Documents of the month
From September 2014 to November 2018, every month the homepage of the State Archive of Milan website published the descriptive record of a specific document, chosen for its particular value in the way of miniatures, seals or other exterior elements, or because of the interesting information it contained, or quite simply because of its curious or unusual nature.
Taken from different archives, the documents of the month belong to different historical periods and aim to provide a snapshot of the vast and varied array of records preserved in the Archive.
This page lists the documents in chronological order.
Cartola de accepto mundio. 12 May 721, Piacenza.
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Diploma of Emperor Otto III. 22 April 998, Rome.
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Dei gratia si quid est. 4 November 1109, at “Pontem Ducis”.
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Otto, permissione divina Ianuensis archiepiscopus licet indignus. 29 March 1213
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1280 accounts of the Maggiore monastery. 15 January 1281, Milan.
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... tenet concubinam Tutabellam. A 14th century trial of a monk of the Sant’Ambrogio monastery. [before] 26 August [1307] – January 1308.
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The election of Pope Callixtus III (Alfonso Borgia). 20 April 1455, Rome.
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… una cosa troppo difforme, che mai la Vostra Illustrissima Signoria non intese (... such an unusual event, quite unlike anything Your Grace will have heard before). 4 June 1476, Venice
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The assassination of Duke Galeazzo Maria Sforza. 26 December 1476, Milan.
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The expedition of John Cabot, “populare venetiano de gentile ingenio” (“popular Venetian of refined brilliance”). 18 December 1497, London.
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Imperial diploma. Investiture of Francesco II Sforza as Duke by Emperor Charles V. 2 January 1530, Bologna
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The marriage is valid. 23 March 1534, Rome.
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The right to make ice. 26 January 1535, Casalmaggiore.
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Prohibitione di portar li archibuggi di ruota. 10 June 1556, Milan.
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The Vettabbia and its mills. 1581, Milan.
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A lost cycle of frescoes by Panfilo Nuvolone. 14 May 1618, Milan.
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Last will and testament of Luca Riva. 9 September 1624, Milan.
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Manzoni’s plague of 1630 in the Liber Mortuorum of the Health Magistrate of the city and duchy of Milan. 1630, Milan
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Writings from the convents of Spanish Milan. 1647, Milan.
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Mapa del Puerto de Gibraltar. 1704, s.l.
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Philip V of Spain invades Portugal. 1704, Madrid.
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Jewish marriage contract (ketubbah). 11 March 1729, Corfu.
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The origins of “La Baggina”. Palazzo Trivulzio in contrada della Signora in Milan, Jurisdiction of Porta Tosa, according to the designs by architect Ermenegildo Pini. ca 1769, Milan.
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The founding of the Government Archive of Milan. 14 September 1780, Vienna.
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“Hostility” towards mandatory military conscription. 6 April 1803, [Milan].
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A quarter of a piece of paper written in red. 17 October 1820, Milan.
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A modest musician: “occupied only with scribbling down plays, for better or worse”. 2 May 1872, Sant’Agata di Villanova.
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La Berrichonne. Polka du Maestro A. Ponchielli. 19th century, no imprint
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Three musicians posing: Pietro Mascagni, Giacomo Puccini, Alberto Franchetti. 1893, Milan.
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Out of the silence…deaf-mute people at acting recital. 1870; 1876, Milan.
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To commit the execrable crime. Gaetano Bresci and the assassination of Umberto I in the words of the witnesses. Monza and Milan, 1900.
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Seaside postcard. 1904.
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“Said weapons were in the car by coincidence”. Mussolini tried for duelling by the Magistrate’s Court (1915).
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Caporetto: disaster and recapture. 1917-1918. See record (PDF, 312 KB)
Luchino Visconti di Modrone and Giovanni Testori: two (almost) soldiers’ fight against prejudice. 1906, Milan; 1923, Monza.
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The “Italia” airship affair in the documents of the Prefecture of Milan. 1928, Milan.
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The last headquarters of “Il Popolo d’Italia”: Palazzo dell’Informazione. Milan 1939-1942.
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An original trick. From a Juvenile Court judgment. 14 January 1936, Milan.
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Oh patria mia tradita…! Hymn of the Nations from Verdi to Toscanini. 1943.
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“We talked about everything except politics”. Interrogation of Giancarlo Puecher Passavalli, gold medal for military valour. 12 December 1943, Milan.
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Fuel for the Magenta neighbourhood. 16 August 1945, Milan.
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Report on events at the State Archive of Milan during the War undated [2 April 1946]
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“...thousands of miles away from an affectionate caress. Nostalgia for Italy among post-war emigrants: Cronache d’Italia by Annibale Del Mare”. 26 July 1952, Weirton.
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The absolution of Ragazzi di vita by Pasolini. 4 July 1956, Milan.
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Colonia Olivetti. 1957
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Leonardo da Vinci Steamship. Postcard from the sea [1958]
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The power of imagination. Schools, universities and students in the years of protest in Milan 14May 1968, Milan
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The Milan terrorist attacks of 25 April 1969, the start of the “strategy of tension”, in the judgment of the Court of Assize of Milan of 28 May 1971. 1970-1971. Milan.
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The terrorist attack in Piazza Fontana on 12 December 1969 in the judgments of the Court of Assize of Milan of 30 June 2001 and the Court of Assize of Appeal of Milan of 12 March 2004. 2001-2004, Milan.
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