Petrus Tiepolo, ambaxiator Communis Veneciarum (1280)

Giovanni Dandolo, the doge of Venice, gives instructions to his ambassadors at the court of the Aquileian patriarch [Raymond della Torre], advising them on how to proceed on a number of issues, including the problems surrounding the Venetian jurisdictions in Istria, for which he recommends procuring a lease of the patriarch’s rights in the region.

Marino Coppo details the conditions demanded by the Aquileian patriarch [Raymond della Torre] for the lease of the cataloged rights in Istria [doc. 1280_IURA] to Venice for a period of twenty-nine years.