The slaveholder named Lazzaro de Villanova sells an enslaved Russian man named Giorgio, who is approximately 30 years of age, to a certain Gaspare Cavatia, for 90 Genoese lire. The contract was extracted.
The slaveholder and breadmaker named Giovanni de Saulo sells an enslaved Circassian woman named Caterina, who is approximately 22 years of age, to the draper named Alessio Salucio, for 150 Genoese lire.
The slaveholder named Mariettina, a woman who married into the Spinola family, sells an enslaved woman from north Africa named Maddalena, who is approximately 24 years of age, to Jaime de Sos, a merchant from Barcelona, for 130 Genoese lire.
The slaveholder named Andrea Spinola purchases insurance against the risk of death from childbirth from the underwriter Baldassare Lomellini for an enslaved Circassian woman named Caterina, who is approximately 40 years of age and about seven months pregnant, for 150 Genoese lire. The term of the insurance is four months. Andrea is absent during the transaction and is represented by the enacting notary Tommaso Duracino.
The slaveholder named Franco Priano sells an enslaved Russian woman named Margarita, who is approximately 22 years of age, to a certain Giacomo de Plebe, for 220 Genoese lire. Franco was represented by his brother Battista during the transaction. The contract mentions that Margarita was sold along with her clothing. The contract was also extracted.
The slaveholder named Isolta de Franchi leases out an enslaved Circassian woman named Elena, who is approximately 25 years of age, to a merchant named Marco Giustiniani, for a term of seventeen years and total payment of 170 Genoese lire. The enslaved Elena is to be manumitted at the end of the term of service. The principals waive all claims and guarantees regarding the health of Elena and the contract notes that she was exchanged about one year before this enactment. Isolta retains the right of patronage after the manumission. The contract also lists the following places where Marco agrees to uphold the conditions specified in the contract: Genoa, Savona, Lombardy, Milan, Nice, Pisa, Albenga, Florence, Venice, Rhodes, Chios, Pera, and Caffa. This indicates that Marco was likely an itinerant merchant who intended to bring Elena with him during his travels and that the principals wanted to ensure that the contract would remain in force across the Mediterranean.
The slaveholder named Pietro Tommaso de Leonardis purchases insurance against the risk of death from childbirth from the underwriter and dyer named Francesco de Bartolomeo for an enslaved Russian woman named Caterina, who is approximately 31 years of age and about eight months pregnant, for 100 Genoese ducats. The term of the insurance is three months. Pietro Tommaso is absent during the enactment of the contract and is represented by the enacting notary Tommaso Duracino.
The slaveholder and judiciary officer named Giacomo de Serravalle sells an enslaved Abkhazan woman named Lucia, who is approximately 20 years of age, to the blacksmith named Girolamo Perrata, for 200 Genoese lire.
The slaveholder named Giacomo Maldato from Milan sells an enslaved Tatar man named Marco, who is approximately 25 years of age, to the Catalonian merchant named Galcerán Adret for 200 Genoese lire.
The slaveholder named Giovanni Pietro Tiralacorda, who is from Bonifacio, purchases insurance against the risk of death from childbirth from the underwriter Leonardo di Negro for an enslaved Russian woman named Onesta, who is approximately 22 years of age and about six months pregnant, for 200 Genoese lire. The term of the insurance is five months. Giovanni Pietro is absent during the enactment of the contract and is represented by the enacting notary Tommaso Duracino.
The slaveholder and merchant named Damiano de Franchi purchases insurance against the risk of death from childbirth from the underwriter Leonardo di Negro for an enslaved woman named Cazina, who is from the Canary Islands and is approximately 40 years of age, for coverage of 175 Genoese lire. She is indicated as about five months pregnant and the term of the insurance is six months. Damiano is absent at the enacting of the contract and is represented by the enacting notary Tommaso Duracino.
The slaveholder named Peretta Lecavello, the spouse of the deceased Teramo Arbicone, obtains insurance against the risk of death from childbirth from the underwriter Baldassare Lomellini for an enslaved Abkhazan woman named Margarita, who is approximately 24 years of age and about eight months pregnant, for the coverage of 200 Genoese lire. The contract has a term of three months. Peretta is represented in the contract by the enacting notary Tommaso Duracino.
Tommaso Embrone was a merchant active in Genoa in the late fourteenth and early fifteenth centuries. In 1414 he was admitted into the Scipionibus albergo and sometimes (but not always) used their surname.
