Notes: Italy

ASV, Notarile, Atti, b. 3376-3377, notaio Giovanni Andrea Catti, protocollo 1603, cc. 442v-444v.

3 July 1603

This is the inventory of the moveable property which belonged to the deceased Daniel Rodriga hebreo found in his usual home located in the Ghetto Vecchio, made and described at the request and in the presence of Jacob Abenini hebreo, one of the two executors appointed by the said deceased Daniel in his will and in the presence of Benvenida the surviving wife of the said Rodriga.

In the portico
Seven women’s straw seats.
Four arm-chairs of Bulgarian leather, old
One small beech-wood desk with two compartments.
Two [wal]nut chests and inside them:
a robe of black satin
a petticoat of black satin
a petticoat of embroidered cloth
a robe of multicolored wool lined with green cotton
a petticoat of white satin
a petticoat of green velvet
a women’s jacket of turquoise satin
another of white satin
another of Rheims linen [fine white linen] worked with black silk
a pair of sleeves of crimson velvet
a petticoat of green camlet silk
two gilded purple velvet woolen muffs lined with the skin of beach-marten with eleven buttons of gilded silver
six pairs of gloves and two over-cloaks
a jacket of velvet and old broken shoes
an unlined under-vest of reddish-brown camlet satin
a pair of black knitted shoes
an intact pair of woolen underpants and a torn pair
an unlined under-vest of cotton cloth
a white seat of silk with a design
a jacket of old camlet, two cushions
a red wool blouse
a pair of turquoise shoes
a large cushion of green velvet with two others of old brocade
two silks to make two [decoration-ornaments for dress]

In a room
A FORCIER of leather and inside it [all of the following inside it??]
A large decorated mirror
Four new pairs of sheets with new strings/ribbons
A canopy of bright/thin/clear cloth with ribbons/strings and fringes
Another canopy of fine cloth
Another of cloth with green and turquoise silk workings
Two white bed-covers with BANCALETTO
One cloth BANCALETTO with ribbons/strings
Four coats of Rheims linen, around three and a half arms-length long
One white TORNOLETTO DE RETE with two similar blankets
Another cloth bed-cover with ribbons/strings
Another FORCIER of leather with smaller skin
A decorated and elegant breast-pocket purse
A TORNALETTO de Rheims linen and DE RETE
Three new women’s shirts of cloth
Two new silk aprons with ribbons/strings
Four table-cloths LAVORATE DA COVERZER PRESENTI
Eight long tablecloths of Rheims linen
Two similar small tablecloths and three women’s frock-coats
Two cushion covers and one for a bolster/bed-head of Rheims linen, worked with crimson silk
Another similar item worked with green silk.
Another similar with white LAVORI
One cloth bench with crimson silk.
A small credenza

In the kitchen
 One large and one small pewter jug/pot
A small flask of pewter
Twenty-four pewter soup bowls with ears [handles??]
A copper chandelier with three candlesticks
Three copper vessels, six copper frying pans
One large copper kitchen vessel
A pair of copper andiron/firedogs [supports to hold up logs in fire-place] with ornamentation
Four copper candlesticks, a small copper bucket
A large copper jug/pot, and two big ones with the ladle
One grill, one frying pan, one shovel
Two trivets, one “fire-chain” (cadena da fuogo) – [apparently to protect the pots on the fire]
One small cask of oil with metal laminate, one copper cauldron

In a room
Two iron bed-frames, painted and gilded.
Three bed-covers DI CASSA old and torn
Three bed-covers, two white and one red
Four woolen matresses, two large and two small
Two dirty sheets and six men’s shirts
Four old turquoise and yellow cloths for the portico
Two straw mattresses, two bolsters, two feather cushions
Four old pieces of green and red cloth.

And this is the end of the said inventory as above, made in Venice in the said dwelling in the presence of ser Ioanne son of the late Antonio Grisino black-smith of district of Saint Leonard and Ser Hieronimus son of the late Laurentio Bellatto window-maker of the same district.           

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