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Country
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IT
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Name of institution (English)
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State Archives Section of Camerino
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Language of name of institution
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ita
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Contact information: postal address
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Via Viviano Venanzi 20, 62032 Camerino (MC)
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Contact information: phone number
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0039 0737 633052
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Contact information: email
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as-mc.camerino@beniculturali.it
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Reference number
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SASC, Notarile di Camerino
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Type of reference number
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Archival reference number
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Title (English)
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Notarial Archive of Camerino
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Title (official language of the state)
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Archivio notarile di Camerino
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Language of title
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ita
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Creator / accumulator
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Notai di Camerino
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Date(s)
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1372/1897
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Language(s)
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ita
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lat
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Extent
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9,395 storage units
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Type of material
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Textual Material
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Physical condition
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Satisfactory
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Scope and content
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Preserved in the section of the State Archives of Camerino, the Archivio notarile di Camerino has been indicated as the largest notary archive in the current Marche region. In fact, the largest number of acts drawn up by notaries from the Marches between the Middle Ages and the Early Modern period is conserved here.
Through these numerous acts, it is possible to reconstruct the traces of the local Jewish community, which lasted from the Medieval period to the Early Modern era. Although mostly of Roman origin, the community also received some exiles from the Sephardic diaspora, especially coming from Sicily and the kingdom of Naples. A document attests that the Sephardic sect was fully integrated into the local community: in 1542, chamberlain Ascanio Sforza declared that the exiles of the diaspora who took refuge in the Marche should be regarded as belonging to the local Jewish communities and thus taxed like everyone else (Simonsohn, 1988).
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Archival history
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The Notarial Archive of Camerino, which already existed in the 14th century, was firstly regulated by local laws (15th century) and later by papal laws (16th century). The provisions issued by Napoleon in 1806 ordered all archives to be deposited in Macerata, the capital of the department. However, it does not seem that that occurred with the Camerino Notarial Archive. In 1823, this archive was qualified as a “central” archive, and therefore received the notarial acts preserved in the nearby towns, such as Rocchetta, Serravalle, Santa Anatolia, Camporotondo, and Acquacanina. In 1879, however, it was downgraded to a “district” and later to a “subsidiary” archive, attached to the Notarial Archive of Macerata. In July 1967, the Camerino notary papers (then located in Macerata) were finally transferred to the established section of the local State Archives, where they are kept today. The archive was recently reorganised and has an analytical inventory that can be consulted online. It is arranged according to the number of notaries (3,482) and in chronological order.
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Administrative / Biographical history
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The origins of the notary in the city of Camerino date back to the Middle Ages, following the general developments of the notary in the region of Marche. In Camerino, the notary practice began to be regulated under the lordship of Giulio Cesare da Varano (1434-1502). Then, there was already an archive in which all acts written by the local notaries were deposited. However, these were particular rules, applied only in the city and nearby places. In 1588, Pope Sixtus V (papacy: 1585-1590) established rules to be followed by all notarial colleges of the Papal State.
In the exercise of their profession, notaries often had to contact Jewish financiers and merchants established in the city, some of Sephardic origin, coming to Camerino after the expulsions from Sicily and the kingdom of Naples.
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(source: Casadidio, Daniela. 2016. "Archivio Notarile di Camerino: Inventario Cronologico (1372-1897)")
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System of arrangement
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The records are organised by notary and arranged in chronological order.
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Author of the description
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Andrea Cicerchia, 2021
