Opere Pie; Corporazioni religiose soppresse: Fr. Ms. ebr.
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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 Faenza
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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 Manfredi 14, 48018 Faenza
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Contact information: phone number
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0039 0546 21808
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Contact information: email
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as-ra.faenza@beniculturali.it
as-ra.salastudio@beniculturali.it
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Reference number
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ASFa, Opere Pie
ASFa, Corporazioni religiose soppresse
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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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Pious Institutions; Religious Corporations suppressed: Fragments of Hebrew Manuscripts
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Title (official language of the state)
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Opere Pie; Corporazioni religiose soppresse: Fr. Ms. ebr.
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Language of title
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ita
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Creator / accumulator
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Sezione Archivio di Stato di Faenza
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Date(s)
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1507/1918 (Opere Pie)
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1480/1798 (Padri Celestini)
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Language(s)
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heb
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Extent
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1,323 storage units (Opere Pie)
74 storage units (Corporazioni religiose-Padri Celestini)
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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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The Sezione Archivio di Stato di Faenza preserves eleven fragments of Hebrew manuscripts used as covers for later volumes from different collections. Mostly in Ashkenazic script, there are a few fragments from the Sephardic tradition, precisely preserved in the Opere Pie. Archivio storico del brefotrofio esposti (orphanage for abandoned children) and Corporazioni religiose soppresse. Padri Celestini fonds. The fragments are listed below:
ASFA, Opere Pie, Archivio storico del brefotrofio esposti, serie 3, n. 34, an. 1570: Hebrew fragment of a 14th-century manuscript of David Kimḥi's Sefer ha–shorashim, written in square Sephardic script.
ASFA, Opere Pie, Archivio storico del brefotrofio esposti, serie 3, n. 98, an. 1638: Hebrew fragment of a 12th-13th-century Bible (Kings 2), written in square Sephardic script.
ASFA, Corporazioni religiose soppresse, Padri Celestini, XXV-15a: Hebrew fragments of blessings to be recited before and after reading the Megillat Ester and a liturgical poem composed by Abraham ibn Ezra entitled “Qore megillah hem yeranneu”, both from the 13th century and written in square Sephardic script.
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Sources:
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Perani, Mauro. 1990. “Frammenti di manoscritti ebraici nell’Archivio di Stato di Faenza.” Henoch. Studi storico filologici sull’ebraismo XII, 2 (September): 227–29.
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Perani, Mauro. 1991. “Frammenti di manoscritti ebraici medievali utilizzati come copertine in Emilia Romagna.” In Manoscritti, frammenti e libri ebraici nell’Italia dei secoli XV - XVI: S. Miniato, 7-8-9 novembre 1988, edited by Giuliano Tamani. Atti del ... congresso internazionale dell’AISG 7. Roma: Carucci.
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Archival history
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The Sezione Archivio di Stato di Faenza was established in 1967 and preserves all the public and private archival collections of Faenza previously deposited at the Manfrediana Municipal Library, where they had been placed after the Italian unification (1861). Its headquarters are located in the rooms of the former convent of the “Servi di Maria” order (14th-15th century). The documentary heritage preserved from the Middle Ages to the Contemporary Age reflects the centuries-old events of the city and its territory.
Among the collections kept in this archive section, the one that preserves the oldest documentation is that of the Corporazioni religiose di Faenza. In this collection, the historical archives of the suppressed religious orders merged with those of lay brotherhoods present in the city since the Middle Ages. The collection is divided into 55 series (34 of religious orders, and 22 of lay brotherhoods), among which there are the “Padri Celestini” (convent of S. Maria Della Trinità di Faenza), where the aforementioned Hebrew fragments were found. This series is divided into registers, volumes, and parchments.
The Opere Pie section preserves records produced by the welfare and charity institutions that developed their activity in the Early Modern Faenza. The main collections are the following: 1) Archivio Storico del Brefotrofio Degli Esposti (Orphanage), formerly the archive of S. Maria Della Misericordia hospital, where several Hebrew fragments were found in bindings of some volumes; 2) “Monte di Pietà” and 3) “Congregation of Charity”, to which 15 distinct archives are grouped.
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Sources:
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Guida agli Archivi di Stato - Ravenna
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Sezione Archivio di Stato di Faenza website
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Administrative / Biographical history
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The origins of Faenza date back to the Roman era (180 BC). After the end of the Roman Empire (476 CE), the city was subjected to the dominion of the Byzantines and, later, of the Longobards. From the 13th century onwards, it was held in a free commune, subordinated to papal sovereignty, which subsequently alternated with the rule of the Manfredi family. In the 14th century, the Church granted the vicariate of Faenza to Astorgio I Manfredi. The Manfredi were succeeded by short dominations in the early 16th century, firstly by the Borgias (1501-1503) and subsequently by Venice (1504-1509). Regained under the dominion of the Church, Faenza belonged to the Legation of Romagna until the French invasion, and subsequently, to the Delegation of Ravenna until 1861.
A Jewish community was settled in Faenza in the 14th century, just as the activity of lending was recognised there, according to the city statutes of 1410.
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Sources:
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Italia Judaica - Faenza
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Sezione Archivio di Stato di Faenza website
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System of arrangement
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The Corporazioni religiose di Faenza section is divided into 55 series (34 of religious orders, and 22 of lay brotherhoods). The Opere Pie section is composed of eight series. Each series is arranged according to functional criteria.
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Author of the description
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Andrea Cicerchia, 2022
