“Remissio pro nobili / […] Isac Jesse de / Montilliis Judeum Masam.” Notarial deed regarding the Jew, Isaac Jesse of Monteux

(FRENCH JUDAICA)

Avignon

13th October, 1552

Manuscript on paper. Latin text, 16th-century French cursive hand

Isaac Jessé of Monteux, a Jew of Mazan, recognizes that he owes two “emines” (unit of measurement) of wheat in exchange for the use of a certain vineyard. As he cannot fulfill his obligation, he cedes the vineyard to the widow of H. de Laplane. See Szajkowski, Franco-Judaica, No. 350, who notes a collection of printed documents, hundred years later than the manuscript above, including “Declaration de Moussé de Monteux, fils d’Issaac de la Ville de Carpentras,” legalized by the notary on 22nd February, 1663