Census and property survey of the diocese of Florence, Italy, 1427
- Codebook
- Appendix A: Codes for Ownership of Animals
- Appendix B: Code for Type of Institution
- Appendix C: Notes from the Principal Investigators
- Appendix D: Orthography for Saints' Names
Codebook
Col. Width Variable Name
1-2 2 Series Number. Add 50 to the number of the episcopal
city in the secular returns. (See Appendix C, Note,l)
3-6 4 Household Number. Numbered consecutively, beginning
with the episcopal parish, followed by those in the
contado.
7-8 ? (Not used)
9-11 3 Location Code.
100 - return entered in episcopal parish; quarter
(area divided into quarters) unknown.
101 - episcopal parish, quarter 1
102 - episcopal parish, quarter 2
103 - episcopal parish, quarter 3
104 - episcopal parish, quarter 4
(codes 101 to 104 following same order as
in secular returns)
105 - return entered in episcopal parish; geo-
graphically located in a contado parish.
106 - return entered in episcopal parish; geo-
graphically located in another diocese.
201 - contado parishes, follow order in the
202 Sommario.
etc.
12-41 30 Name. (See Appendix C, Note 2)
42-47 6 Volume and Pages. From Campioni usually; from
Sommario when there is no return. (See Variable
Kind, Col. 48)
48 1 Kind.
1 - not used
2 - as in secular returns; take preference over
Codes 5 through 8.
3 - same as Code 2
4 - not used
5 - exempt (entered in a "libro degli esenti")
6 - listed in Sominario, but without an assessment
for the 1427-30 Catasto; no Campione.
7 - more than one institution included. (In same
location is another church but still in same
parish.)
8 - associated with, included in or governed by
the preceding institution (Card following the
institution receives an "8" if it is associated
with said institution.) (Churches or affiliated
institutions in parish which are [sub... I to
the major parish church.)
Order of Preference: 6, 8, 5, 7
49 1 House.
1 - not used
2 - not used
3 - not used
4 - not used
5 - individual members are entered below as
in secular returns, (returns not associated
with the church).
6 - total bocche only in columns 9-11 below
(right justified). Number appearing furthest
to right, no information except number of
individual church, 'canons, monks
(See Appendix C, Note 3)
50 1 Animals, as in secular returns. (See Appendix A)
51 1 Immigration, not used.
52 ?
53-54 2 Occupation. Code for the type of institution, as
shown in Appendix B.
55-59 5 Investments. As in secular returns. Also include
bequests, income from other ecclesiastical institu-
tions and censi. Exclude tithes, "rendita dell'
altare", botteghe, mills.
60-64 5 Monte, as in secular returns. (Public Debt)
65-70 6 Total value of all assets (includes private and
public investments and the value of real property
with the house deducted). (See Appendix C, Note 4)
71-75 5 Deductions (total value of deductions (debts
and charges) calculated in the document).
76-80 5 Tax (taxable fortune - gives the total value of
the taxable fortune less the deductions).
(See Appendix C, Note 5)
For columns 65-80, the Campioni was followed; the
Somnario was indicated to be frequently in error.
Appendix A
Codes for Ownership of Animals
- 1 Owner of cattle
- 2 Renter of Cattle
- 3 Owns and rents cattle
- 4 Owns only small beasts
- 5 Owns beasts of burden (and possibly small beasts)
Appendix B
Code for Type of Institution
- 01 - Vescovo
- 02 - Calonica
- 03 - Prebenda
- 04 - Cappella, Altare
- 05 - Compagnia
- 06 - Prioria
- 07 - Chiesa - church
- 08 - Oratoria
- 09 - Commanderia
- 10 - Ospedale - hospital
- 11 - Convento, Monistero
- 12 - Pieve
- 13 - Sagrestia - vestry
- 14 - Opera - commissions, etc. by church to take care of material welfare of church, usually lay individual
- 15 - Capitolo (avoid if possible; "Capitolo della Calonica" - Calonica which is 02)
When the type of institution is not stated in the Catasto, it is assumed to be a chiesa (07).
