Borisi, Marc'antonio
ARK Identifier:
61220/utsc74668
Local Identifier:
person_0050
Given Name:
Marc'antonio
Family Name:
Borisi
Alternate Family Name:
Borisi, Borissi
Alternate Given Name:
Marc'Antonio, Marcantonio, Marc Antonio, M.Antonio, Antonio, Marc A.o
birth:
1569 (year approximate) to 1570-12-31 (approximate)
death:
1620 (year approximate)
death:
1620 (year approximate) to 1620-12-31 (approximate)
birth:
1637-06-30
Events
| Event Type | Place | Date | Description | Links |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Occupation | Istanbul | Edit | ||
| birth | Aleppo, Ragusa | Birth | Edit | |
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| Parental Info | Child of I0029: Caterina Olivieri | Edit | ||
| Parental Info | Child of I0079: Marcantonio Borisi | Edit | ||
| Child Born | Istanbul | Parent of I0085: Maria Borisi | Edit | |
| Child Born | Istanbul | Parent of I0084: Alessandra Borisi | Edit | |
| Child Born | Istanbul | Parent of I0083: Marcantonio Borisi | Edit | |
| Parental Info | 1569 (year approximate) to 1570-12-31 (approximate) | Child of I0091: Giacoma Brutti | Edit | |
| Parental Info | 1569 (year approximate) to 1570-12-31 (approximate) | Child of I0090: Pietro Borisi | Edit | |
| birth | 1569 (year approximate) to 1570-12-31 (approximate) | Edit | ||
| appointment | Istanbul | 1585 (year approximate) to 1585-12-31 (approximate) | appointment | Edit |
| Occupation | Istanbul | 1585 (year approximate) to 1585-12-31 (approximate) | Arrives in Istanbul to Study Languages | Edit |
| Occupation | Istanbul | 1585 (year approximate) to 1585-12-31 (approximate) | Admitted as Gdl | Edit |
| raise | Istanbul | 1592 (year approximate) | 1592: monthly stipend of 12 silver ducats, cottimo revenue, in addition to annual 50 ducats | Edit |
| appraisal | Istanbul | 1592 (year approximate) | 1592: 20-22 yrs old, in addition to linguistic precociousness, 'ha bellissima maniera, modestia e destrezza grande nel trattare' | Edit |
| Occupation | Istanbul | 1592 (year approximate) to 1592-12-31 (approximate) | Dragoman; Monthly Stipend of 12 Silver Ducats, Cottimo Revenue, in Addition to Annual 50 Ducats | Edit |
| Occupation | Istanbul | 1595 (year approximate) to 1595-12-31 (approximate) | Annual Salary of 250 Ducats,: 6) | Edit |
| PERSONAL | Istanbul | 1596 (year approximate) to 1596-12-31 (approximate) | Reprimanded By Bailo Marino Grimani @@ Love Affair | Edit |
| reprimand | Istanbul | 1596 (year approximate) | 1596 reprimanded by bailo Marino Grimani @ love affair. had an affair w/ Muslim woman while in Istanbul, w risk 'di far succedere di quei importanti travagli, et disturbi, che suol causare il mescolarsi con Donna Turca.' Senate instructs bailo to reprimand him, give him second chance. Deliberazioni Costantinopoli, R. 2, c. 42. | Edit |
| marriage | Istanbul | 1599 (year approximate) to 1599-12-31 (approximate) | Marriage of Marcantonio Borisi and Alessandra Piron | Edit |
| Child Born | Istanbul | 1599 (year approximate) to 1600-12-31 (approximate) | Parent of I0081: Francesca Borisi | Edit |
| privileges | Istanbul | 1601-08-13 | 8/13/1601: granted berat for customs-free importation of 10 tons of velvet and 10 tons of satin. reaffirmed in 1612 [Ecnebi defterleri 13, fol. 47, #460] | Edit |
| appraisal | Istanbul | 1601 (year approximate) to 1601-12-31 (approximate) | Senate in Letter to Bailo Nani Confirms Great Satisfaction W Borisi's Performance, Loyalty | Edit |
| appraisal | Istanbul | 1601 (year approximate) | 1601: Senate in letter to bailo Nani confirms great satisfaction w Borisi's performance, loyalty | Edit |
| Occupation | Istanbul | 1603-04-26 | Elected Dragoman Grande | Edit |
| promotion | Istanbul | 1603-04-26 | Promoted to Dragoman Grande | Edit |
| Child Born | Istanbul | 1604 (year approximate) to 1604-12-31 (approximate) | Parent of I0087: Cecilia Borisi | Edit |
