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Citation Information
THE DESCRIPTION OF THE WORLD, THE FAMILY DOCUMENTS
In 1926 Professor Cay. G. ORLANDINI published the texts or, in most cases, brief summaries
of seventy-five documents relating to the Polo family and property, the dates ranging from
1280 to 1387 (cf. p.15 note 1). The following documents, which are also chronologically
arranged, include first fifteen of those published in 1926, and these have the sanie numbers here
as in 1926; secondly unpublished documents whose dates fall between 1280 and 1387, and these
have the number of a preceding document followed by a, b, etc.; and thirdly unpublished doc-
uments of later dates which are numbered 76 to too. In the first of these classes the documents
have been copied from the originals, some which were before in summary being here given complete
while, with one exception, only extracts are here given of those which ORLANDINI printed
completely; but in the second and third classes it has sometimes been necessary to rely on
ORLANDINI's unpublished transcripts or notes, kindly placed at our disposal, and in these cases
the initials G.O. have been added in acknowledgement.
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I. Will of Marco Polo senior, 27 August 1280.
Will (parchment, 57o X 218 mm.) :
In nomine dei eterni amen. anno ab incarnacione domini nostri ihesu xpisti millesimo ducentesimo Otuagesimo mensis augusti die Quinto Exeuntis Jndicione octaua Riuoalti. Cum nulli hominum dies neque bora uocationis domini sit penitus cognita sollicius vnicuique inminet precauendum ne subite mortis jncautus sua jndisposita derelinquat. Jdcirco Ego Marcus paulo condam de constantinopoli nunc habitator Jn confinio sancti seueri, Corporea jnfirmitate Grauatus sano tarnen jntellectu existens ad me venire feci Marcum de bonouicino presbiterum Et notarium Quern Rogaui vt hoc meum scriberet testamentum. Jn quo esse constituo meos fideconmissarios Jordanum triuisanum de confinio sancti antoninj Et flordelisem cognatam meam de confinio sancti seueri quousque nicolaus & matheus fratres mei fuerint veneciis Et tune ipsi soli sint mei conmissarii. Jn primis volo Et ordino solui rectum decimum. Jtern volo quod omnes mei panni Et toturn meum massaraticum vendantur, Et de eorum precio ordino fieri expensas mee sepulture, Et illud quod superauerit a predictis expensis mee sepulture detur per meos comrnrssarios jn missis cellebrandis pro anima mea secundum eorum discrecionem / Jtern notum facio quod habeo de meo Capitali Jn societate quam habeo cum donato Grasso condam de confinio sancti juliani nunc uero habitatore Justinopolis libras denariorum uenecialium Septigentas; Et eciam ultra illas libras Septigentas expendidi pro ipsa societate Jadre libras denariorum uenecialium Quinquaginta de meo capitali sicut scriptum est in meo quaterno bene Et ordinate. Et Eciam
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