Follow the Catasto in assigning the proper designation. For example, if what the Catasto refers to as a chiesa is a prioria in other sources, code it as a chiesa.
Appendix C
Notes from the Principal Investigators
Note 1
The code for the Diocese of Florence or Florentine Diocese is 51.
The unit of analysis is the institution.
The number of observations is 1,211 (churches, monasteries,
etc. associated with the parish). Please note that this number
has not been verified by the Data and Program Library Service.
Note 2
For name, leave no blank spaces between letters. Abbreviate San, Santo, Santa, Santi as "S". Place-names are preceded by "a", not "da"; "di'' and "in" are used only when this is the standard usage.
Examples:
- SANDREAAARGIANO
- SIACOPOESFRANCESCOAVILLAMAGNA
- SAPOSTOLI
- SPIETROINMERCATO
"Convento dei Ftati di S. Agostino" is entered as
"Frati di S. Agostino", not "S. Agostino".
Omit the names of holders of prebends, since these frequently are
different in the Campioni and Sommario. Also leave this space
blank when the Catasto does not give a name to the institution,
such as "compagnia in detta pieve".
Note 3
When the ages of only some of the members are given, use House 5 and code them as with secular returns. Then, on the last card, put a 6 in position 79 and enter the total bocche in spaces 9-11 on the next card.
Follow Campione, not Portata, in case of a difference in number of bocche.
For the diocese of Florence, the bocche of monasteries, convents and hospitals were included. Position in household:
- 01 - abbot, abbess, spedalingo
- 02 - frate, suora
- 21 - converso, conversa
Servants and others not included, except when the return does
not differentiate between them (e.g., "fra frati e famiglia
23"). For hospitals, information concerning only the
spedalingo and his wife is included,, and this only when their
ages are stated.
Note 4
Variable Name: Value of Private Investments
The value of private investments is given in florins rounded
off to the nearest florin. This includes all commercial
investments and loans excluding the value of animals and slaves.
Note 5
Variable Name: Tax
The special deduction for household members, allowed in the
cities of Florence and Pisa are not, however, included here. The
figure represents only deductions allowed everywhere in the
Floren- tine domains.
Note 6
Place a star (*) in the left-hand margin of the coded form for
any institution, such as confraternity or hospital, which is not
mentioned at all in the ecclesiastical Sommario, but which is
found in the Campioni of guilds, etc. These probably will be
found later in another Sommario.
Note 7
In the Somnario for the diocese of Florence, most institutions are given three assessments, as follows:
- Messer Giov. Vitellesch 1428 folio... Assessment
- Catasto 1430 folio... Assessment
- Nuove schritte 1438 folio... Assessment
If the same form is followed in other ecclesiastical Sommari. include a coded form for every institution, even if an assessment is missing for any, or all three, of these dates (See Variable Kind, Code 6). Omit mention of any institution that provides space for only the Nuove schritte of 1438, unless there is evidence from other sources that it did exist at the time of the Catasto of 1427-1430.
Ignore any "agiunti di nuovo".
Omit any institution when the Sommario mentions only a Monte asset, probably of a later date than the Catasto of 1427-1430 ("troviamo in sul monte fl. 000. 11),
Check carefully for duplication.
Appendix D
ORTHOGRAPHY FOR SAINT'S NAMES
- Cecilia, not Cicilia
- Felicita, not Filicita
- Pancrazio, not Brancazio
- Niccolo and Niccolalo (prefer Carapione)
- Frediano, not Friano
- Apollinare, not Pulinari
- Ilario, not Ilari, Ellero
- Broccolo, not Brocolo
- Visdomini, not Bisdomini
- Quirico, not Chirico
- Ippolito, not lpolito
- Reparata, not Liperata
- Gaudenzio, not Godenzo
- Agnolo, not Angelo
- Pietro and Piero
- Salvestro, not Silvestro
- Cristofano and Cristoforo
- Mauro, not Moro
- Sepolcro, not Sipolcro