Sezione III
Item
Country
IT
Name of institution (English)
Archivio Storico Capitolino
Name of institution (official language of the state)
Language of name of institution
ita
Contact information: postal address
Piazza dell'Orologio 4, 00186 Rome
Contact information: phone number
0049 0667108100
Contact information: web address
Contact information: email
archivio.capitolino@comune.roma.it
Reference number
ASC, Archivio Urbano, Sezione III
Type of reference number
Archival reference number
Title (English)
Sesion III
Title (official language of the state)
Sezione III
Language of title
ita
Creator / accumulator
Archivio notarile generale urbano
Date(s)
1536/1742
Language(s)
heb
ita
lat
Extent
27 storage units
Type of material
Textual Material
Physical condition
Good
Scope and content
The Sezione III of the Archivio generale urbano (Urban General Archive) consists of three distinct documentary series, related to the three distinct categories of notaries: Notai ebrei (Jewish notaries), bb. 1-19 (1536-1640); Notai dei neofiti (Notaries of neophytes), bb. 20-25 (1624-1742); and Notai dei banchieri ebrei (Notaries of Jewish bankers), bb. 26-27 (1624-1678).
The Notai ebrei series consists of protocol registers of notaries who belonged to the Roman Jewish Community and that were drawn up exclusively within it. In this series, it is possible to find documents exclusively written in Hebrew scripture, at least up to 1605, the year of the death of rabbi Isacco delle Piattelle, who only used this scripture in his documents. The other two documentary series, Notai dei neofiti and Notai dei banchieri ebrei, are for the most part composed of copies of the deeds stipulated for the notaries' private clients and recorded in their own protocols. These deeds mostly use the Latin or Italian languages. The holders of the notary offices of Jewish bankers and neophytes were actually Christians. Therefore, their acts do not differ in the use of forms and formal aspect in general, from the “publica instrumenta” (public instruments) commonly drawn up in Rome. Despite the name of the office, many of the deeds of the Notai dei neofiti are not deeds for catechumens, but for Christians. Also, the Notai dei banchieri ebrei series comprises numerous instruments stipulated for Jews of modest economic condition, as well as deeds concerning inter-current businesses between Jews and Christians or even only related to Christians. About this latter series, 34 volumes are now kept in the Archivio di Stato di Roma.
The Notai ebrei series consists of protocol registers of notaries who belonged to the Roman Jewish Community and that were drawn up exclusively within it. In this series, it is possible to find documents exclusively written in Hebrew scripture, at least up to 1605, the year of the death of rabbi Isacco delle Piattelle, who only used this scripture in his documents. The other two documentary series, Notai dei neofiti and Notai dei banchieri ebrei, are for the most part composed of copies of the deeds stipulated for the notaries' private clients and recorded in their own protocols. These deeds mostly use the Latin or Italian languages. The holders of the notary offices of Jewish bankers and neophytes were actually Christians. Therefore, their acts do not differ in the use of forms and formal aspect in general, from the “publica instrumenta” (public instruments) commonly drawn up in Rome. Despite the name of the office, many of the deeds of the Notai dei neofiti are not deeds for catechumens, but for Christians. Also, the Notai dei banchieri ebrei series comprises numerous instruments stipulated for Jews of modest economic condition, as well as deeds concerning inter-current businesses between Jews and Christians or even only related to Christians. About this latter series, 34 volumes are now kept in the Archivio di Stato di Roma.
Archival history
The Archivio notarile generale urbano fonds is divided into 67 sections. It contains numerous notarial protocols, both originals and copies, as well as registers and loose deeds, dating from 1348 to 1871. The first chosen location for this archive was the Leonine city, near the current Piazza San Pietro. With the suppression of the Papal States in 1871, the archive was first transferred to the Palazzo Salviati alla Lungara, where it remained for only a year. In 1872, it was transferred to the Capitol. It was only in 1918 that its final location was established in the Archivio Storico Capitolino.
Administrative / Biographical history
The Archivio notarile generale urbano was established on November 16, 1625 by Pope Urban VIII, with the aim of collecting and preserving the writings produced by all Roman notaries, including those who had died or had been suppressed before 1625. The provision was made necessary due to the lack of diligence with which both public and private documents were previously preserved. The project to establish an archive of Roman notaries had previously been implemented by Sixtus IV in 1483, with the establishment of the Archives of the Roman Curia. This project was taken up by Julius II, with the establishment of the college of writers of the Archives of the Roman Curia. However, these attempts immediately collided with the negligence of the archivists and writers themselves. The most hostile group to such general archive projects was the "Notai capitolini" (Capitoline notaries). For this reason, it is important to clarify that the Archivio notarile generale urbano should not be confused with the Collegio dei Notai Capitolini (College of the Capitoline notaries) who had their headquarters in the Capitoline Hill.
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Author of the description
Andrea Cicerchia, 2022
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