1 20 4 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Latinate Wills Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Reina, widow of Bonjua Cap: Valls, 1338 Subject The topic of the resource Reina, widow of Bonjua Cap Description An account of the resource The widow Reina distributed 2,720 sous in her will. She gave 500 sous to marry off poor Jewish girls, and orders money to be invested to finance a Torah for the synagogue. She leaves money to family and friends, most notably 1000 sous to a female relative on her husband's side. Three Jews witness this will. (See description in Burns, Jews in the Notarial Culture, 110-111.) Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Valls, Spain Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1338 Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived Arxiu Històric Arxidiocesà de Tarragona, Spain AWAITING ARCHIVAL CITATION See Burns, Jews in the Notarial Culture, 110-113. Transcribed in Gabriel Secall i Güell, Els jueus de Valls i la seva época (Valls: Institut d'Estudis Vallencs, 1980), pp. 202-203. Also see pp. 188-191. Language A language of the resource Latin Coverage The spatial or temporal topic of the resource, the spatial applicability of the resource, or the jurisdiction under which the resource is relevant Spain Iberia Contributor An entity responsible for making contributions to the resource Rena Lauer charity synagogue Torah widow witness Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Latinate Wills Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Cherana, wife of David da La Chania: Crete, 1373 Subject The topic of the resource Cherana, wife of David da la Chania, née Missini Description An account of the resource Cherana testates while she is pregnant -- and actually, seems to be in the midst of an increasingly dangerous labor. She names her brother Joseph Missini as her executor. Missini is a Jewish community leader known from both Crete's Hebrew sources and from Venetian court records. (See Lauer, "In Defense of Bigamy...") She leaves funds to have three "Old Testaments" written, and gives charity to marry off poor orphan girls. She does leave a bequest to her husband, of 500 hyperpera; she had first left 1000 hyperpera to her brother. She does not mention the baby, and thus it seems she expects herself and the child to die in childbirth. TRANSLATION: In the name of the eternal God, amen. In the year of the incarnation of our lord Jesus Christ one thousand three hundred and seventy three, in the month of December, the twenty-fifth day, twelfth indiction, in Candia, on the island of Crete. Because no one can know the end of one’s life and we have nothing clearer than that one cannot avoid the judgment of death, it is rightly appropriate for everyone to take precautions by her own previous discretion, so that the fate of death would not befall her unexpectedly, and she would leave behind her goods disordered and disorganized. Therefore, I, Cherana, Jewess, wife of David of Chania, Jew, resident of Candia, dangerously and evilly and doubtfully in labor for birth, nevertheless by the grace of God having a sane mind, fearing not to die intestate and my goods left behind in confusion, and wanting to arrange and organize them, had Giovanni Morgano, notary, called to me, and he was asked to write a will for me. In this, to be appointed as my sole executor in good faith is Joseph Missini, Jew, my brother, resident of Candia, so that following this, I will have ordered and commanded to have given to him after my death, so he should fulfill it. First, indeed, I bequeath to my aforementioned brother and executor 1000 hyperpera. Next, I bequeath to the aforementioned David, my husband, 500 hyperpera. Next, I bequeath to Calli, my mother, 500 hyperpera, of which 500 indeed the said Calli should have made three Old Testaments, and give to Potha, Jewess, my grandmother, 50 hyperpera. And the rest of it should go to marry off poor Jewish orphans for the sake of my soul. All the rest of my goods of whatever manner and form it seems and relates to me, I bequeath to my abovementioned brother and executor, to be distributed and given for my soul however seems fit to him for the best for my soul. In addition, after my death, I give with full virtue and power, I grant and also confer to my abovementioned executor in good faith...