In the name of Patriarch Wolfger of Aquileia, Henry of Gemona swears to Marco Barozzi, the envoy of Venetian Doge Pietro Zani, to uphold the treaties concluded between the Patriarchate and Venice, namely to ensure the safety of Venetian merchants throughout the patriarch’s secular dominion, to guarantee the reimbursement to any Venetian robbed within these territories, and to promptly announce to the Venetians if the Empire is planning any hostilities directed against them.
Privilegium domini W. Dei gratia Aquilegensis patriarche
[1] Scienduma est quod dominus W[olcherus] Aquilegensis patriarcha iuravit, quod homines Veneciarum in universo suo Patriarchatu securi haberentur in rebus et in personisb veniendo, eundo, permanendo, id estc in cunctis partibus quibus constringitur temporaliter, id estd in toto suo ducatu.
[2] Et si aliquis Venetorum inter spatium Primarii1 et Due Basiliche2 fuissee depredatus, tam eundo quam stando ac veniendo, ab aliquo homine qui per eum distringitur, quod infra dies XXX, quod ille depredatus vel alius pro eo elementaveritf se ad dominum patriarcham, vel illig qui per eum erit, debet esse studiosus ad inquirendum eth excutiendum ea que sibi ablate fuerunt et reddere sibi. Quod si facere non poterit, ipse dominus patriarcha, vel ille qui pro eo erit, debet reddere predictum habere illis qui fuerunt depredati ex sua camera infra suprascriptum terminum XXX dierum.
[3] Et si accidereti quod aliquis homo qui per eum non distringitur depredassej inter Primarium et Due Basilikek, et quodcumquel tempore ille depredator invenereturm vel de suis rebus aut de rebus suis vicinisn debeto restaurari perdita Venetico.
[4] Et si aliquis extraneus intraret per terram Friulip et descenderet deinde per flumina et depredasset aliquem Veneticum, dannumq debet restaurari ex camera suprascripti patriarche in spacio XXX dierum postquam elementatusr fuerit, eo ordine ut suprascriptum est.
[5] Et si ipse scierits quod imperator vellet facere aliquam molestiam hominibus Venecie qui in terra sua morantur, ac si surgeret discordiamt inter patriarcham et Venetos vel inter homines illius provincie, ante dies XV quam sibi esset facta aliqua molestia debet nuntiare Veneticis qui ibi erunt et debet eis tensau dare usquev districtumw Ducati Venecie cum toto suo habere.
[6] Et similiter totas illas honorificientias quas habebat dux Venecie et Comunix Veneciarum in toto Patriarchatu, a temporey patriarchaz Peregrini usque ad tempus predecessoris suprascripti patriarche nomine Peregrinus, totas debet observare et deliberare, preter quod non vult teneri de pacto quod fecit cum Venecia de iuramento predecessoris istius patriarchę qui vocabatur Peregrinus.
Hoc fuit anno Domini millesimo ducentesimoa' VI, mense decembris introeunte dies XXI, die iovisb', indictione decima, in Aquilegia in curia palatii, in presentia archidiaconi sui Patriarchatus et comitis Miginardi3 et Frederici de Cauriaga et multorum clericorum atque laicorum.
Hoc iuravit Henricus de Glemona per parabolam domini patria[r]chec' ad legatos, videlicet Marcum Barocium, et ___d' domini Petri Çiani Dei gratia Venecie, Dalmatie atque Chruaciee' ducis et dominusf' dimidie et quarte partisg' totius Romanie Imperii.
a) spatium vacuum pro littera initiali infecta rel. C. b) rebus et in personis] personis et rebus C. c) id est] om. C. d) id est] .i. C. e) fuisset C. f) lamentaverit C. g) isti C. h) add. sup. l. B. i) acciderit C. j) depredasset C. k) sic B; Basiliche C. l) quocumque C. m) inveniretur C. n) suis vicinis] suorum vicinorum C. o) debent C. p) sic B; Foroiulii C. q) sic B; dampnum illud C. r) lamentatus C. s) sciret C. t) discordia C. u) tensam C. v) seq. in add. C. w) districtu C. x) sic B; comune cum sign. abbr. supra litteram -n C. y) tempo C. z) sic B; patriarche C. a') millesimo ducentesimo] MoCCo C. b') dies XXI, die iovis] die iovis XXI C. c') patriache B; patriarche C. d') spatium vacuum circa 8 litterarum rel. B; spatium vacuum circa 18 litterarum rel. C. e') sic B; Chroacie C. f') sic B; domini C. g') dimidie et quarte partis] quarte partis et dimidie C.
1) Porto Primier between Grado and San Dobba.
2) Baseleghe between Caorle and Bibione, at the mouth of the river Livenza.
3) Count Maynard II of Gorizia, advocate of the Church of Aquileia.
The treaty between Patriarch Wolfger and the Commune of Venice marks a new age in Veneto-Aquileian relations – all the subsequent treaties evolved directly from this fateful document.
The patriarch promised safety to all Venetians throughout the secular dominion of his Church and obligated himself to reimburse all the Venetians who would be robbed between Porto Primer and Baseleghe. Moreover, the patriarch promised to promptly notify the Venetians in case of an impending imperial attack, thus effectively impeding the allegiance the patriarchs owed to Roman kings/emperors. Finally, Wolfger swore to pay the annual honorificientiae owed to the doge – twelve pigs and twelve loaves of bread – that his Church had owed since the age of his predecessor Ulrich II (see more on that here). Wolfger, however, refused to ratify the treaty his predecessor Pellegrin II had signed with Venice (edited here).
The ratification of the pact was witnessed by Count Maynard II of Gorizia as the advocate of the Church of Aquileia and the relations between Patriarch Wolfger and Venice remained amicable.
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