Balia   Document Date Summary Context of query o0201079.023e 1421 settembre 5 Authority to the 4 cupola officials for the purchase of chestnut lumber for the chains. Title: Balia IIII cupole super o0201085.005vc 1424 dicembre 2 Authority to master builder, scribe of the daily wages and administrator to set the winter salaries of the unskilled workers. Title: Balia concessa ordinandi manovales o0201086.006vc 1424/5 marzo 9 Authority to a of the wardens to contract out and purchase a kiln load of mortar. Title: Balia data Antonio Tedicis o0201086.007vd 1425 marzo 27 Authority to the administrator and the master builder to contract out cutting of fir poles for the parapet of the tribune and of big logs for the cranes of the cupola. Title: Balia data provisori et o0201086.008b 1425 marzo 26 Authority to the master builder and the administrator for the purchase of fir boards and "chiavatoi". Title: Balia data caputmagistro et o0201086.008d 1425 marzo 26 Authority to the master builder to contract out kiln loads of mortar. Title: Balia data Batiste caputmagistro o0201086.008e 1425 marzo 26 Authority to warden to contract out a kiln load of mortar of quarry stones. Title: Balia data Antonio Tedicis o0201086.014d 1425 aprile 26 Authority to administrator, master builder and scribe to hire unskilled workers and set their salary. Title: Balia data provisori, caputmagistro o0201086.016vb 1425 maggio 16 Authority to the administrator to audit the accounts between two kilnmen partners. Title: Balia data provisori revidendi o0201086.016vd 1425 maggio 16 Authority to the master builder to have the workers make the marble corbels for the corridor of the tribune. Title: Balia data caputmagistro Opere o0202001.011h 1425 ottobre 12 Authority to the administrator to rent out a shop. Title: Balia data provisori Opere o0202001.011vd 1425 ottobre 12 Authorization to the administrator to reduce the salary fixed for the stonecutters by 2 soldi per lira. Title: Balia data caputmagistro Opere o0202001.015va 1425 novembre 21 Term to masters of the walls of the castle of Lastra for the completion of the work specified, and no more than that. Title: Balia data provisori Lastre o0202001.018vd 1425 dicembre 13 Authority to the administrator of Lastra to build a road around to the walls of the castle. Title: Balia data provisori Lastre o0202001.019f 1425 dicembre 24 Authority to the administrator for contract for hoisting of loads, with oxen, up to the cupola. Title: Balia provisoris ad locandum o0202001.019va 1425 dicembre 24 Authority to the administrator to have a hundred small arches and a hundred little vaults made. Title: Balia data caputmagistro fieri o0202001.021vd 1425/6 febbraio 6 Authority to the master builder to convey chips of black marble. Title: Balia data caputmagistro pro o0202001.024vd 1425/6 marzo 18 Authority to the administrator to contract out 150 bushels of quarry mortar. Title: Balia concessa Bernardo provisori o0202001.026c 1425/6 marzo 21 Authority to warden for cancellation of a debt after obtaining a greater sum from the pawns sold. Title: Balia concessa Bartolomeo Angeli o0202001.030va 1426 aprile 29 Authority to the master builder and the scribe for the setting of the masters' salaries. Title: Balia data caputmagistro et o0202001.030vc 1426 aprile 29 Authority to the master builder, the scribe and the administrator to set the salaries of the unskilled workers for the summer. Title: Balia data caputmagistro, provisori o0202001.030ve 1426 aprile 30 Authority to the master builder for agreement and relative compensation for the contractor of oxen for hoisting loads up onto the cupola. Title: Balia data caputmagistro Opere o0202001.038a 1426 luglio 30 Authority to the administrator of Lastra for work to be done at the castle and letter to the Podestà of Gangalandi. Title: Balia concessa Niccolao de o0202001.040va post 1426 agosto 30 Oath of wardens and authority to Brunelleschi to contract out large broad bricks for the cupola. Title: Iuramentum operariorum. Balia concessa Filippo ser o0202001.041a 1426 settembre 12 Authority to the master builder for tare on mortar full of stones. Title: Balia data Batiste Antonii o0202001.041b 1426 settembre 12 Authority to Brunelleschi and the master builder for the price of the work done by the masters of dressed stone at Lastra. Title: Balia data Filippo ser o0202001.041h 1426 settembre 24 Authority to Brunelleschi and the (administrator) to lease the Trassinaia quarry. Title: Balia conducendi chavam Trassinarie o0202001.042vf 1426 ottobre 17 