Carte Strozziane
Item
Country
IT
Name of institution (English)
State Archives of Florence
Name of institution (official language of the state)
Language of name of institution
ita
Contact information: postal address
Viale Giovine Italia 6, 50122 Florence
Contact information: phone number
0039 055263201
Contact information: web address
Contact information: email
asfi@archiviodistato.firenze.it
Reference number
Carte Strozziane
Type of reference number
Archival reference number
Title (English)
Strozziane Papers
Title (official language of the state)
Carte Strozziane
Language of title
ita
Creator / accumulator
Carlo di Tommaso Strozzi
Date note
13th century/20th century
Language(s)
ita
Extent
4,404 storage units
Type of material
Textual Material
Scope and content
The Carte Strozziane fonds comprises documentation belonging to the library of Carlo di Tommaso Strozzi and documentation collected thereafter by his heirs. It is divided into five series, two sections of appendix, a further series relating to the administration of properties, and a collection of parchments. Catalogues of the first, second, third and fifth series are available online on the archive's website. These catalogues are accompanied by alphabetic indexes by subject.
The first and third series of this collection contain some scattered Jewish-related materials, including the following:
Prima serie, filza 106, fols. 78-79 (November 27, 1557): Letter by Lelio Torelli to messer Bartolomeo Concino, secretary of the Grand Duke, regarding several affairs, including the case of a Jew named Ventura, who was inaccurately accused of heresy by the Inquisition. Torelli condemns the pressure of the Inquisition to act in the territories of the Florentine State, and gives the example of the Duke of Urbino, who had given licence to 1,500 Marranos to settle in his state. This document was partially transcribed in Guasti 1884, vol. 1.
Prima serie, filza 315, fols. 72-75: privileges given to some Jews to live in Piacenza.
Terza serie, filza 138, fol. 48: Autographic annotation by Marco di Matteo Strozzi on the negotiations with the Otto di custodia e balía and the Signoria at the end of 1494, in order to remove the synagogue from the vicinity of his church.
Terza serie, filza 262: Hebrew teaching book with 48 cards containing moral rulings from the Bible and Rabbinical books.
The first and third series of this collection contain some scattered Jewish-related materials, including the following:
Prima serie, filza 106, fols. 78-79 (November 27, 1557): Letter by Lelio Torelli to messer Bartolomeo Concino, secretary of the Grand Duke, regarding several affairs, including the case of a Jew named Ventura, who was inaccurately accused of heresy by the Inquisition. Torelli condemns the pressure of the Inquisition to act in the territories of the Florentine State, and gives the example of the Duke of Urbino, who had given licence to 1,500 Marranos to settle in his state. This document was partially transcribed in Guasti 1884, vol. 1.
Prima serie, filza 315, fols. 72-75: privileges given to some Jews to live in Piacenza.
Terza serie, filza 138, fol. 48: Autographic annotation by Marco di Matteo Strozzi on the negotiations with the Otto di custodia e balía and the Signoria at the end of 1494, in order to remove the synagogue from the vicinity of his church.
Terza serie, filza 262: Hebrew teaching book with 48 cards containing moral rulings from the Bible and Rabbinical books.
Archival history
The history of this fonds dates back to 1627, when Grand Duke Ferdinando II charged Carlo Strozzi with reorganising the Prestanzoni archive. Then, Strozzi was advised to take all notes and memoirs that he considered necessary. When Strozzi died, the papers he collected were rearranged and increased by his son Luigi, a Florentine archdeacon who died on December 22, 1700. In 1692, Luigi transferred the collection to a palace in Borgo S. Iacopo. In his will, in 1694, Luigi instituted a fideicommissum in favour of his brother Alessandro Iacopo, including a large part of the collection. The library of printing works and various manuscripts excluded from the institution of the fideicommissum was later inherited by Alessandro Iacopo's daughters, Eleonora and Anna Settimia. At the end of the 18th century, the library and documentary collection were in possession of the female descendants of Alessandro Iacopo. In 1784, Maria Caterina Strozzi, an oblate of the monastery of La Quiete delle Montalve, donated the manuscript codices of the Strozzi library to the monastery. Since the donation required the Grand Duke's consent, the codices were given to Pietro Pannilini, the archivist of the Segreteria di Stato. While the literary manuscripts were assigned to the Laurenziana and Magliabechiana libraries, the original documents and copies (about 400 files) were retained by the Segreteria di Stato. These heterogeneous materials were further subdivided by Filippo Brunetti, employed in the Archivio Diplomatico, who had been appointed by the Grand Duke for this purpose. The greatest part of this collection (about 370 files) was assigned to the Segreteria vecchia, where most of the Medici family's documents from before and after the Principado were already kept. In 1795, after Filippo Brunetti had returned to the Archivio Diplomatico, the Segreteria vecchia archives passed to the responsibility of Abbot Reginaldo Tanzini. He reorganised the collections and undertook the formation of the Miscellanea Medicea, in line with an arrangement that he had also tried to implement on the Strozziane papers.
