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    • Title:Agreement for the establishment of a bank.
    • Published/Created:Spilimbergo (Frioul), 1506-1507.
    • Physical Description:ff. 8 : parchment ; 280 x 190 mm.
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    • Notes:Script: Art. 1 is written by one scribe in Gothica Hybrida Currens (Mercantesca); art. 2, by Franco Correggi, is in Humanistica Currens.
      Binding: Original light blue paper.
      In Latin.
      Purchased on the Edwin J. Beinecke Fund.
      Record created by Beinecke staff from catalog description by Albert Derolez.
    • Access and use:Material is open for research.
    • Summary:Manuscript on parchment of 1) Conditions agreed between Bianca Bentivoglio, Lady of Spilimbergo (d. 1519), and the Jew Daniel, son of Abraham of Modena, for the establishment of a bank by the latter in the castle of Spilimbergo, 15 July 1506. 2) Renewal for a second period of fifteen years, by Bianca Bentivoglio, widow of Niccolo Count Rangoni (d. 1500), of the agreement made at the time between her husband and Daniel, son of Abraham, allowing the latter to establish a bank in the castle of Spilimbergo, 13 Dec. 1507, subscribed by the chancellor Franco Correggi.
    • Format:Archives or Manuscripts
    • Cite as:Agreement for the Establishment of a Bank. General Collection, Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library, Yale University.
    • Subjects:Banks and banking--Italy.
      Charters.
      Manuscripts, Medieval--Connecticut--New Haven.
      Pordenone (Italy : Province)
    • Subjects (Local Yale):Medieval and Renaissance Manuscripts in Beinecke Library.
    • Genre/Form:Manuscripts, Medieval--Italy--16th century.