Item 40 - Attestatione (Testimony)

Identity area

Reference code

MT NAM LCM-278-40

Title

Attestatione (Testimony)

Date(s)

  • 03/10/1701 (Creation)

Level of description

Item

Extent and medium

1 legal process (ff.375-376)

Context area

Name of creator

(1697-1814)

Administrative history

It was a mercantile tribunal of the country. It was composed of a judge and two consuls who were supposed to be well versed in mercantile affairs. In the case of appeals the parties could ask that a body of merchants be convened in the manner laid downRead more

Content and structure area

Scope and content

Chrispino Xicluna/Scicluna, sailor on a bregantina commanded by Giovanni Battista Grech, was tasked with bringing a scafazzo di mastica from an English merchant at Livorno to Malta for the CDM but this was found to be of low quality.

Conditions of access and use area

Language of material

  • Italian

Script of material

  • Latin

Physical characteristics and technical requirements

Physical description: Dimensions: 29.5 x 21; Condition: Water damage, mould

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Dates of creation revision deletion

Date of review: 20/02/2025

Language(s)

  • English

Script(s)

  • Latin

Archivist's note

Catalogued by: Vanessa Buhagiar; reviewed by Samuel Azzopardi