In 1852, the Strozziane fonds was incorporated into the Archivio Centrale di Stato di Firenze. In order to facilitate the consultation of the records, an alphabetical inventory by subject was composed. In 1862 and 1874, other Strozzi family papers were incorporated into the archive. Then, Cesare Guasti and Alessandro Gherardi started the inventory and indexing of the fonds: the 371 units that came from the Segreteria vecchia became the "Prima serie" (also known as "Miscellanea strozziana"); 149 files coming from the Archivio delle Riformagioni constituted the "Seconda serie"; and the subsequent acquisitions were distributed between the "Terza" and "Quarta serie". The "Terza serie" was the result of Carlo Strozzi's collection of old documents from different branches of the family. The first volume of Guasti and Gherardi's inventory of the first series was published in 1884. The second came out posthumously, in 1891, by the initiative of Carlo Milanesi. At the end of 1928, the Archivio di Stato started the inventory of the second and third series, interrupted in 1931.
The "Quarta serie" is composed of documents acquired in 1876 and related to the administration of the Strozzi-Uguccioni patrimony from the 15th to the 19th century. The "Quinta serie" was donated to the Archivio di Stato by Paolozzi Strozzi in 1937, and it gathers the family archive preserved at the Palazzo Strozzi. The parchments that were part of the Strozzi collection were incorporated into the archive at different times and integrated the Diplomatico fonds. Those parchments that constituted a separate series of the Carte Strozziane fonds were part of the donation given by Paolozzi Strozzi in 1937.
In 1852, the Strozziane fonds was incorporated into the Archivio Centrale di Stato di Firenze. In order to facilitate the consultation of the records, an alphabetical inventory by subject was composed. In 1862 and 1874, other Strozzi family papers were incorporated into the archive. Then, Cesare Guasti and Alessandro Gherardi started the inventory and indexing of the fonds: the 371 units that came from the Segreteria vecchia became the "Prima serie" (also known as "Miscellanea strozziana"); 149 files coming from the Archivio delle Riformagioni constituted the "Seconda serie"; and the subsequent acquisitions were distributed between the "Terza" and "Quarta serie". The "Terza serie" was the result of Carlo Strozzi's collection of old documents from different branches of the family. The first volume of Guasti and Gherardi's inventory of the first series was published in 1884. The second came out posthumously, in 1891, by the initiative of Carlo Milanesi. At the end of 1928, the Archivio di Stato started the inventory of the second and third series, interrupted in 1931.
The "Quarta serie" is composed of documents acquired in 1876 and related to the administration of the Strozzi-Uguccioni patrimony from the 15th to the 19th century. The "Quinta serie" was donated to the Archivio di Stato by Paolozzi Strozzi in 1937, and it gathers the family archive preserved at the Palazzo Strozzi. The parchments that were part of the Strozzi collection were incorporated into the archive at different times and integrated the Diplomatico fonds. Those parchments that constituted a separate series of the Carte Strozziane fonds were part of the donation given by Paolozzi Strozzi in 1937.
Administrative / Biographical history
Carlo di Tommaso Strozzi was born on June 3, 1587. He was son of Tommaso Strozzi and descended from the Rosso di Gerio branch of the Strozzi family. He was a Florentine senator as well as a remarkable antiquarian and bibliophile. He was also the author of Storia della casa Barberini, published in Rome in 1640, and of an unpublished work entitled Storietta della città di Firenze. In 1627, Grand Duke Ferdinando II charged him with reorganising the Prestanzoni papers. As a result of this work, he gathered an extensive collection of documents. This collection joined his already large personal library of printed and manuscript works. At the time of his death, on March 18, 1670, Carlo Strozzi's library of manuscripts was composed of about 2,500 volumes.
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System of arrangement
The fonds is divided into 5 series, 2 sections, and a collection of parchments.
Access, restrictions
The following documents are missing: serie Seconda, 46-47, 57; pezzo 146 (incorporated into the Capitoli fonds, Appendice, 44); serie Terza , 103, 253, 256-259, 265; serie Quarta , 278, 284, 616-627, 736, 795-809. The originals of some documents are not available for consultation, only their microfilmed copies. These documents are the following: serie Prima: n. 137; serie Seconda: n. 13; serie Terza: nn. 41, 46, 46/II, 63, 265, 278, serie Quarta: n. 789.
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Carla Vieira, 2021
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