The slaveholder named Lucia Lomellini sells an enslaved baptized Muslim child named Maria, who is approximately 6 years of age, to a certain Marta Ungaro, for 89 lire and 5 soldi of Genoese currency.
The formerly enslaved Maria, who had been held by a certain Accellino Spinola, agrees to work as a household servant for a certain Valerano Cattaneo for a term of 6 years and for a salary of 60 Genoese lire. The salary is paid by both Valerano and Accellino. The contract takes the form and title of the contract for the lease of enslaved persons, illustrating the close links between the two forms.
The slaveholder and shoemaker named Paolo Giusto leases out the enslaved Circassian woman named Brigida, who is approximately 24 years of age, to the merchant named Filippo Aurego, for a term of 7 years at a total cost of 60 Genoese lire. The principals waive all guarantees and claims related to the health of the enslaved Brigida. The contract was extracted.
The slaveholder and silk merchant named Bartolomeo de Ripalta leases out an enslaved Circassian woman named Caterina, who is approximately 22 years of age, to a certain Anfreone Sauli, for the remainder of a two year lease that he had initially entered into with a certain Federico Centurione, for a total cost of 35 Genoese lire. The contract is essentially a sub-lease.
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.
The slaveholder named Giovanni Antonio de Ferrari sells an Circassian child named Batisata, who was formerly named Chichicosa and who is approximately 15 years of age, to a certain Abraino de Lecho, for 190 Genoese lire.
The slaveholder named Odoardo Reghiccia sells an enslaved Russian woman named Maria, who is approximately 20 years of age, to a certain Lorenzo Valletaro, for 160 Genoese lire.
The slaveholder and nun from the monastery of San Sepulcro in San Pier d'Arena named Costanza Spinola sells an enslaved woman named Margarita, who is approximately 35 years of age, to a certain Antonio Casanova, for 130 Genoese lire. The contract notes that the actual sale had taken place on 9 December 1456 and that the enslaved Margarita is handed over to Antonio by a certain Domenico Vivaldi.
The slaveholder named Battista Costa sells an enslaved Russian woman named Lucia, who is approximately 22 years of age, to a merchant from Biscay named Martín de Sobala, for 180 Genoese lire. The contract was extracted.
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.
The slaveholder and silk worker named Lodiso Paxerio leases out an enslaved Tatar woman named Maddalena, who is approximately 35 years of age, to the merchants from Milan named Biaggio and Melchiorre de Gradis, for a term of 10 years and total cost of 90 Genoese lire. Melchiorre is absent during the transaction and is represented by his son Biaggio, who serves as his procurator.
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.
The slaveholder and silk merchant named Lodisio Paxerio promises to assume any financial obligations related to the manumission tax on an enslaved Tatar woman named Brigida, whom he had just leased with a promise of manumission to the Milanese merchants Biaggio and Melchiorre de Gradis.
The slaveholder named Agostino Zucca purchases insurance against the risk of death from childbirth from the underwriter named Giacomo Grimaldi for an enslaved Tatar child named Lucia, who is approximately 16 years of age and pregnant for about seven months, for 200 Genoese lire.
The slaveholder named Pancrazio Gentile purchases insurance against the risk of death from childbirth from the underwriter Marco de Cassina for an enslaved Tatar woman named Lucia, who is approximately 34 years of age, for 60 Genoese ducats.
The slaveholder named Franchetta de Marco, a nun at the Monastery of Santa Maria di Pietraminuta, purchases insurance against the risk of death from childbirth from an underwriter named Giacomo Grimaldi for an enslaved Tatar woman named Maria, who is approximately 25 years of age and pregnant for about seven months, for 150 Genoese lire.
The slaveholder named Niccolò Xarabino sells an enslaved Russian woman named Maria, who is approximately 18 years of age, to a blacksmith named Francesco Ferrechio, for 128 Genoese lire.
The slaveholder named Pietro Grillo sells an enslaved Mingrelian child named Valentino, who is approximately 16 years of age, to the nobleman named Antonio Grillo, for 105 Genoese lire.
The slaveholder named Gaspare Lercari sells an enslaved Russian woman named Margarita, who is approximately 25 years old, to a Milanese merchant named Cristoforo Panigarola, for 150 Genoese lire.
The slaveholder named Bartolomeo Spinola sells an enslaved Russian woman named Caterina, who is approximately 20 years of age, to an apothecary named Giacomo Marchesio, for 80 Genoese lire. The contract makes no guarantees related to the the health of the enslaved Caterina who is described as "pro tale qualis est" and inflicted by an infirmity called "la sosa", which probably means that the enslaved Caterina was seen as inherently dishonest or wicked.
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.
The slaveholders and brothers Oberto and Meliano Riccio, named as heirs of the deceased Battista Cicala, sell an enslaved woman named Lucia, who is approximately 35 years of age, to a notary named Bartolomeo Frevante, for 80 Genoese lire. The contract was extracted.
The slaveholder named Pietro Grillo sells an enslaved Mingrelian man named Giorgino, who is approximately 18 years of age, to a certain Brancaleone Grillo, for 105 Genoese lire.
The slaveholder named Giovanni Basadonna sells an enslaved Russian woman named Maria, who is approximately 25 years of age, and an enslaved Russian child named Scaramuccia, who is approximately 7 years of age, to a certain Bartolomeo Grillo.
The slaveholder named Limbania Lomellini, named as the widow of Francesco Spinola, sells an enslaved Russian woman named Maddalena, who is approximately 25 years of age, to a certain Ambrogio Garetto, for 150 Genoese lire. Limbania is represented in the transaction by a certain Ottaviano Imperiale who serves as her procurator.
