GB 0103 MS ITAL/2 - Jews' Charter (Italian)

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GB 0103 MS ITAL/2

Title

Jews' Charter (Italian)

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  • 1667 (Creation)

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1 volume containing 34 leaves

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Biographical history

Livorno (in English Leghorn) in Tuscany, central Italy, is a port on the Ligurian Sea. It came under the rule of the Florentine Medici family, and Ferdinand I, grand duke of Tuscany from 1587 to 1609, gave asylum to many refugees, including Jews from Spain and Portugal. Pisa in Tuscany, central Italy, lies on the alluvial plain of the Arno River c6 miles from the Ligurian Sea.

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Pressmarks 445 and 693.
GB 0103 MS ITAL/2 1667 Collection (fonds) 1 volume containing 34 leaves Unknown

Livorno (in English Leghorn) in Tuscany, central Italy, is a port on the Ligurian Sea. It came under the rule of the Florentine Medici family, and Ferdinand I, grand duke of Tuscany from 1587 to 1609, gave asylum to many refugees, including Jews from Spain and Portugal. Pisa in Tuscany, central Italy, lies on the alluvial plain of the Arno River c6 miles from the Ligurian Sea.

Pressmarks 445 and 693.

Presented to University College London by Dr Singer in 1923.

Charter of the Jews in Pisa and Leghorn, signed Ferd. Bardi 15 Ag. 1667. Also including four letters, the first two dated 1614, and the last 1667.

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Italian. Cursive hand.

Paper manuscript bound in the original light vellum. 23cm.

Dorothy K Coveney, A Descriptive Catalogue of Manuscripts in the Library of University College London (London, 1935); handlist at University College London Special Collections.

Source: Encyclopaedia Britannica online. Compiled by Rachel Kemsley as part of the RSLP AIM25 project. Compiled in compliance with General International Standard Archival Description, ISAD(G), second edition, 2000; National Council on Archives Rules for the Construction of Personal, Place and Corporate Names, 1997. Aug 2001 Bardi , Ferd. , fl 1667 , signatory to a charter of the Jews of Pisa and Leghorn Europe Italy Jews Leghorn Livorno Pisa Religion Religious groups Western Europe

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Presented to University College London by Dr Singer in 1923.

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Charter of the Jews in Pisa and Leghorn, signed Ferd. Bardi 15 Ag. 1667. Also including four letters, the first two dated 1614, and the last 1667.

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Open.

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Normal copyright restrictions apply.

Language of material

  • English

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  • Latin

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Italian. Cursive hand.

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Dorothy K Coveney, A Descriptive Catalogue of Manuscripts in the Library of University College London (London, 1935); handlist at University College London Special Collections.

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University College London

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Compiled in compliance with General International Standard Archival Description, ISAD(G), second edition, 2000; National Council on Archives Rules for the Construction of Personal, Place and Corporate Names, 1997.

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  • English

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