Archivio Notarile di Imola
Item
Country
IT
Name of institution (English)
State Archive Section of Imola
Name of institution (official language of the state)
Language of name of institution
ita
Contact information: postal address
Via Giuseppe Verdi 6, 40026 Imola
Contact information: phone number
0039 0542 30316
Contact information: web address
Contact information: email
as-bo.salastudioimola@beniculturali.it
Reference number
ASIm, Archivio Notarile di Imola
Type of reference number
Archival reference number
Title (English)
Archive of Notaries of Imola
Title (official language of the state)
Archivio Notarile di Imola
Language of title
ita
Creator / accumulator
Collegio notarile di Imola
Date(s)
1228/1876
Language(s)
heb
ita
lat
Extent
4,575 storage units
Type of material
Textual Material
Physical condition
Satisfactory
Scope and content
The Archivio Notarile di Imola comprises notarial records produced in Imola since the 13th century. Among its numerous records, there are two volumes bound with fragments of Hebrew manuscripts written in Sephardic script. They are the following: Notarile di Imola, fr. ebr. 22: a fragment of Maimonides' Mishneh Torah, written in Provençal Sephardic square script, dating from the 14th century; Notarile di Imola, fr. ebr. 23: a fragment of a medicine book written in Sephardic semicursive script, dating from the 14th century.
Archival history
The first major arrangement of the overall Imola notary documentation dates back to the mid-18th century. The individual archival units were collected and inventoried under the name of the various notaries, arranged in chronological succession, and divided by location: Imola, Castel del Rio, Dozza, Fontana (Fontanelice), and Tossignano (Borgo Tossignano).
This is an open fonds, since, according to the Italian archival law, it receives the documentary flows coming from the notarial district archives.
This is an open fonds, since, according to the Italian archival law, it receives the documentary flows coming from the notarial district archives.
Administrative / Biographical history
Since 1334, public and private documents with legal value and drawn up by the notaries of Imola, were kept in the convent of Friars Minor of Imola. It was only after the 15th century that the notarial records formed a unitary nucleus within the municipal archives, initially located at the convent of San Domenico. At the beginning of the 16th century, the municipal archives moved to the Town Hall Municipal Palace. Until the mid-18th century, the notary fonds was part of the municipal archives. Only then was it organised as an individual fonds.
After Imola became a district capital in 1810, under French rule, notarial acts from towns under its jurisdiction, such as Lugo, Fontana, and Castel Bolognese, were also incorporated into the notarial archives of Imola. However, this concentration in Imola did not last for long. In 1816-1817, the new district notarial archives of Lugo comprised the acts produced in that city and its territory. After 1822, most of the notarial acts that had been concentrated in Imola during the Napoleonic period were brought back to their respective administrative centre or government. In 1925, after the suppression of the notarial archives of Casola Valsenio, there was a new concentration in Imola of the notarial deeds from Castel del Rio, Fontanelice, and Tossignano. Together with the deeds from Imola and Dozza, these documents constitute the current Archivio Notarile di Imola. After the creation of the Imola section of the State Archives of Bologna, the notarial archive was transferred to this new building.
After Imola became a district capital in 1810, under French rule, notarial acts from towns under its jurisdiction, such as Lugo, Fontana, and Castel Bolognese, were also incorporated into the notarial archives of Imola. However, this concentration in Imola did not last for long. In 1816-1817, the new district notarial archives of Lugo comprised the acts produced in that city and its territory. After 1822, most of the notarial acts that had been concentrated in Imola during the Napoleonic period were brought back to their respective administrative centre or government. In 1925, after the suppression of the notarial archives of Casola Valsenio, there was a new concentration in Imola of the notarial deeds from Castel del Rio, Fontanelice, and Tossignano. Together with the deeds from Imola and Dozza, these documents constitute the current Archivio Notarile di Imola. After the creation of the Imola section of the State Archives of Bologna, the notarial archive was transferred to this new building.
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Author of the description
Andrea Cicerchia, 2022
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