Decimario dell pieve di Sancta Maria

Description

Title: Decimario dell pieve di Sancta Maria
Published / Created: 1458-1488
Publication Place: Toscana (Chianti)
Abstract: Manuscript on paper of a register of tithes to be paid to the church of Sant'Agnese in Chianti, 1458-1488
Description: In Italian.
Register of the tithes ("decimario") to be paid by the owners of farms ("poderi") or grounds ("terre") situated in the villages in Chianti, the churches of which were subjected to the "Pieve" of Sant' Agnese. Each of the pages opens with the name of an owner of a farm or of a piece of land and the amount of the tithe the owner has to pay in grain and flax in the year 1458. Other hands have added on the same page similar data for the following years up to 1488.
Script: main text copied in 1458 by Giovanni di Lupo Squarcialupi in Humanistica Textualis Libraria. All later entries are by hands writing small rapid variants of Italian Hybrida (Mercantesca) or Humanistica Cursiva.
Binding: limp parchment binding with flap. On the front cover inscription in ink: “DECIMARIO DELLA PIEVE DI SANCTA AGNESA”. On the rear cover a calculation.
Provenance: Purchased from the collection of Bernard M. Rosenthal.
Extent: ff. 104 : 280 x 205 mm.
Extent of Digitization: This object has been completely digitized.
Digitization Note: Most versos blank, not digitized.
Language: Italian

Genre: Manuscripts, Medieval Italy 15th century
Medieval and Renaissance Manuscripts in Beinecke Library
Material: paper ;
Resource Type: unspecified
Subject (Geographic): Connecticut
New Haven.
Subject (Topic): Manuscripts, Medieval
Subjects: Manuscripts, Medieval > Connecticut > New Haven
Italy > 15th century
Medieval and Renaissance Manuscripts in Beinecke Library

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Citation: Decimario dell Pieve di Sancta Maria. General Collection, Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library, Yale University.