Authority to the administrator for the purchase of "chiavatoi" and boards. Title: Balia emendi unam carratam o0202001.042vi 1426 ottobre 17 Authority to the administrator and to the master builder for repairs to the roofs of the houses of the canons, of the chaplains and of the clerics. Title: Balia actandi tecta clericorum o0202001.045a 1426 ottobre 25 Authority to the administrator, the master builder and the scribe to elect unskilled workers. Title: Balia concessa provisori, caputmagistro o0202001.048d 1426 dicembre 20 Authority to the master builder to stucco the tribune under the which the lumber of the Opera is stored. Title: Balia actandi tribunam pelatam o0202001.050vf 1426/7 febbraio 4 Authority to the supervisor of the cupola to contract out the kiln of the abbey of Settimo. Title: Balia conductionis fornacis de o0202001.051ve 1426/7 febbraio 11 Authority to the master builder and administrator to buy "chiavatoi" and fir boards. Title: Balia emendi unam carratam o0202001.056b 1427 aprile 4 Authority to master builder, scribe and administrator to set the salary of the unskilled workers for the summer. Title: Balia faciendi salaria manovalium o0202001.056vf 1427 aprile 8 Authority to warden to examine the petty expenses and authorize the allocation of funds for them. Title: Balia concessa Andree del o0202001.058f 1427 maggio 7 Oath of wardens and authority to the administrator for sale of kiln. Title: Francisci de Guadagnis; Balia vendendi fornacem Opere o0202001.058vb 1427 maggio 7 Authority to (scribe of the daily wages), (administrator) and master builder for the salaries of the unskilled workers. Title: Balia faciendi salaria manovalibus o0202001.064a 1427 agosto 5 Authority to two wardens for repairs to the houses of the canons and of the chaplains. Title: Balia actari faciendi domos o0202001.064l 1427 agosto 5 Authority to wardens for assignment of houses to chaplains forced to evacuate their previous habitations. Title: Balia dandi domos cappellanis o0202001.067b 1427 settembre 9 Authority to wardens to attend to the houses of the canons and chaplains. Title: Balia duorum operariorum providendi o0202001.067d 1427 settembre 9 Authority to master builder for the purchase of iron of Casentino. Title: Balia caputmagistro emendi certum o0202001.068vh 1427 ottobre 7 Authorization to administrator to buy rope for small windlass used by a (master). Title: Balia emendi unum canapem o0202001.068vi 1427 ottobre 7 Authority to administrator and notary to make term of payment to debtors of the Opera. Title: Balia concessa provisori et o0202001.069i 1427 ottobre 16 Authority to the master builder for the cleaning of the well of the kitchen. Title: Balia remundari faciendi puteum o0202001.070vc 1427 ottobre 22 Authority to the master builder, the administrator and the scribe to hire unskilled workers for the winter and set their salary. Title: Balia conducendi manovales et o0202001.071a 1427 ottobre 30 Authority to the administrator for rental of house for cantor. Title: Balia conducendi domum de o0202001.071f 1427 ottobre 30 Authority to the administrator to purchase a house from the superintendent of Santa Maria Nuova. Title: Balia emendi domum domini o0202001.074vf 1427 dicembre 23 Authority to two wardens for the election of masters. Title: Balia eligendi duos magistros o0202001.078vd 1427/8 febbraio 24 Authority to the master builder to have workers employed or not on the cupola. Title: Balia contra magistros Opere o0202001.080a 1427/8 marzo 16 Authority to the master builder for the dispatch of workers to Trassinaia at his discretion. Title: Balia data caputmagistro Opere o0202001.081c 1428 aprile 8 Authority to two wardens for the assignment of houses to chaplains. Title: Balia concessa Luce domini o0202001.081e 1428 aprile 8 Authority to warden for exchange of house assigned to canon. Title: Balia data Bernardo Ciachi o0202001.081vm 1428 aprile 28 Authority to warden to have studies built in the houses of three canons. Title: Balia data Loysii Alexandri o0202001.082c 1428 aprile 30 Authority to warden for the purchase of a house. Title: Balia emendi domum Bonifatii o0202001.084i 1428 maggio 14 Authority to the master builder for work on roofs and sinks in the houses of canons, chaplains and clerics. Title: Balia attributa caputmagistro Opere o0202001.085vd 1428 giugno 4 Authorization to the administrator to have marble conveyed from Pisa to the port of Signa. Title: Balia conducendi marmorem o0202001.086vd 1428 luglio 2 Authority to the master builder to sell roof tiles