Treasure itr04 Statutes of Merchants Guild Biblioteca Nazionale Centrale di Roma, Italy Statuta mercatorum urbis. The codex contains a collection of statutes and documents concerning the Merchants Guild in Rome, from 1317 to 1710.
Many acts show the seal of the notary who attested the documents.
1r is decorated with a large red and light blue illuminated capital letter and we can find other coloured ones in the fol. The page reproduced above is a document dated 1550, signed and fixed with a pen drawn seal by Marcello Farinacci, who was notary in Trastevere, one of the most popular and ancient districts of Rome, from 1517 to 1568.