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VISCONTI CHANCELLERY: documents concerning water-rights in the
dominion of Milan, in Latin, MANUSCRIPT ON VELLUM
[Milan, mid-15th century]
Copies of correspondence of Blanche of Savoy (widow of Galeazzo II Visconti), Lord (later Duke) Gian Galeazzo Visconti and Duke Filippo Maria, eight documents of the years 1382-1386 and a decree of 1444, relating to the illicit use of water and diversion of waterways in the territory of Milan, 188 x 138mm. i + 43 + i, 120, 220, 33(of 4, iv cancelled blank), COMPLETE, 27 lines written in brown ink in a cursive humanistic hand between two verticals and 28 horizontals, justification: 187 x 138mm (slight damp-staining to upper margin). Contemporary wallet binding of brown leather (lacking buckle, strap restored).
The documents from the Chancellery of the Visconti discuss the misuse of the waters of the 'Rugia Sancti Columbani' and the 'Modio': in the first of the series, on 1 July 1383, Lady Blache of Savoy requests the Vicarius of Milan to forbid those using the water from diverting it, and to sue them; subsequent documents recount the proceedings against them, and against those using the 'Modio'. The decree of 18 April 1444 gives a general prohibition of the diversion of rivers and canals without permission. The manuscript contains a number of annotations, particularly as to legal points, in contemporary and 16th- and 17th-century hands.
Galeazzo II Visconti shared dominion over Milan and its territories with his brother Bernab, ruling from Pavia and Milan respectively. On the death of Galeazzo in 1378 his son Gian Galeazzo succeeded, and subsequently became sole overlord of Milan by the expedient of imprisoning his uncle in 1385. Under his rule, the apogee of Visconti power and magnificence, the rebuilding of Milan cathedral was begun; Gian Galeazzo was created Duke of Milan by the Holy Roman Emperor Wenceslaus in 1395. After the death of his son and successor Giovanni Maria, his second son and the last of the ruling Viscontis, Filippo Maria, held the dukedom until his death in 1447. The canals and waterways of renaissance Lombardy were of the greatest importance for the irrigation, trade and communication of the Po valley; the present document was no doubt compiled as confirmation of the legal constraints upon these valuable assets.
dominion of Milan, in Latin, MANUSCRIPT ON VELLUM
[Milan, mid-15th century]
Copies of correspondence of Blanche of Savoy (widow of Galeazzo II Visconti), Lord (later Duke) Gian Galeazzo Visconti and Duke Filippo Maria, eight documents of the years 1382-1386 and a decree of 1444, relating to the illicit use of water and diversion of waterways in the territory of Milan, 188 x 138mm. i + 43 + i, 1
The documents from the Chancellery of the Visconti discuss the misuse of the waters of the 'Rugia Sancti Columbani' and the 'Modio': in the first of the series, on 1 July 1383, Lady Blache of Savoy requests the Vicarius of Milan to forbid those using the water from diverting it, and to sue them; subsequent documents recount the proceedings against them, and against those using the 'Modio'. The decree of 18 April 1444 gives a general prohibition of the diversion of rivers and canals without permission. The manuscript contains a number of annotations, particularly as to legal points, in contemporary and 16th- and 17th-century hands.
Galeazzo II Visconti shared dominion over Milan and its territories with his brother Bernab, ruling from Pavia and Milan respectively. On the death of Galeazzo in 1378 his son Gian Galeazzo succeeded, and subsequently became sole overlord of Milan by the expedient of imprisoning his uncle in 1385. Under his rule, the apogee of Visconti power and magnificence, the rebuilding of Milan cathedral was begun; Gian Galeazzo was created Duke of Milan by the Holy Roman Emperor Wenceslaus in 1395. After the death of his son and successor Giovanni Maria, his second son and the last of the ruling Viscontis, Filippo Maria, held the dukedom until his death in 1447. The canals and waterways of renaissance Lombardy were of the greatest importance for the irrigation, trade and communication of the Po valley; the present document was no doubt compiled as confirmation of the legal constraints upon these valuable assets.