The slaveholder and shoemaker named Pietro de Camera leases out an enslaved Hungarian woman named Melica, who is approximately 38 years of age, to the nobleman Brancaleone Doria, acting on behalf of Giovanni Francesco Spinola, who is in Pisa, for a term of three years and a total payment of 60 Genoese lire. The enslaved Melica is to serve as a wet nurse for the family of Giovanni Francesco. If Melica is unable to sufficiently nurse the child of Giovanni Francisco within one month after her arrival in Pisa, then the contract will be void and the 60 lire returned to Pietro. The contract was extracted.
The slaveholder named Cesarina de Recco manumits an enslaved Ruthenian man named Asperto, who is approximately 28 years of age. Cesarina retains the right of patronage. The contract was extracted.
The slaveholder named Pellegro de Cancio sells an enslaved Russian child named Netasia, who is approximatley 12 years of age, to a teacher of arithmetic named Luca de Nigris, for 135 Genoese lire.
The slaveholder and blacksmith named Antonio Ratto purchases insurance against the risk of death from childbirth from the underwriter Cattaneo Grimaldi for an enslaved woman named Marta, who is approximately 18 years of age and about four months pregnant, for 200 Genoese lire. The term of the insurance is seven months. Antonio is absent during the transaction and is represented by the enacting notary Tommaso Duracino.
The slaveholder named Antonio Usodimare manumits an enslaved Tatar woman named Anna, who is approximately 36 years of age. There are two conditions to the manumission. First, Anna agrees to serve the family of Franco Prezenda for a term of 18 months. Second, Anna agrees to pay the sum of 20 Genoese lire to Antonio within three and a half years from the date of the contract. Antonio retains the right of patronage. The contract was extracted.
The slaveholder and commercial agent named Giacomo de Bargalio sells an enslaved Circassian man named Martino, who is approximately 40 years of age, to the merchant from Tortosa named Domingo Albiac, for 76 Genoese lire. Giacomo is represented in the contract by his brother, the blacksmith named Benedetto de Bargalio, who serves as his procurator. The payment was made to Lodisio Centurione who received it in the name of Giacomo. The contract was extracted.
The slaveholder named Benedetto di Negro purchases insurance against the risk of death from childbirth from the underwriter Cattaneo Grimaldi for an enslaved Russian woman named Anna, who is approximately 18 years of age and about eight months pregnant. The insurance has a term of three months.
The slaveholder named Teramo Cattaneo purchases insurance against the risk of death from childbirth from the underwriter Giovanni di Negro for an enslaved Circassian woman named Caterina, who is approximately 27 years of age and about seven months pregnant, for 170 Genoese lire. The term of the insurance is four months.
The slaveholder named Andrea Gentile purchases insurance against the risk of death from childbirth from the underwriter Imperiale Grillo for an enslaved Tatar woman named Marta, who is approximately 32 years of age and about six months pregnant, for 150 Genoese lire. The insurance has a term of five months. Andrea is absent during the transaction and is represented by the enacting notary Tommaso Duracino.
The slaveholder named Giovanni de Marini manumits an enslaved Ruthenian woman named Anna, who is approximately 38 years of age. Anna is absent during the manumission and is represented by the enacting notary Tommaso Duracino. Giovanni retains the right of patronage. The contract was extracted.
The slaveholder named Enrico Squarciafico purchases insurance against the risk of death from childbirth from the underwriter Cattaneo Grimaldi for an enslaved Tatar woman named Agnese, who is approximately 32 years of age and about seven months pregnant, for 150 Genoese lire. The term of the insurance is four months. The insurance is declared payable in interest of the shares (paghe) of the Casa di San Giorgio issued for the year 1454. Enrico is absent during the transaction and is represented by the enacting notary Tommaso Duracino.
The underwriter named Goffredo Spinola insures the goods transported by Giovanni de Turrilia from Cadiz and the Guadalquivir River to Genoa for 50 Genoese florins on the vessel of the nobleman named Leonello Ittaliano.
The notary named Bartolomeo de Framura acknowledges a debt of 186 lire and 15 soldi of Genoese currency, to be paid in income from shares in the Casa di San Giorgio, to a certain Merualdo Grimaldi, for the receipt of 64 cantares and 46 rolls of lead. Bartolomeo agrees to pay the debt by 15 July 1456.
The slaveholder named Maria de Guarco purchases insurance against the risk of death from childbirth from the underwriter Imperiale Grillo for an enslaved woman named Maddalena , who is approximately 38 years of age and about eight months pregnant, for 150 Genoese lire. The term of the insurance is three months. Maria is absent during the transaction and is represented by the enacting notary Tommaso Duracino.
The slaveholder named Simone de Saulo sells an enslaved Russian child named Maria, who is approximately 15 years of age, to the merchant from Savona named Giacomo Corso, for 180 Genoese lire. The contract states that the enslaved Maria had already been consigned to Giacomo in Savona. Giacomo is also absent during the transaction and is represented by the enacting notary Tommaso Duracino.
The slaveholder and apothecary named Silvestro de Corvaria leases out an enslaved Circassian woman named Margarita, who is approximately 45 years of age, to a draper named Girolamo Calvo, for a term of six years and and a total of 37 lire and 10 soldi in Genoese currency. The contract was extracted.
The slaveholder named Adriano Scorza sells an enslaved Tatar woman named Agnese, who is approximately 25 years of age, to the nobleman named Battista Cattaneo, for 130 Genoese lire.
The slaveholder named Antonio de Bargalio sells an enslaved baptized Muslim woman named Caterina, who is approximately 22 years of age, to a certain Bartolomeo Bione, for 150 Genoese lire.
The slaveholder named Bartolomeo Bione frees an enslaved baptized Muslim woman named Caterina, whom he had just purchased, and who is approximately 22 years of age.
The slaveholder named Battista Spinola sells an enslaved Russian woman named Maddalena, who is approximately 35 years of age, to a certain Battisa Grimaldi, for 225 Genoese lire.
The slaveholder named Giorgio Grimaldi sells an enslaved Bosnian woman named Caterina, who is approximately 37 years of age, to a certain Pietro Bordino, for 132 Genoese lire. The seller makes no guarantees with regards to the health of the enslaved Caterina, that is, she is sold "talem qualem est."
The slaveholder named Giovanni Battista Spinola sells an enslaved child named Caterina, who is described as either Turkish or Bosnian, and who is approximately 12 years of age, to a silk merchant named Giacomo Paxerio, for 220 Genoese lire. A payment of 170 lire is made in a measure of silk and brocades of various colours, while the remaining 50 lire was paid in account currency. The contract allows Giacomo to return the enslaved Caterina to Giovanni Battista within three years and receive his payment back, provided that Caterina remains healthy and strong. The contract was extracted.
The slaveholder named Alfonso Sanchez sells an enslaved Moorish boy named Giovanni, who is approximately 6 years of age, to a certain Asperto de Zoalio, for 13 Genoese ducats.
The slaveholder and notary named Isnardo Mainero obtains insurance against the risk of death from childbirth from the underwriter Baldassare Lomellini for an enslaved Moorish woman named Caterina, who is approximately 22 years of age, for coverage of 200 Genoese lire.
The slaveholder named Tommaso Cattaneo sells an enslaved Moorish woman named Maddalena, who is approximately 20 years of age and described as black, to the wool worker named Gaspare de Sancto Petro, for 70 Genoese ducats.
