[Title on the reverse:] Ratificatio facta p[er] m[agnifi]cu[m] d[ominum] Jo[hannes] Carolu[s] de Affaytalis, in favorem m[agnifi]ci et r[everen]di d[omino]. Guidi d[e] Crema et Rafaelis Krumani p[e]r Castro S[anc]ti Laurentii et terris.

[MANUSCRIPT - NOTARIAL DECLARATION]. AFFAITATI, Giovan Carlo (Johannes Carolus de AFFAYTADI).

Published by Antwerp,, 1546

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An Antwerp notarial declaration made voluntarily by Giovan Carlo Affaitati, also known as Johannes Carolus de Affaytadi (Cremona 1500 or 1510-Lier 1555 or Ghistelle 1587) soon after he moved to Antwerp, on behalf of Guido de Crema, citizen of Mantua, and Raphael Brumani, citizen of Cremona. It was drawn up before the Antwerp notary Anthony Amala and three named witnesses and appears to concern De Crema and Brumani's inheritance. Affaitati testified to the content of a document drawn up on 31 December 1545 before the Mantua notary Hieronimus de Zizolis. Affitati came from a merchant banking family in Cremona. He set up in Lisbon but moved to Antwerp in 1545, when the Holy Roman Emperor Charles V made him Baron of Ghistelle. He was active in the spice trade and is said to have been the most important financier of the wars of the Holy Roman Emperor Charles V and King Philip II of Spain.Formerly folded to a smaller size, leaving traces of the old folds, but still in very good condition. A primary document recording Charles V's financier in Antwerp, only months after he moved there.l For Affaitati: Kellenbenz, "Die Konkurrenten der Fugger als bankiers der Spanischen Krone", in: Zeitsch. Unternehmensgeschichte XXIV (1979), pp. 81-98. Folded to 21.5 x 27 cm and loosely inserted in a paper folder (ca. 1690s?) with a manuscript heading "Cassetta. CIII. no. 42." and an Italian note of the content. Manuscript notarial document in Latin, written in a Latin hand in brown ink on one side of a single piece of sheepskin parchment (31 x 54.5 cm), opening with a large capital and closing with the notary s decorative signature, with the title and "M. Johan Carlo" on the back. Pages: [1] leaf. Seller Inventory # I72CIIY3ZLY5

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Title: [Title on the reverse:] Ratificatio facta p[...

Publisher: Antwerp,

Publication Date: 1546