from the destroyed houses of San Simone. Title: Balia vendendi 400 embricios o0202001.091vf 1428 settembre 24 Authorization to contract out supply of mortar. Title: Balia locandi calcem o0202001.091vi 1428 ottobre 1 Authority to the administrator and the master builder for contract for cutting of lumber in the forest of Campigna. Title: Balia faciendi unam conductam o0202001.091vl 1428 ottobre 1 Authority to warden to mark the lumber to be sold. Title: Balia signandi de novo o0202001.095a 1428 novembre 23 Authority to the administrator, master builder and scribe to elect unskilled workers and set their salary. Title: Balia deputandi et faciendi o0202001.098vf 1428/9 gennaio 7 Authority to Brunelleschi with the master builder and the administrator to contract out a stone chain. Title: Balia fieri faciendi catenam o0202001.100b 1428/9 gennaio 28 Authority to wardens to construct a single entryway to the houses of the canons and chaplains. Title: Balia claudendi domos canonicorum o0202001.103va 1429 marzo 30 Authority to Brunelleschi and the master builder for the cloister of the canons and clerics. Title: Balia Filippi et caputmagistri o0202001.107a 1429 maggio 27 Authorization to the master builder to lease the Trassinaia quarry and elect the workers in said quarry. Title: Balia conducendi chavam Trassinarie o0202001.107b 1429 maggio 27 Authority to the administrator, master builder and scribe for salary of the unskilled workers. Title: Balia faciendi salaria manovalibus o0202001.107c 1429 maggio 27 Authority to the master builder for sale of objects coming from demolished house. Title: Balia vendendi res domus o0202001.107vd 1429 giugno 3 Authorization to the administrator to purchase hardware from the Wool Guild. Title: Balia emendi certa ferramenta o0202001.108d 1429 giugno 16 Authority to the master builder to have wells cleaned and covered. Title: Balia remundari faciendi puteos o0202001.108vf 1429 luglio 5 Authority to the master builder for the election of 10 masters for the quarry. Title: Balia caputmagistri eligendi usque o0202001.118h 1429 dicembre 2 Authority to the master builder for a contract for 25 poles. Title: Balia pro fieri faciendo o0202001.118va 1429 dicembre 10 Authority to the master builder for sale of stones and pebbles. Title: Balia vendendi lapides et o0202001.118vd 1429 dicembre 14 Authority to the master builder for sale of a tombstone. Title: Balia vendendi unam lapidem o0202001.119vc 1429 dicembre 23 Comission to the master builder to buy 5000 pounds of raw iron despite previous contracts. Title: Balia emendi usque in o0202001.121va 1429/30 gennaio 21 Authority to the administrator and the master builder for carriage of stones from Trassinaia to be effected at the lowest price. Title: Balia conducendi vecturam lapidum o0202001.122va 1429/30 febbraio 10 Authority to the master builder to hire four masters. Title: Balia concessa caputmagistro conducendi o0202001.122vd 1429/30 febbraio 14 Authority for the contract of the paving in the street between the bell tower and the Tinucci house at set price. Title: Balia locandi ad faciendum o0202001.126b 1430 aprile 8 Authority to administrator, master builder and scribe of the daily wages to hire unskilled workers and determine their salary for the summer. Title: Balia faciendi salaria manovalibus o0202001.126vb 1430 aprile 21 Authority to the master builder to transfer masters from the Trassinaia quarry to the Opera and vice versa. Title: Balia data caputmagistro de o0202001.129l 1430 settembre 6 Authority to excavate the street of the Campanile. Title: Balia data caputmagistro exterrari o0202001.131vm 1430 settembre 20 Authority to establish the salary for unskilled workers of the Opera and of the Trassinaia quarry. Title: Balia faciendi salaria manovalibus o0202001.133vf 1430 novembre 29 Authority to two wardens to fix some masters' salary. Title: Balia data duobus operariis o0202001.137vb 1430/1 febbraio 16 Authority to the wardens to nominate two stonecutters each. Title: Balia nominandi certos magistros o0202001.137vi 1430/1 febbraio 27 Authority to Brunelleschi to contract out the iron for the chains. Title: Balia data Filippo ser o0202001.139h 1430/1 marzo 23 Authority to contract out the work at Castellina. Title: Balia locandi Chimento et o0202001.141a 1431 aprile 26 Authorization to set the salary for unskilled workers. Title: Balia faciendi salaria manovalibus o0202001.143vd 1431 giugno 15 Authority to the master builder to have stones worked. Title: Balia caputmagistri ad dandum o0202001.147f 