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.
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.
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 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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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 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 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.
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.
The slaveholder named Antonio Marruffo manumits an enslaved Circassian man named Valentino. Antonio retains the right of patronage. The contract was extracted.
The slaveholder from Naples named Cola Bucciotto manumits an enslaved Vlach woman named Caraiha. Cola retains the right of patronage. The contract was extracted.
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.
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.
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.
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.
