Documents referring to the threatened expulsion of the Jews of Corfu in 1572
Published: 1572
Place of publication: Venice, Italy
Language: ita
Number of pages: 38
Subjects: Jews; Sources; History; Italian Manuscripts
Description: Copies of official documents pertaining to the threatened expulsion of the Jews of Corfu in 1572.
Notes: Includes index.

leaves 1-6: copy of a petition addressed to the Doge Aloysio Mocenico in Venice by the "baiulus" or bailiff and community of Corfu on Sept. 14, 1572. In this petition Christian officials appeal on behalf of the Jewish community concerning the decree of expulsion issued by the Venice authorities. The Jewish community had already appealed to the doge before, but a negative reply had been given on June 19, 1572. The petitioners argue on historical and economic grounds for an exemption of the Jews of Corfu. The Christian delegation also sent the Jewish representatives Manahem Mazza, Giosef Carton and Menahem de Consolo to obtain a repeal of this decree. The petition is signed by the bailiff, Francesco Gritti, Batta Foscarini, and Geronimo Diedo. Additional signatures affixed on Oct. 20, 1572 by six other officials.

leaf 11: confirmation of the above decree by Manuel Grimani doge on the authority of Fabritius Vignonus, issued on the 26th of July 1592.

leaf 12: a two line beginning of a document dated July 9, 1622.

Title supplied by cataloger.

Manuscript written on paper and parchment in a cursive hand.

Several blanks.

Shelfmark: MS X893.19 C684.

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Mendelsohn, I. Descriptive catalogue of Semitic manuscripts, p. 689-691.

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Table of contents: title: Leaves 8-10: decree of Doge Pascalis Ciconia concerning the administration of article 10 of the so-called "capitoli" regulating the status of the Jews in Corfu. This article stated the conditions under which the Jews could live on the island; the city had made an official complaint about the Jewish presence on April 6, 1592. Issued in ducal palace on July 31, 1592 and confirmed by the notary Fabritius Vignonus.