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Joan Gallart, teaching contract

1596.01.23 Arxiu Històric de Protocolos de Barcelona

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Document Date Century City Province
Joan Gallart, teaching contract 1596.01.23 16cent/3/late Barcelona Catalonia
Summary

Ioannes Gallart agreed to teach Paulo Bellmunt, a blind beggar (ciego oracionero), to play the bowed vihuela and the guitar (musicam de viola de arch y de guitarras)


Document type Subject Siglum Archive name Call no.
archival document Vihuelas Guitar AHPB Arxiu Històric de Protocolos de Barcelona Matías Pastor, leg. 5, protoc. años 1596-97
Original text

Ego Ioannes Gallart, musicus civis Barchinone, attendens vos infrascriptam dominam Francinam Bellmunt, viduam relictam honorabili Michaelis Bellmunt, quondam causidico civis Barcinone, et Paulum Bellmunt, oracionerium, cecum claritate que oculorum humana privatum, dicte domina Francine Bellmunt, et dicti quondam honorabili Michaelis Bellmunt, eius uní filie, multocies me rogasse et deprecasse quod vobis dicto Paulo Bellmunt, ceco musici officium sive musicam de viola, de arch y de guitarra demonstrari in meo condecenti et honesto salario satisfactus...»
*Convenio et bona fide promitio vobis iamdicto Paulo Bellmunt ceco, nec non eciam et vobis dicte Francine Bellmunt, eius matris, presentibus, quod hinc ad duos annos proxime veniens, et a die presenti in antea computans vobis eidem Paulo Bellmunt, ceca dictum musici officium sive musicam de viola de arch y de guitarras demonstrabo totesque meis viribus pro ut potero, et vestra capacitas ediscere poterit demonstrare conabor. Ita tamen taliter quod vos teneamini michi dare et solvere ae in effectu detis et solvatis pro laboribus meis in demonstracione per me vobis de dicta musica faciendo conisciendis octo libras monete Barcinone, scilicet, ioc modo videlicet duas libras nunc et de presenti. Et restantes sex libras a die presenti ad unum annum primum venturum.»

People mentioned
Name Status when cited Social status
Gallart, Joan Living Artisan
Bellmunt, Paolo Living Artisan
Notes

The document is followed by a carta de pago (payment receipt) for 2 libras of Barcelona money signed by Joan Gallart