Decreti riguardanti le differenze tra le due Sinagoghe
Subtitle: [manuscript]
Contributors: Rason, Forte; Pangali, Samuel Menaḥem; Negri, Ottavio; Contarini, Domenico, 1585-1675; Venice (Republic : To 1797). Doge (1659-1674 : Contarini); Hebrew Manuscripts (Columbia University Libraries)
Published: 1665
Place of publication: [Venice, Italy]
Language: ita
Number of pages: 18
Subjects: Jews; History; Juifs; Histoire
Description: Handwritten copy of a decree of Domenicus Contarenus (Domenico Contarini), Doge of Venice, of March 20, 1665, settling a dispute between the Italian and Greek Jewish communities of Corfu, with "lista della tanza" or list of members of the self-governing Jewish Tax Assessment and Collection Committee (the so-called "tansadori") under the Venetian Republic, and list of signers. The decree describes the proceedings of the Doge's hearing and his subsequent decision in favor of the more recently immigrated and substantially larger Italian congregation, granting them the same rights and privileges as the established Greek Jewish minority. The Italian congregation was represented in person by Forte and Jacob Rason; Samuel Menaḥem Pangali, the representative of the Greek Synagogue, was not present. This manuscript contains a copy (content only) of the illuminated decree as found in Columbia MS X893 Z8 vol.3 no.6; the so-called "lista della tanza" is only to be found in X893.19 D35. This copy includes the original signature of the ambassador.
Notes: Manuscript written on paper in a cursive hand.

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Mendelsohn, I. Descriptive catalogue of Semitic manuscripts, p. 688

Baron, S., "Jewish Immigration and Communal Conflicts in Seventeenth-Century Corfu p. 173

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The Ms. contains: 1. Copy of a decree of March 20,1665, signed by Ottavio Negri (leaves 1-7) -- 2. Copies of records of negotiations conducted in January 1681 concerning a required list of old Jewish families on the island. (leaves 8-10) -- 3. Lista della tanza. (leaves 10-13) -- 4. Confirmations of copies by various officials, including two of August-September, 1723 (leaves 14-15).

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