Battista Luxardo was a Genoese merchant and banker who was active during the second half of the fourteenth century. He served in several administrative and ambassadorial positions for the Republic fo Genoa.
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.
The slaveholder named Leonardo Giustiniani leases out an enslaved Hungarian woman named Maria, who is approximately 33 years of age, to a certain Giorgio de Benigassio, for a term of 6 years and total payment of 60 Genoese lire. The contract mentions that the enslaved Maria was pregnant and was made pregnant by a certain Antonio de Odino.
The Officium mercantie, on the advice of the physicians Andrea Torre and Francesco Costaccio, declares that an enslaved Circassian woman named Caterina, who had been sold by the notary Giovanni de Clavaro on behalf of the slaveholder Pantaleone de Dona, to the notary Giovanni Brignole, must be returned because of health issues. The enslaved Caterina slave was suffering from a tapeworm (tiniam) and a lack of menstruation.
The slaveholder and barber named Bartolomeo Corso sells an enslaved Russian woman named Maria, who is approximately 28 years of age, to a coat-maker named Matteo de Lerma for 165 Genoese lire. The contract states that the enslaved Maria cannot subsequently be sold ouside the city of Genoa without the permission of Bartolomeo. If Bartholomeo refuses permission for Matteo to subsequently sell Maria, he is obliged to repurchase her at the original sale price, minus six lire per year for each year she is held by Matteo. The contract also mentions that Maria is sold with all of her clothes, which are valued at 30 Genoese lire.
The slaveholder named Girolamo de Porta sells an enslaved Abkhazan woman named Maria, who is approximately 30 years of age, to Baldassare Giustiniani for 222 lire and 10 soldi of Genoese currency. The contract notes that the enslaved Maria comes with all of her clothing. The means of payment involves three steps. First, a 149 lire promissory note from Baldasarre to the wool merchant Paolo de Albino. Second, a promissory note valued at 49 lire to Giovanni de Guirardis, and third a payment of 10 gold ducats, equivalent to 27.5 lire. The use of promissory notes to third parties suggests that the enslaved Maria was sold by Girolamo specifically to cover debts. Futhermore, Baldasarre has the option to return Maria to Girolamo within one year, in which case Girolamo must refund the full purchase price. If Baldassare decides to keep Maria after two years, Girolamo then has the right to buy her back at the original purchase price.
