and was represented by the enacting notary Lorenzo Calvo.
The workshop of the shearer Giovanni Gallo
Lorenzo Calvi, filza 1, series I, nr. 132
The slaveholder named Domenico de Zoalio manumits an enslaved Circassian woman named Lucia. She is absent during the transaction and is represented by the enacting notary Lorenzo Calvo. Domenico retains the right of patronage.
Lorenzo Calvi, filza 1, series I, nr. 144
The slaveholder named Tommaso Spinola manumits an enslaved Abkhazan woman named Anasta, who is approximately 37 years of age. The contract mentions that she was manumitted on part because of her good service as a wet nurse to Isolta Vivaldi, the granddaughter of Tommaso. Tommaso retains the right of patronage. Anasta is absent during the transaction and is represented by the enacting notary Lorenzo Calvo.
The workshop of the shoemaker Ambrogio de Castiliono
Lorenzo Calvi, filza 1, series II, nr. 2
The slaveholder named Battista Narexano manumits an enslaved woman named Melica, with Battista retaining the right of patronage.
Tommaso de Recco, filza 2, series I, nr. 84
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).
Tommaso de Recco, filza 2, series I, nr. 121
The slaveholder named Pomellina Adorno manumits an enslaved Ruthenian man named Giacobino, who is approximately 22 years of age, under the condition that he work as a servant for Luca Pinelli for a term of four years. Pomellina received the sum of 22 ducats of Chios from Luca for the service agreement.
Tommaso de Recco, filza 2, series I, nr. 151
The slaveholder named Giovanni Bartolomeo de Podio manumits an enslaved man from the region of the Geta named Aspertino, who is approximately 24 years of age.
Tommaso de Recco, filza 2, series I, nr. 208
The slaveholder named Pietro Giustiniani manumits an enslaved Hungarian woman named Sofia, who is approximately 32 years of age, under the condition that she serves his son-in-law Raffaele Giustiniani for a term of nine years starting from 1 January 1455.
Tommaso de Recco, filza 2, series I, nr. 208a
The slaveholder named Pietro Giustiniani manumits an enslaved Hytuk woman named Margarita, who is approximately 25 years of age.
Tommaso de Recco, filza 2, series I, nr. 221
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.
Tommaso de Recco, filza 2, series II, nr. 469
The slaveholder and notary named Girolamo Senarega manumits an enslaved Abkhazan woman named Luchina.
Tommaso de Recco, filza 2, series II, nr. 547
The slaveholder named Giovanni de Polcevera manumits an enslaved Circassian woman from the Hytuk region named Lucia.
Antonio Foglietta, filza 1, series II, nr. 119
The slaveholder named Battista de Vignano donates an enslaved Bosnian woman named Caterina to his nephew Teramo to compensate him for his services. The enslaved Caterina will be manumitted upon the death of Teramo.
Carte Tucci, item dated 1382-12-16
The slaveholder and soldier named Bartolomeo Tuccio manumits an enslaved woman named Margarita and her son Vittorio. The contract notes that Margarita had been held by Bartolomeo for approximately 10 years, having being purchased from the slaveholder Giovanni Latinuccio, and that Vittorio was the son of the Bartolomeo. Bartolomeo renounces the right of patronage.
The house inhabited by Bartolomeo Tuccio
The slaveholder and armorer named Angelo di Mariano di Tofano manumits an enslaved woman from Caffa named Maddalena. The manumission is unconditional.
The house of Lorenzo di Pietro Ghinucci degli Azzoni
The slaveholder and knight named Antonio Bico, who is the commissioner of Montepulciano, manumits an enslaved woman from the Canary Islands named Caterina de Salè, whom he had purchased from Girolamo Spinola about six years previously, upon which Caterina immediately enters into marriage with the formerly enslaved man named Cola Gobita. Antonio donates 52 to Caterina, which the contract notes was her purchase price. The newly married Caterina and Cola promise to serve Antonio and his family for a term of 15 years as a condition of the manumission and donation.
The slaveholder from Venice named Leonardo Contarini manumits an enslaved Ruthenian man named Luca. The formerly enslaved Luca, jointly with the carpenter Guglielmo di Bassano, agreed to pay Leonardo the sum of 40 ducats for the manumission in three annual installments. Leonardo is represented in the manumission by Leonardo Pellegrini of Verona.
Liber bullarum magistri fratris Deodati de Gozon 1347, fol. 236r
The slaveholder and brother of the Knights of Rhodes named Francesco Dacre manumits two enslaved men named Demetrio and Stamati.
Liber bullarum magistri fratris Deodati de Gozon 1347, fol. 234v
The lay brother of the Knights of Rhodes and seneschal named Guglielmo de Sparano, acting of behalf of Dieudonné de Gozon, the Grand Master of the Knights of Rhodes, manumits an enslaved man named Apricoto. The enslaved Georgio de Negroponte, who is the father of Apricoto, pays the sum of 7 gold florins for his manumission.
Liber bullarum magistri fratris Deodati de Gozon 1347, fol. 239v
The lay brother of the Knights of Rhodes and seneschal named Guglielmo de Sparano, acting of behalf of Dieudonné de Gozon, the Grand Master of the Knights of Rhodes, manumits an enslaved man named Georgio de Negroponte, who pays the sum of 22 gold florins for his manumission.
Liber bullarum magistri fratris Deodati de Gozon 1347, fol. 241v
The slaveholder and nun named Margarita de Negroponte receives authorization from the brother of Knights of Rhodes named Dieudonné de Gozon to manumit a large group of enslaved men and women, most of whom are Greeks.
