1454 [6 September – payment to Giovanni di Lazzaro (= Zohane / Giovanni Cagnolo)]
Zohane de Lazaro dipintore de avere lire 21, soldi 2 per resto de lo ammontare de para 4 de carte da trionfi lui ha fate a lire 8 per paro, fano lire 32, de le quale ne abate lire 8 per le spexe de bocha auto dala corte in mixi 2 e di 20, in ragione de lire 3 per mexe, e se abate lire 2, soldi 18 per colori lui à (a)vuti per fare dite carte, che in tuto fano lire 10, soldi 18, che se abate de lire 32, resta lire 21, soldi 2…
[Franceschini 1993 App. 31o (p. 849); Ortalli 1996a:163-169, esp. 164-165 and notes 6, 7 and 8.]
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(by Ross Gregory Caldwell)
Giovanni de Lazzaro, painter, having 21 lire, 2 soldi in money for the amount of 4 packs of triumph cards he had made at 8 lire per pack, resulting in 32 lire, of which was subtracted 8 lire for (his living expenses?) in the court during 2 months and 20 days, at the rate of 3 lire per month, and subtracting 2 lire, 18 soldi for his colours for making said cards, which in all equals 10 lire, 18 soldi, which subtracted from 32 lire, leaves 21 lire, 2 soldi…
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