1454 [3 August - payment to Obizo the Saracen for gold and silver leaf for trionfi and playing cards]
Obizo spiciale al Saraxino in Ferara de avere adi III de agosto lire tre, soldi quatro de marchesani per lo precio de infrascrite robe per dito date a dum Messore per dipinzere carte da trinoffi et da zugare per la guardaroba de lo Signore:
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Per peze zento de oro fino batudo
..
L. 2.10.
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Per peze zento de arzento batudo fino
L. 0. 8.
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Per onze una de verde azuro
L. 0. 6.
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Dato per mandato no. _____
L. III. IIII.
[Franceschini 1993 n. 728s (p. 414) ; Ortalli, 1996a: 163-169 (an
essay on the workshop run by Don Messore, begun in 1454); Ortalli
1996a:188]
| Preliminary translation (by Ross Gregory Caldwell)
Obizo called the Saracen, in Ferrara, having the 3rd day of August three lire, four soldi marchesane for bringing the goods written below for said items to Don Messore for painting triumph cards and playing cards for the guardaroba of the Lord:
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For twenty sheets of fine beaten gold
.. L. 2. 10.
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For twenty sheets of fine beaten silver
.L. 0. 8.
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For one ounce of green-azure
L. 0. 6.
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Items by mandate no. _____
.L. III. IIII.
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