Liber bullarum magistri fratris Deodati de Gozon 1347, fol. 242r
The enslaved man named Nikolaos Corupi is manumitted by the Hospitaller order. The formerly enslaved Nikolaos had exchanged another enslaved man Giorgos de Limine in order to obtain the manumission.
Liber bullarum magistri fratris Deodati de Gozon 1347, fol. 245r
The manumission of the enslaved Estomaquo Thomasii, who had petitioned for his freedom on account of the death of his holder Pietro Oliti, who had obtained a license for his manumission but died before he was able to enact it.
Liber bullarum magistri fratris Deodati de Gozon 1347, fol. 226v
The slaveholder and brother of Knights of Rhodes named Dieudonné de Gozon manumits an enslaved Greek man named Cristodolo de lo Sicamino.
Liber bullarum magistri fratris Deodatis de Gozon 1351, fol. 213r
The enslaved man named Nikolaos Grossero is manumitted in consideration of his long service.
Liber bullarum magistri fratris Deodatis de Gozon 1351, fol. 216v
The enslaved man named Tedoro Vasillico is manumitted in consideration of his long service.
The enslaved Ioannis Agpocagno is manumitted under the condition that he pays 4 gold florins. This payment completes an earlier agreement made by the deceased knight and former bailiff or Rhodes named Rostagno de Serveria, who had promised Ioannis his freedom for a payment of 28 gold florins, of which 24 had already been paid before the death of Rostagno.
Liber bullarum magistri fratris Deodatis de Gozon 1351, fol. 218r
The slaveholder and Hospitaller knight named Bertrand Amici manumits an enslaved man named Ianos.
Liber bullarum magistri fratris Deodatis de Gozon 1351, fol. 219r
The slaveholder and enslaved man named Giorgio de Disputato obtains his manumission in exchange for another unnamed enslaved person.
The manumission of an enslaved person named Nikolaos Agripioti.
Liber bullarum magistri Rogerii de Pinibus 1346–1358, fol. 298v
The manumission recorded by the Knights of Rhodes of an enslaved person named Michális de Methelino.
Liber bullarum magistri Rogerii de Pinibus 1346–1358, fol. 298r
The slaveholder named Ianos Changari manumits an enslaved person named Nikolaos de Tyna, who is also his son.
The manumission recorded by the Knights of Rhodes of an enslaved person named Costa Morayti.
Liber bullarum magistri Rogerii de Pinibus 1346–1358, fol. 301r
The manumission recorded by the Knights of Rhodes of an enslaved person named Maria Sequiadia. The manumission states that the Maria must continue to serve her former holder, whose name is not specified, for the remainder of the holder's life.
The manumission recorded by the Knights of Rhodes of an enslaved person and baker named Nikolaos de Metelino.
Liber bullarum magistri Rogerii de Pinibus 1346–1358, fols. 303v–304r
The manumission recorded by the Knights of Rhodes of an enslaved person named Michális de Saloniqui. The manumission states Michális must continue to serve his former holder, whose name is not specified, for the remainder of the holder's life.
Liber bullarum magistri Rogerii de Pinibus 1346–1358, fol. 305r
The slaveholder and hospitaller knight named Ferdinando de Deza receives permission from Roger de Pins, the grand master of the Knights Hospitaller, to manumit two enslaved persons that he is holding.
Liber bullarum magistri Rogerii de Pinibus 1346–1358, fol. 297v
The manumission recorded by the Knights of Rhodes of an enslaved person named Ioannis Esmeriloni.
Liber bullarum magistri Rogerii de Pinibus 1346–1358, fol. 304r
The manumission recorded by the Knights of Rhodes of an enslaved person named Nikolaos de Monovassia. The manumission states Nikolaos must continue to serve his former holder, whose name is not specified, for the remainder of the holder's life.
Liber bullarum magistri Rogerii de Pinibus 1346–1358, fol. 301r–v
The manumission recorded by the Knights of Rhodes of an enslaved person named Erini de Maquidioci. The manumission states that Erini must continue to serve her former holder, whose name is not specified, for the remainder of the holder's life.
Liber bullarum magistri Rogerii de Pinibus 1346–1358, fol. 309v
The manumission recorded by the Knights of Rhodes of an enslaved person named Philippos de Hiotii. The manumission states Philippos must continue to serve his former holder, whose name is not specified, for the remainder of the holder's life.
Liber bullarum magistri fratris Rogerii de Pinibus 1365, fol. 295r
The manumission recorded by the Knights of Rhodes of an enslaved person named Georgios Marmara on account of his services.
Liber bullarum magistri fratris Rogerii de Pinibus 1365, fol. 294v
The manumission recorded by the Knights of Rhodes of an enslaved person named Antonio Ismailii (who may have been Jewish) under the condition of an unspecified payment.
The manumission recorded by the Knights of Rhodes of a large group of enslaved individuals.
Liber bullarum magistri fratris Antonii Fluvian 1427–1428
This document represents the confirmation of the manumission of Papacosta Chrimeli made by Robert de Juilly in 1377, with relevant documents being producted, on account of the children of Papacosta being impressed for marine service.
Liber bullarum magistri fratris Ioannis Ferdinandi de Heredia, fol. 243r
The slaveholder and hospitaller knight named Mauhetto de Caneo manumits an enslaved Bulgarian man named Giorgio.
The slaveholder and hospitaller knight named Mauhetto de Caneo manumits an enslaved Vlach man named Iacob de Licostoni.
Liber bullarum magistri fratris Ioannis Ferdinandi de Heredia, fol.