[boilerplate continues here] And this valid and stable record of my testament is to be permanent for judgment. Signed, the aforementioned Cherana, Jewess, who asked for it to be made. I, Bertus della Porta, witness, signed below. I, Georgius Dandolo, witness, signed below. (S.N.) I, Giovanni Morgano, notary, completed and gave force [to the will]. Witnesses Albertus dala Porta and Georgius Dandulo. [Trans. Rena Lauer] Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Candia, Crete Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 25 December 1373 Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived Archivio di Stato, Venice Notai di Candia, b. 295, fasc. 13, fol. 1r (not. Giovanni Morgano) McKee, Wills, no. 762 Language A language of the resource Latin Coverage The spatial or temporal topic of the resource, the spatial applicability of the resource, or the jurisdiction under which the resource is relevant Eastern Mediterranean Italy Venetian Empire Contributor An entity responsible for making contributions to the resource Rena Lauer charity orphans pregnancy Torah translation Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Latinate Wills Text A resource consisting primarily of words for reading. Examples include books, letters, dissertations, poems, newspapers, articles, archives of mailing lists. Note that facsimiles or images of texts are still of the genre Text. Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Altadonna, wife of Arono de Aben Rabi: Palermo, 1455 Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 28 July 1455 Language A language of the resource Latin Coverage The spatial or temporal topic of the resource, the spatial applicability of the resource, or the jurisdiction under which the resource is relevant Italy Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Palermo, Sicily Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived Archivio di Stato, Palermo ASP, not. Nicolo Aprea, reg. 833, c. 490r See Simonsohn, Jews in Sicily, 11, no. 7002; see Scandaliato, "Haec est eius ultima voluntas..." Subject The topic of the resource Altadonna, wife of Arono de Aben Rabi Description An account of the resource Altadonna's husband is a physician. She names him her universal heir. She also leaves a Torah scroll, silver finials, and other ornaments (worth 12 ounces) to the synagogue in Palermo. She leaves 3 tari to her sister Gimula, wife of Benedetto Chaseni. finials physician synagogue Torah https://d1y502jg6fpugt.cloudfront.net/64022/archive/files/413147dab8bf7b25cfd96d7a0c2b07d0.pdf?Expires=1792022400&Signature=kqZ5YmC-vp2zQ7Yc3tvowFj6WBuOZvm9u8hzvzTMq7fU8RGyIgk46DFt1AeO2egAkvUQ8TQFvSCLnvNUI-PNLy3CxTk9Tb5eXWnHCi%7EvtQ3R50InQuzXxpRhJbrQewFvVYgjxsC-EaF9aHVJIu3tUWh-q4CsGntHG0D6TgQXi2GT-OHnip2WcKi0xJvEpTCgJDjuHAUbyrj3hZo0tbjfKeHx1OYYowYZ4HfCs2GBBotZ7Y7f1mnrlipbBETCSTdkwzoTMwZ5ClAb1OZW900ttJyYOroF0gn2XVo9L6zr46vDrLaPWOpxREAXvBTeHkTM9mhGyTv4NdYq5EhZ1j95HQ__&Key-Pair-Id=K6UGZS9ZTDSZM 20a7904fa077a5b9491d4104fc9c09e4 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Latinate Wills Text A resource consisting primarily of words for reading. Examples include books, letters, dissertations, poems, newspapers, articles, archives of mailing lists. Note that facsimiles or images of texts are still of the genre Text. Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Agnesa, wife of Busacca Naguay: Palermo, 1432 Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 27 April 1432 Language A language of the resource Latin Coverage The spatial or temporal topic of the resource, the spatial applicability of the resource, or the jurisdiction under which the resource is relevant Italy Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Palermo, Sicily Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived Archivio di Stato, Palermo, ASP, not. Nicolo Aprea, reg. 826, c. 240r-v Simonsohn, Jews in Sicily, 11, no. 6855; see Scandaliato, "Haec est eius ultima voluntas..." Subject The topic of the resource Agnesa, wife of Busacca Naguay Description An account of the resource Agnesa testates while ill, naming her husband her universal heir and executor. She leaves donations to the synagogues in Palermo and Trapani, and to the burial society of Palermo. She leaves two silver Torah finials to the synagogue in Trapani (specifying that they be given in her and her husband's name) and names a man and his family to be guardians and maintainers of the finials for the synagogue. Agnesa apparently had no children. She leaves her sister's three children sums "pro quolibet iure recognicionis sanguis." She also leaves a garment ("clamidem de Florencia") to her sister Charusa. TRANSCRIPTION attached here as file from Simonsohn (see below). burial society clothing finials married oil synagogue Torah transcription