Cats and other animals in domestic correspondence

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Margherita di Domenico Bandini, wife of Francesco di Marco Datini to her husband, Florence, June 8, 1395.

description: "... la gatta hai fatto a modo tuo e l'hai mandata: se noi la teniamo legata lei diventa pazza, se la teniamo sciolta lei se ne va; monna Ave ha dovuto cercarla per una giornata e lei saltó giú a terra dalle finestre e salí su dove sono i polli, e noi la circondammo, e lei é entrata nella gabbia da polli e non ne uscirá finché tu non torni, perché voglio fare cosí prima di avere altre angustie; ancora meglio sarebbe riportarla costá, perché un giorno la perdiamo..."

The new domestic cat of the family must have been tied but then it became crazy, if set free she escaped. She was searched for an entire day and then the cat entered in the coop of the chickens and was locked there until Datini's arrival.

date: 08.06.1395.

source: ASPrato, Archivio Datini, n. 1089.01.5/ 1401913. digitized version of the document:[1]

subject: cat, coop of chickens

coverage: Firenze, Italia

language: Italian

contributor: Arany, Krisztina, CEU


Margherita di Domenico Bandini, wife of Francesco di Marco Datini to her husband, Florence, April 8, 1399.

description: "la gatta provediamo per modo ch'ella istá bene... "

The cat is looked after in order that she would be fine.

date: 08.04.1399.

source: ASPrato, Archivio Datini, n. 1089.1 / 1401927. digitized version of the document:[2]

subject: cat

coverage: Firenze, Italia

language: Italian

contributor: Arany, Krisztina, CEU


Margherita di Domenico Bandini, wife of Francesco di Marco Datini to her husband, Florence, February 27, 1399.

description: " ... della gatta di Lucia si guarderá el megno che ssi potrá..."

The cat of Lucia will be looked after the best they can. date: 27.02.1399.

source: ASPrato, Archivio Datini, n. 1089.1 /1401921. digitized version of the document:[3]

subject: cat

coverage: Firenze, Italia

language: Italian

contributor: Arany, Krisztina, CEU


Giovanni Gherardi da Prato to Francesco di Marco Datini, Firenze, Oct. 07. 1393.

„ … Da poi vi scrissi, trovandomi con uno mio amicho che á paoni e domandandone e io dicendo come volentieri vorrei una paonessa me ne donó una, onde io l’accettai lietamente per vostro amore. Io l’ó mandata ad Andea di Bonanno che vvela mandi, sí che il paone abbia quello dichono che bisognia …”

„… After having written to you, I meet a friend of mine, who has a peacock, and while asking him about it, I told him I would wish to have a peacock myself, so he gave me one, which I accepted gladly for your sake. I sent it to Andrea di Bonanno with the commission to bring it to you properly so that the peacock shall have everything such animal is said to need …”

date: 07.10.1393.

source: ASPrato, Archivio Datini, n. 1092.69 / 132366.

digitized version of the document:[4]

subject: peacock

coverage: Firenze, Italia

language: Italian

contributor: Arany, Krisztina, CEU