Segno giallo
Published: 1454
Place of publication: Venice, Italy and Kerkyra, Greece
Language: ita
Number of pages: 59
Subjects: Jews; Sources; Legal status, laws; History; Star of David badges; Italian Manuscripts
Description: A collection of documents partly in original and partly in copies concerning the legislation affecting the Jews' yellow badge and the Jewish legal status in general on the island of Corfu. The documents date from 1454 to 1747.
Notes: Title from binding.

Manuscript written on paper in a cursive hand.

Shelfmark: MS X893.19 Se34 Folio.

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Mendelsohn, I. Descriptive catalogue of Semitic manuscripts, p. 709-711.

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Text in Italian and Latin.

Bound in cardboard with handwritten title "Segno giallo"

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Table of contents: title: Table of contents; title: Two copies giving the substance of the decree of August 17, 1454 in 8 articles; title: ducal decree of March 5, 1467 (referring to a decision of Jan. 22, 1422) concerning the badge; title: Decree of September 21, 1497 concerning the request of the Jewish community to exempt Jews from the badge during journeys. This decree is given here in an official transcript of April 13, 1575 in two copies; title: Copy of a complaint dated July 9, 1594 by the municipality of Corfu about the neglect of the Jews in wearing the badge; title: New decree of July 13, 1602 and July 20, 1602 concerning the form of the badge, with rudimentary sketch of such a badge; title: Various prescripts of Antonio Pisano in two copies of April 23 and May 1, 1632 referring also to decrees of 1474, 1539, with additional references to such of 1602 and 1626. Marginal notes mention provisions of 1721 and 1722.; title: Proclamation of Lorenzo Dolfin dated May 31, 1648; title: Ordinance of Lorenzo Dolfin of August 6, 1649 regulating fines for failure to wear the badge; title: Record of December 1649 referring to actions against Caim Panzali for disregarding the badge; title: Confirmation dated April 16, 1658 of the ordinance of May 31, 1648 at the instance of enquiries from Corfu. The subsequent public proclamation was dated July 7, 1658; title: Petition of the Jewish community to the Senate dated March 16, 1663 referring to the decrees of 1648-49 issued by Lorenzo Dolfin concerning the wearing of the black hat and the yellow badge; title: New proclamation of May 27, 1698; title: Undated petition referring to the proclamation of July 7, 1658; title: Proclamation of the government dated July 25, 1708 concerning the badge, the relations between Jews and Christians, etc; title: Another proclamation of August 8, 1729 referring to the decrees of 1406 and 1454 and supplemented by an earlier proclamation of July 23, prohibiting molestation of the Jews on these shores; title: Proclamation of July 10, 1734 referring to the decree of 1632. Marginal note dated May 30, 1735; title: proclamation of November 16, 1747 also referring to the decree of 1632.