1431 agosto 16 Authority to make a new contract for lumber. Title: Balia locandi lignamen Bonini o0202001.149vg 1431 ottobre 4 Authority to contract out the making of lumber from tree tops left in the forest. Title: Balia faciendi certas vettas o0202001.152e 1431 dicembre 27 Authority to restore a tribune, plastering the cracks present. Title: Balia actandi tribunettam factam o0202001.154vg 1431/2 febbraio 17 Authority to sell an altarpiece of white marble. Title: Balia vendendi unam tabulam o0202001.156vb 1431/2 marzo 23 Authority to a warden for the manufacture of the chains of the church. Title: Balia data Zenobio della o0202001.157h 1432 aprile 3 Authority to a warden to nominate the next administrator on the part of the Opera. Title: Balia data Iohanni de o0202001.159vc 1432 aprile 29 Authority to set the salary for unskilled workers. Title: Balia faciendi salaria manovalibus o0202001.172a 1427 aprile 11 Authority to the wardens to sell the kiln in via Ghibellina. Title: Balia concessa operariis vendendi o0202001.190e 1432 novembre 13 Authority to set the salaries for unskilled workers. Title: Balia faciendi salaria manovalium o0202001.191a 1432 novembre 28 Authority to audit a debt. Title: Balia revidendi rationem Iohannis o0202001.191va 1432 dicembre 3 Order to register Brunelleschi's account for a supply of marble according to the settlement that two wardens will make. Title: Balia revidendi rationem Filippi o0202001.193a 1432 dicembre 9 Authority to have a lavabo and cupboards of marble made in one of the two sacristies. Title: Balia data Filippo ser o0202001.194ve 1432 dicembre 30 Authority to set the salaries for newly-hired masters. Title: Balia faciendi salaria quorumdam o0202001.195f 1432/3 gennaio 23 Authority to sell slabs of marble. Title: Balia vendendi certas tabulas o0202001.197va 1433 aprile 29 Authority to the master builder to elect unskilled workers. Title: Balia eligendi tres manovales o0202001.198vh 1433 maggio 28 Authority for supply of stones for the brick pavement of the tribunes. Title: Balia faciendi lapides spatii o0202001.199a 1433 maggio 28 Authority to two wardens to solicit the supply of lumber. Title: Balia data Andree Veri o0202001.200vl 1433 giugno 18 Authority to two wardens to contract out marble. Title: Balia locandi marmorem o0202001.201e 1433 giugno 22 Authority to the administrator and to the master builder to contract out marble at fixed price with provision for supplement for transport by land in case of need. Title: Balia locandi certam quantitatem o0202001.202va 1433 luglio 7 Authority to a warden for the election of debt collectors. Title: Balia data Stefano Salvi o0202001.202vg 1433 luglio 10 Authority to contract out the organ loft of the new sacristy at price not higher than the other. Title: Balia concessa Nerio Gini o0202001.203g 1433 luglio 16 Authority to a warden to have stones cut for the cupola. Title: Balia locandi 128 lapides o0202001.204vc 1433 agosto 13 Authority to a warden to lease the Trassinaia quarry. Title: Balia data Michaeli de o0202001.206vc 1433 ottobre 18 Request to the (Eight) of War to revoke the banishment of a master glazier. Text: roget illos de Balia pro rebampnimento Angeli o0202001.206ve 1433 ottobre 26 Authority to buy linen cloth and other things in order to cover two oculi of the cupola with cloth. Title: Balia emendi pannum linum o0202001.206vf 1433 ottobre 26 Authority to set the salaries of the masters who went to lay waste the castles in the Pisan countryside. Title: Balia faciendi salaria magistris o0202001.207vb 1433 novembre 23 Authority to set the salaries of the unskilled workers for the winter. Title: Balia faciendi salaria manovalium o0202001.208e 1433 dicembre 2 Authority to two wardens to contract out cutting and supply of lumber. Title: Balia locandi ad incidendum o0202001.208vi 1433 dicembre 31 Authority to two wardens to set the salaries of the masters who have worked to Trassinaia. Title: Balia faciendi salaria magistrorum o0202001.210vg 1433/4 febbraio 12 Authority to contract out lumber. Title: Balia data Iohanni domini o0202001.210vm 1433/4 febbraio 16 Authority to contract out kiln loads. Title: Balia locandi tres fornaciatas: o0202001.212vd 1433/4 marzo 24 Order to clean the door of the Opera and ensure that no one urinates upon it. Title: Balia tergendi portam ubi o0202001.215vh 1434 aprile 30 Authority to elect a mason for the house of the chaplains. Title: Balia seu commissio facta o0202001.216h 1434 maggio 12 Hiring of masters. Title: Balia conducendi otto