The slaveholder named Chiara Gentile manumits an enslaved Abkhazan woman named Melica, who is approximately 38 years of age, with the condition that the enslaved Melica works as a household servant for Chiara for the next three years. Melica retains the right of patronage. The enslaved Melica was represented in the manumission by the enacting notary Tommaso Duracino. The contract was extracted.
The slaveholder named Gaspare di Negro sells an enslaved African woman named Benedetta, who is approximately 22 years of age, to a shoemaker named Marco Garrone, for 110 Genoese lire.
The slaveholder named Donato Bondinario leases out an enslaved Russian woman named Caterina, who is 25 years of age, to a certain Marco de Pelegro, for a term of 8 years and a total payment of 56 Genoese lire. The lease contains an exception to the health clause that mentions mark or cyst in her eye. The contract was extracted.
The slaveholder named Terruccio de Terrucio leases out an enslaved Russian woman named Maria, who is approximately 20 years of age, to a barber named Antonio de Varcio, for a term of three years and a total payment of 36 Genoese lire.
The slaveholder named Andrea de Promontorio obtains insurance against the risk of death from childbirth from the underwriter Cattaneo Grimaldi for an enslaved Russian named Maria, who is about 33 years of age and about three months pregnant, for the coverage of 150 Genoese lire. The coverage has a term of eight months. Andrea is absent during the transaction and is represented by the enacting notary Tommaso Duracino.
The slaveholder named Costanza Spinola, a nun in the monastery of San Sepolcro in Sampierdarena, obtains insurance against the risk of death from childbirth from the underwriter Cattaneo Grimaldi for an enslaved Russian named Caterina, who is about 30 years of age and about eight months pregnant, for the coverage of 150 Genoese lire. Costanza is absent during the transaction and is represented by the enacting notary Tommaso Duracino.
The brothers Pietro and Antonio de Cassina manumit an enslaved Tatar woman named Maria, who is approximately 45 years of age. There are no conditions to the manumission, but the brothers retain the right of patronage. The contract was extracted.
The slaveholder named Giovanni Basadonna sells an enslaved Russian child named Margarita, who is approximately 12 years of age, to a certain Paolo Cortesio, for 120 Genoese lire. The payment is made in two shares (loca) of the Compere of San Giorgio for the year 1454 and held under the name of Franca de Varcio, valued at 113 Genoese lire, and the remaining payment is paid in money of account.
The slaveholder named Goffredo Lercari sells an enslaved Abkhazan woman named Caterina, who is approximately 28 years of age, to a merchant from Mallorca named Lluís Vidal, for 180 Genoese lire.
The slaveholder named Francesco de Fornari purchases insurance against the risk of death from childbirth from the underwriter Baldassare Lomellini for an enslaved Abkhazan woman named Caterina, who is approximately 26 years of age and about eight months pregnant, for 200 Genoese lire. The insurance has a term of three months. Francesco is absent during the transaction and is represented by the enacting notary Tommaso Duracino.
The slaveholder and blacksmith named Girolamo Porrata sells an enslaved Abkhazan woman named Lucia, who is approximately 21 years of age, to a Catalonian merchant named Mateu Viacamps, for 200 Genoese lire. The contract was extracted.
The slaveholder named Battina Grimaldi purchases insurance against the risk of death from childbirth from the underwriter Baldassare Lomellini for an enslaved woman from the region of Azerbaijan named Lucia, who is approximately 22 years of age and about four months pregnant, for 225 Genoese lire. The term of the insurance is seven months. Battina is absent during the enactment of the contract and is represented by the enacting notary Tommaso Duracino. The security is provided as per an agreement with a certain Paolo Serra.
The slaveholder named Andrea Spinola purchases insurance against the risk of death from childbirth from the underwriter Bartolomeo de Saulo for an enslaved Circassian woman named Caterina, who is approximately 25 years of age and about nine months pregnant, for 200 Genoese lire payable in income from shares of Casa di San Giorgio. The term of the insurance is two months.
The slaveholder named Andrea de Spigno sells the enslaved Russian woman named Maria, who is approximately 24 years of age, to a certain Bianchetta Usodimare, for 200 Genoese lire. Bianchetta is absent during the transaction and is represented by the enacting notary Tommaso Duracino. The payment was made by Raffaele de Marini. The contract was extracted.
The slaveholder named Brancaleone Grillo sells an enslaved Russian man named Venturino, who is approximately 20 years of age, to a certain Lanzarotto Grillo, for 90 Genoese lire.
The slaveholders and brothers Lodisio, Benedetto, and Antonio de Franchis purchase insurance against the risk of death from childbirth from the underwriter Leonardo de Nigro for an enslaved Russian woman named Caterina, who is approximately 29 years of age and about seven months pregnant, for 200 Genoese lire. The term of the insurance is four months. The brothers are absent during the enactment of the contract and are represented by the enacting notary Tommaso Duracino.
The slaveholder named Raffaele Doria sells an enslaved Abkhazan woman named Maria, who is approximately 25 years of age, to a merchant from Valencia named Gabriel Marco, for 190 Genoese lire.
The slaveholder named Pietro de Petra sells an enslaved woman named Caterina, who is approximately 20 years of age and from the Canary Islands, to a merchant from Valenica named Gabriele Marco, for 80 Genoese lire.
The slaveholder named Barnaba Fieschi purchases insurance against the risk of death from childbirth from the underwriter Baldassare Lomellini for an enslaved Circassian woman named Lucia, who is approximately 29 years of age and about eight months pregnant, for 200 Genoese lire. The term of the insurance is three months. Barnaba is absent during the enactment of the contract and is represented by the enacting notary Tommaso Duracino.
The slaveholder and apothecary named Bernardo Pernice sells an enslaved Russian woman named Sofia, who is approximately 30 years of age, to a merchant from Barcelona named Jaime de Sos, for 160 Genoese lire.
The slaveholder named Domenico Pinelli manumits an enslaved Circassian man named Giacomo Dentuto, who is approximately 38 years of age. This is a rare case in which an enslaved person has the surname of their holder, in this case, the former surname of Domenico Pinelli, indicating their entry into the albergo as a famulus. Domenico retains the right of patronage.
The slaveholder named Girolamo, whose last name is not specified, sells an enslaved Abkhazan woman named Lucia, who is approximately 25 years of age, to a certain Barnaba Marchione, for 170 Genoese lire.
The slaveholder named Selvagio Salvago manumits an enslaved man from Samgrelo named Giorgio Salvago, who is approximately 25 years of age. The enslaved Giorgio had been held by the deceased father of Selvagio named Battista Salvago and inherited by Selvagio as his universal heir. Selvagio was a minor at the time of the manumission and is represented in the manumission by his fiduciaries Accellino and Pietro Salvago. This is a rare case in which an enslaved person has the surname of their holder indicating their entry into the albergo as a famulus. Selvagio and his fiduciaries retain the right of patronage.
The slaveholder named Angelo Ihosa sells an enslaved Circassian woman named Lucia, who is approximately 22 years of age, to the merchant named Giacomo Giustiniani, for 215 Genoese lire.
The heirs of the deceased Antonio de Facio—his brother Leonardo de Facio and his two daughters Maria and Benedetta de Facio—sell an enslaved Circassian woman named Margarita, who is approximately 25 years of age, to a certain Simone Cicala, for 150 Genoese lire. Maria is represented by the blacksmith named Niccolò de Accurso who serves as her procurator through a contract enacted by the notary Cristoforo Garrone. Benedetta is represented by the paper maker named Cosmo Ferro, who is her spouse and serves as her procurator through a contract enacted by the notary Pietro de Facio.
