Instrumenta feudorum castri Sonae (Records of the Fiefs of the Castle of Sona) and other documents relating to the Faella family of Verona

Instrumenta feudorum castri Sonae (Records of the Fiefs of the Castle of Sona) and other documents relating to the Faella family of Verona

This manuscript features decrees and grants relating to the jurist Giovanni Faella of Verona and his family. The main portion begins with copies of grants and titles relating to the Faella family and their castle at Sona, near Verona, the originals of which ranged in date from 1332 to 1406. There follows the text of a charter from Emperor Frederick III (1415–93), issued at Padua in 1468, conferring on Faella, his brothers, and their descendants the titles of Counts of Sona and Counts Palatine, and granting the title of doctor of canon and civil law to Giovanni. The final, later section includes two letters from the Emperor Maximilian I instructing Giovanni Faella to proceed to Mantua to accompany the bishop of Gurk on his embassy to Pope Julius II, 1511, and a copy of a lengthy contract of purchase of land by Giovanni di Jacopo Faella in 1440.

Scribe: Francesco di Andrea Ruffo (fols. 3r–17r; colophon on fol. 17r), Alessandro di Nicolo Medico (fols. 19v–23v; colophon on fol. 23v), and others; Illuminator: follower of Francesco dai Libri and Girolamo dai Libri

1504 and 1530

Manuscript on parchment, 26 fols.

University of Pennsylvania, Lawrence J. Schoenberg Collection, LJS 48

Verona, Italy