Datini DC 1026_118r_1

Settlement concerning a shipment of wax

Archivio di Stato di Prato (Prato, Italy)

Entry in a book/register

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טו אבריל

15 April 1400

15th Century CE

Christian calendar. The year is not mentioned in the entry but this page of the register concerns 1400-1401.

Ciutat de Mallorca

Honein

Mallorca

Sepharad

Hebrew

confirmation of a settlement of a commercial disagreement

1 I, the undersigned, acknowledge that in the ship of Luf Antoni came for me two costali of wax and for Mister Cristofol
2 three. And Mister Cristofol have taken one large which was mine, and I have taken one small which is his. And we reached an agreement
3 to weigh all the wax, his and mine. And his weighed 8 q. net and mine seven q. and twenty pounds
4 net. And we have stipulated that when the letter from Mister Leonard arrives and announces the weight of the wax in Honein, we will
5 settle our accounts and divide this wax according to the weight of Honein. If it is found that he took too much, he will return it
6 later according to the weight of Honein. And my wax weighted in Honein, according to this letter from my brother that I have showed him,
7 five q. and five pounds. And to be a proof for him, I signed my name here, on 15 April. Astruc ha-Kohen.

This entry records disagreement concerning the distribution of loads of wax which arrived from Honein (Algeria) to Mallorca on Luf Antoni’s boat. On 15 April 1400, Astruc ha-Kohen declared that five loads of wax arrived: two for him and three for Cristofano di Bartolo, director of the Datini company in Mallorca. During the distribution, Cristofano mistakenly took a load of greater weight, estimated at 8 quintals (800 pounds), intended for Astruc, whereas Astruc took a load of lesser weight, estimated at 7 quintals and 20 pounds (720 pounds), intended for Cristofano. In order to make a fair distribution and settle their accounts, they were waiting for a letter from a certain Leonardo , operating in Honein, to confirm to them the weight of the wax when it was weighed in Honein, according to which the division should be carried out. Astruc has already shown Cristofano a letter from his brother specifying that his load of wax weighed 5 quintals and 5 pounds in Honein, according to the local measures.

Settlement of conflict

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This entry does not refer to payment received and is therefore included in the ricordanze section of the register Datini DC 1026, which notes important elements that must be remembered.