A Documentary History of the Jews in

Not. Pietro Randazzo

Sciacca, 15 September 1485 Source: ASSc, Not. Pietro Randazzo, reg. 27, cc. 5vy6v.

Vita de Agri, a Jew of , acting for his mother Perna and for his brothers, comes to an arrangement with Sadia de Galiono, a Jew of Sciacca, over the division of her property, and in particular her dowry.

Sciacca, 12 October 1485 Source: ASSc, Not. Pietro Randazzo, reg. 27, c. 13r.

Gabriele Summato, a Jew of Sciacca, lodges a protest against Mattiotta de Panormo for having failed to pay him a debt of 18 ounces for cheese. He demands immediate payment, on pain of damages.

Sciacca, 7 November 1485 Source: ASSc, Not. Pietro Randazzo, reg. 27, cc. 41vy42r. Publication: Perani, Firme in giudeo-arabo, No. 26 (signatures); Scandaliato, Ultimo canto di Ester, pp. 208f.

Last will and testament of Disiata, a Jewess of Sciacca, widow of Muxa de Galfa. She makes her brother Xibitello de Galiono, and her nephew Busacca, son of her brother Siminto, her principal heirs. She makes small bequests to her sister Stella and to her niece Rachila. She also leaves some revenues for the purchase of oil for the synagogue in Sciacca. The deed is witnessed by seven Jews, who sign in Iudaeo-Arabic.

Bibliography: Scandaliato, Op. cit., p. 108.

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Sciacca, 17 November 1485 Source: ASSc, Not. Pietro Randazzo, reg. 27, c. 50r.

Muxa de Sasia, a Jew of Palermo, acting for Iacob de Mazaria, a Jew of Sciacca, lodges a protest against Cataldo de Parisio, judge of the Jews in Sciacca, and against Aloysio Veneto, bailiff, for having sequestered pawns from Iacob on account of a debt. He demands the lifting of the sequester, on pain of damages.

Sciacca, 21 November 1485 Source: ASSc, Not. Pietro Randazzo, reg. 27, c. 52r-v. Publication: Perani, Firme in giudeo-arabo, No. 28 (signatures); Scandaliato, Ultimo canto di Ester, p. 210.

Last will and testament of Gaudiosa, a Jewess of Sciacca, widow of Salamone Commissu. She makes her sons Xibitello and Busacca her principal (universal) heirs and makes small bequests to her nephews, nieces and other relatives, including her niece Stella. She also bequeaths a coverlet (spellizia) to the synagogue. The deed is witnessed by seven Jews, who sign in Iudaeo-Arabic.

Bibliography: Scandaliato, Op. cit., pp. 65, 85.

Sciacca, 21 November 1485 Source: ASSc, Not. Pietro Randazzo, reg. 27, cc. 82vy83r.

Matrimonial contract between Xamuel Commissu, a Jew of , and Stilla, daughter of Sabet Lu Mastru, alias Lu Chichiru, a Jew of Sciacca. Sabet promises the couple a dowry. This consists of the usual two beds, a small mansion in the contrada Iudayca of Sciacca, other property, as well as chattels.

Bibliography: Scandaliato, Op. cit., p. 70.

Sciacca, 2 March 1486 Source: ASSc, Not. Pietro Randazzo, reg. 27, c. 96v.

Levi de and Sadia Nifusi, Jews of Sciacca, undertake to harvest 60 salme of wheat for Samuel Iubayra and Natale Accano, their fellow Jews.

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