magistros, o0202001.216vh 1434 maggio 15 Authority to purchase iron for the second chain. Title: Balia emendi mille libras o0202001.219vd 1434 luglio 30 Authority to contract out stone blocks for the closing of the cupola. Title: Balia locandi decem otto o0202001.219ve 1434 agosto 6 Authority to examine the debtors of the Opera and make rulings against them. Title: Balia examinandi debitores Opere o0202001.220vf 1434 agosto 25 Authority to contract out marble for the cupola. Title: Balia attributa caputmagistro locandi o0202001.222va 1434 settembre 30 Authority to have marble conveyed from Carrara. Title: Balia conducendum marmorem Carrarie o0202001.225b 1434 dicembre 15 Authorization to set the salary for unskilled workers. Title: Balia faciendi salaria manovalium o0202001.225g 1434 dicembre 15 Authority to wall up the gate to which lumber is brought. Title: Balia data Filippo ser o0202001.225vi 1434/5 gennaio 5 Authority to contract out marble. Title: Balia locandi per caputmagistrum o0202001.228vg 1434/5 marzo 18 Authority to the administrator to grant loans from the amounts due to the Opera guaranteed by the public debt. Title: Balia data provisori Opere o0202001.233vi 1435 maggio 10 Authority to a (officer) to oversee a glass oculus without modifying the design already approved. Title: Balia data Niccolao de o0202001.236f 1435 giugno 17 Authority to the master builder to have the roads prepared for transport of lumber from the forest to the port of Dicomano. Title: Balia locandi ad faciendum o0202001.236h 1435 giugno 28 Authority to the administrator and the master builder to buy roof tiles at the lowest price. Title: Balia emendi tegulos et o0202001.239i 1435 agosto 13 Authority to the administrator and notary to define the terms of arrest in absence of the wardens. Title: Balia faciendi terminos captis o0202001.240d 1435 agosto 23 Authority to the master builder, the paymaster and the administrator to determine workers' salaries. Title: Balia faciendi salaria quorumdam o0202001.241b 1435 settembre 13 Authority to contract out a glass window and one of iron for the new sacristy. Title: Balia locandi ad faciendum o0202001.241g 1435 settembre 20 Authority to the administrator to contract out broad bricks for the brick pavement of the Duomo. Title: Balia provisoris locandi quadrones o0202001.241vc 1435 settembre 21 Authority to the master builder to contract out corbels for the Parlascio gate of Pisa. Title: Balia locandi becchatellos porte o0202001.243e 1435 novembre 15 Authority to the sacristy officials and to Brunelleschi and Ghiberti to order altars for the new tribunes. Title: Balia ordinandi altaria novi o0202001.243va 1435 novembre 15 Authority to the administrator, the master builder and the scribe for the salary of the unskilled workers. Title: Balia faciendi salaria manovalium o0202001.247va 1435/6 gennaio 24 Authority to the master builder to prepare the church for the consecration. Title: Balia data caputmagistro providendi o0202001.248a 1435/6 febbraio 3 Authority for the government and administration of the Opera to two wardens for the duration of the journey of their colleagues to Vicopisano and to Pisa for the fortifications. Title: Balia data duobus operariis o0202001.249vg 1435/6 marzo 6 Authority to the master builder to have a platform made for hardware and ropes. Title: Balia data caputmagistro Opere o0202001.251vc 1436 marzo 26 Authority to the wardens concerning the validity of the resolutions made during the trip of their colleagues to Pisa and Vico. Title: Balia data quibusdam operariis o0202001.252a 1436 aprile 16 Authority to two wardens for rental of a shop. Title: Balia conducendi apotecam Tedaldi o0202001.252c 1436 aprile 18 Authority to the master builder to build a wall and raise another to close off the Pope's residence in Santa Maria Novella. Title: Balia data caputmagistro pro o0202001.252vh 1436 aprile 27 Order to the master builder to open access to the body of Saint Zenobius and to make a parapet above it. Title: Balia aperiendi locum per o0202001.253b 1436 aprile 30 Authority to the master builder to contract out lumber. Title: Balia conducendi triginta traynos o0202001.254d 1436 maggio 30 Authority to the master builder for the removal of the tabernacle of the banner of Saint Zenobius. Title: Balia removendi tabernaculum palii o0202001.254h 1436 giugno 6 Authority to a (warden) and to the administrator for the sale of the mantle of Niccolò da Tolentino. Title: Balia vendendi cioppam Niccolai

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