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Title
Altadonna, widow of Benedetto Chaseni: Palermo, 1451
Subject
Altadonna, widow of Benedetto Chaseni
Description
The widow Altadonna makes her three sons, Merdoc, Sabet, and Benedetto, her universal heirs, but also leaves them particular real estate and other items. She leaves to her sons, Merdoc and Sabet, a home, with details about where the home is located (between a tavern and another residential house). Sabet also receives ten ounces "in bonis mobilibus" (otherwise unspecified) and a silk "cortina." The oldest son, Benedetto, receives a store, and its location is also spelled out in detail.
The will also notes that Altadonna had given her sons certain assets in an inter vivos document.
She leaves four ounces to the the synagoge of Palermo to be given within a year of her death.
The will also notes that Altadonna had given her sons certain assets in an inter vivos document.
She leaves four ounces to the the synagoge of Palermo to be given within a year of her death.
Creator
Palermo, Sicily
Date
19 October 1451
Source
Archivio di Stato, Palermo
ASP, not. Nicolo Aprea, reg. 831
See Simonsohn, Jews in Sicily, 11, no. 6937; see Bresc, Arabi per lingua, p. 135.
Language
Latin
Coverage
Italy