Notarile. Atti e Rubriche dei Notai
Item
Country
IT
Name of institution (English)
State Archives of Milan
Name of institution (official language of the state)
Language of name of institution
ita
Contact information: postal address
Via Senato 10, 20121 Milan
Contact information: phone number
0039 027742161
Contact information: web address
Contact information: email
as-mi@beniculturali.it
Reference number
Notarile. Atti e Rubriche dei Notai
Type of reference number
Archival reference number
Title (English)
Notaries. Documents and Rubrics of Notaries
Title (official language of the state)
Notarile. Atti e Rubriche dei Notai
Language of title
ita
Creator / accumulator
Archivio notariale di Milano
Date(s)
1209/1899
Language(s)
ita
Extent
50,756 volumes
Type of material
Textual Material
Physical condition
Good
Scope and content
The series Acts of Notaries consists of 50,756 volumes that collect the deeds, indexes and repertoires of notaries who had worked in Milan and the Duchy (with the exception of Lodi, Cremona, Como, Pavia and partly Varese) from 1209. The series of Indexes (“Rubriche”) is the only tool that accompanies the documents. These are 5,054 annual registers which show, for each notary, in alphabetical order, the name and surname of the stakeholders, the date, the type of deed and the reference to the number and page of the volume in which the deed was recorded.
The number of records of this fonds containing references to documents with Jewish (including Sephardic) parties is extensive. Shlomo Simonsohn (1982) identified several notarial documents with relevant information on the Sephardic communities in the territories of the duchy of Milan.
Rori Mancino, in the description of this fonds in the Yerusha database, analysed the records of a group of notaries (Materno Figino, 1462-1506; Annibale Taegi; Emanuele Pisani, 1569-1615; Pompeo Bevilacqua, 1565-1624; Lancellotto Bevilacqua, 1522-1585; Francesco Belloli, 1796-1843) searching for Jewish-related materials in these "rubriche".
The number of records of this fonds containing references to documents with Jewish (including Sephardic) parties is extensive. Shlomo Simonsohn (1982) identified several notarial documents with relevant information on the Sephardic communities in the territories of the duchy of Milan.
Rori Mancino, in the description of this fonds in the Yerusha database, analysed the records of a group of notaries (Materno Figino, 1462-1506; Annibale Taegi; Emanuele Pisani, 1569-1615; Pompeo Bevilacqua, 1565-1624; Lancellotto Bevilacqua, 1522-1585; Francesco Belloli, 1796-1843) searching for Jewish-related materials in these "rubriche".
Archival history
The law of 1875, included in the Regulation of 1911, established that the archives of the central magistracies of pre-unification states should form, within the individual Archives, the section of State Acts. The other fonds had to be divided into three more sections, namely Judicial Documents, Administrative Documents, Notarial Deeds. All the remaining archives should form special sections.
Until 1963 the fonds of the State Archives of Milan were then assigned to the various sections, which changed over time [among them we point out the Historical-diplomatic, the Administrative and Financial, the Judiciary, the Military, the Confidential archive; in 1919, after the management of Luigi Fumi, sections of State Acts and Administrative Acts, Judicial Proceedings, Archives of the reigns of the Visconti and Sforza, Religion fonds and collections; in 1950 the First sections (State Acts i.e. Peronian Government Acts), Second (Administrative Acts), Third (Judicial Acts), Fourth (Special Collections), Fifth (Purchases, Gifts, Transfers)].
Following the loss of a large quantity of documents, series and entire fonds during the Second World War and with the transfer of new large archives, including the Notarial Archive and the Cadastral Archive, the fonds were reorganised.
The General Guide to the State Archives describes the fonds of the AS MI in the 1980s, grouping them, where possible, according to the historical period (Ancien Régimes, Napoleonic, Restoration, Post-unitary). The Acts of Government fonds (15th-19th century) could be inserted in any of these historical periods, for its peculiar characteristics, and is considered in its own right. The Diplomatic fonds is also presented in its own right, including the Diplomatic Archive (consisting of the fonds with the oldest documentation) and the Historical Section (containing miscellaneous material and collections). The remaining fonds are identified by type or according to the creator body (Fascist archives, Notaries, Cadastres, Pious and Charitable institutions, Religious corporations; Family and individuals' archives, Different archives, Collections and miscellaneous).
In terms of order and arrangement, the archival history of the pre-unification fonds of the AS MI was characterised by the so-called Peronian system, a particular type of organisation by subject implemented in the 18th and 19th centuries by the Milanese archivists, who created the complex of fonds named Government Acts; to the latter were added the documentary aggregations carried out in the 18th and 19th centuries that produced collections and miscellaneous sections.
The documentation arrived in the State Archives in two successive transfers, the first in July-August 1944 and the second in 1953.
Until 1963 the fonds of the State Archives of Milan were then assigned to the various sections, which changed over time [among them we point out the Historical-diplomatic, the Administrative and Financial, the Judiciary, the Military, the Confidential archive; in 1919, after the management of Luigi Fumi, sections of State Acts and Administrative Acts, Judicial Proceedings, Archives of the reigns of the Visconti and Sforza, Religion fonds and collections; in 1950 the First sections (State Acts i.e. Peronian Government Acts), Second (Administrative Acts), Third (Judicial Acts), Fourth (Special Collections), Fifth (Purchases, Gifts, Transfers)].
Following the loss of a large quantity of documents, series and entire fonds during the Second World War and with the transfer of new large archives, including the Notarial Archive and the Cadastral Archive, the fonds were reorganised.
The General Guide to the State Archives describes the fonds of the AS MI in the 1980s, grouping them, where possible, according to the historical period (Ancien Régimes, Napoleonic, Restoration, Post-unitary). The Acts of Government fonds (15th-19th century) could be inserted in any of these historical periods, for its peculiar characteristics, and is considered in its own right. The Diplomatic fonds is also presented in its own right, including the Diplomatic Archive (consisting of the fonds with the oldest documentation) and the Historical Section (containing miscellaneous material and collections). The remaining fonds are identified by type or according to the creator body (Fascist archives, Notaries, Cadastres, Pious and Charitable institutions, Religious corporations; Family and individuals' archives, Different archives, Collections and miscellaneous).
In terms of order and arrangement, the archival history of the pre-unification fonds of the AS MI was characterised by the so-called Peronian system, a particular type of organisation by subject implemented in the 18th and 19th centuries by the Milanese archivists, who created the complex of fonds named Government Acts; to the latter were added the documentary aggregations carried out in the 18th and 19th centuries that produced collections and miscellaneous sections.
The documentation arrived in the State Archives in two successive transfers, the first in July-August 1944 and the second in 1953.
Administrative / Biographical history
The notarial archive was established in Milan with a royal letter of Empress Maria Theresa on 22 May 1769 and inaugurated on 1 October 1775. Directed by the archivist Ilario Corte, the institute had the task of preserving public deeds between private individuals, produced by the Office of the Governor of the Statutes, called Panigarola, established in the 13th century, reorganised in 1396, heavily damaged by a fire and inefficient management and definitively abolished in 1787. In the course of its long existence the Office of the Governor of the Statutes had the task of collecting and recording almost all the other acts of the civil authorities as well as the public acts of private individuals, becoming a real Record Office.
Before the creation of the notarial archive, copies of the various deeds (sales, proxies, dowries, wills, post-mortem inventories and others) were kept by individual notaries and their heirs. Following the royal edict of 1 October 1775, the Milanese notarial archive acquired bundles and indexes of notaries from Milan and the Duchy (with the exception of the cities of Como, Cremona, Lodi, Pavia and partly Varese) that had died from 1290 as well as the acts produced by the Office of the Governor of the Statutes, called Panigarola.
The Royal Decree of 25 May 1879, no. 4900, in the post-unification period, established the obligation of the transfer of notarial deeds to the notarial archive upon the death of the single notary or his eventual termination and the obligation for all holders - for various reasons – of parts or entire notarial archives to transfer them to the concerned Notarial Archive. The law of 22 December 1939, no. 2006, finally established the obligation for all Notarial Archives to transfer the deeds of notaries who had practised before 1 January 1800 to the relevant State Archive. Over the years the State Archives of Milan have constantly received transfers of notaries’ deeds that have increased the fonds’ documentary heritage.
Before the creation of the notarial archive, copies of the various deeds (sales, proxies, dowries, wills, post-mortem inventories and others) were kept by individual notaries and their heirs. Following the royal edict of 1 October 1775, the Milanese notarial archive acquired bundles and indexes of notaries from Milan and the Duchy (with the exception of the cities of Como, Cremona, Lodi, Pavia and partly Varese) that had died from 1290 as well as the acts produced by the Office of the Governor of the Statutes, called Panigarola.
The Royal Decree of 25 May 1879, no. 4900, in the post-unification period, established the obligation of the transfer of notarial deeds to the notarial archive upon the death of the single notary or his eventual termination and the obligation for all holders - for various reasons – of parts or entire notarial archives to transfer them to the concerned Notarial Archive. The law of 22 December 1939, no. 2006, finally established the obligation for all Notarial Archives to transfer the deeds of notaries who had practised before 1 January 1800 to the relevant State Archive. Over the years the State Archives of Milan have constantly received transfers of notaries’ deeds that have increased the fonds’ documentary heritage.
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System of arrangement
The documentation was organised in various fonds on the basis of the successive transfers, however it can be summarily described as a documentary corpus composed of: Acts of Notaries; Different indexes of notaries' acts, that is, research tools drawn up by the notarial archive or by the notaries themselves; General archive of the notarial archive (1337-19th century), i.e. administrative documents of the notarial archive and documents from the registry offices.
Archives of the College of Notaries and Advocates. Currently, the district notarial archives keep notarial deeds for 100 years, after this period they are transferred to the State Archives for definitive conservation (law 629 of 17 May 1952).
Archives of the College of Notaries and Advocates. Currently, the district notarial archives keep notarial deeds for 100 years, after this period they are transferred to the State Archives for definitive conservation (law 629 of 17 May 1952).
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