| Child Born | Istanbul | 1608 (year approximate) to 1608-12-31 (approximate) | Parent of I0082: Sultana Borisi | Edit |
| Child Born | Istanbul | 1608 (year approximate) to 1608-12-31 (approximate) | Parent of I0115: Smeralda Borisi | Edit |
| Child Born | Istanbul | 1608 (year approximate) to 1608-12-31 (approximate) | Parent of I0116: Giacoma Borisi | Edit |
| petition | Istanbul, Istria, Bar | 1608 (year approximate) | ca. June 1608: petitions Porte against illegal tax on grapes & wine from Girid. Petition granted [Ecnebi defteri, 13, fol. 28, #241 | Edit |
| litigation | Istanbul | 1608 (year approximate) | ca. July 1608: hüccet issued by Porte affirming Alessandra, Borisi's wife's title to land claimed by waqf -- land belonged to her family [i.e. Piron for centuries. [Ecnebi defteri, 13, fol. 28, #244. case unresolved ca. 9/18/1609: Alessandra still harassed by m¸tevelli [trustee of waqf about her house in Galata, even though hüccet affirmed it has been in her family for a century [Ecnebi defteri, 13, fol. 34, #313 | Edit |
| bonus | Istanbul | 1609 (year approximate) | 1609: gvt grants annual stipend of 100 gold ceccini for 5 daughters to be brought up in Capodistria and free father for worrying about them after death of [first wife] | Edit |
| salary | Istanbul | 1609 (year approximate) | 1609: concession of 100 cechini a year to the five daughters of Grand Dragoman Borisi, widower, so he can send them to be educated in Capo d'Istria and focus on his job | Edit |
| Istanbul | 1612 (year approximate) | ca. 3/27/1612: facilitates transfer of Venetian family (father, mother, 2 young daughters) captured in Ottoman lands and released by sultanic order back to hands of bailo [Ecnebi defterleri 13, fol. 44, #424 | Edit | |
| appraisal | Istanbul | 1612 (year approximate) | 1612: 'Vostra Serenità nel primo luogo de' suoi dragomanni tiene Messer Marc' Antonio Borisi. Della fede, della bontà, del valore di questo onorato soggetto restano già da gran tempo informate l'Eccellenze Vostre, pure, avendolo io sperimentato con gran servizio loro, posso assicurarle che nell'offizio suo non può desiderarsi d'avvantaggio, soddisfacendo a tutte le parti sue in modo che siccome dagli altri ambasciatori viene grandemente invidiato un cos" buon servitore nella casa di Vostra Serenità, cos" i Turchi per l'accortezza del suo termine volentieri ce ne vedrebbero privi. Merita pertanto l'amore di Vostra Serenità che, nel confirmarlo nella sua ottima disposizione di ben servire, impiegherà certo sempre con grave vantaggio del servizio suo ogni favore nella persona di lui.' | Edit |
| litigation | Istanbul | 1612 (year approximate) | late May/early June 1612: tries to recover debt of 14000 akce from sipahi named Sarayl˝ Hasan [Ecnebi defterleri 13, fol. 45, #445 | Edit |
| litigation | Istanbul | 1613-05-13 | 5/13/1613: conflict w dervish @ alleged conversion of B's sister's 13-year old son (Cristoforo Brutti?), entrusted to his care for instruction in Islam, reading and writing. [Ecnebi defterleri 13, fol. 51, #509 | Edit |
| salary | Istanbul | 1615-06-13 | 6/13/1615: pension of 12 zecchini a month for life, heritable by future son or current daughters | Edit |
| Child Born | Istanbul | 1617 (year approximate) to 1617-12-31 (approximate) | Parent of I0080: Pietro Borisi | Edit |
| death | 1620 (year approximate) to 1620-12-31 (approximate) | Edit | ||
| employment end | Istanbul | 1620 (year approximate) to 1620-12-31 (approximate) | Employment ended in 1620 | Edit |
| death | Istanbul | 1620 (year approximate) | 4/19/1620: already deceased, Olivier Olivieri & Tomaso Zaneti appointed by Christoforo Brutti as Commessi of his children | Edit |
| petition | Istanbul | 1621 (year approximate) | Post 3/20/1621. "primo fra i sudditi di San Marco, tenne l'ufficio di dragomanno grande alla Porta, si lasciò strozzare sulla soglia del Divano dopo aver sostenuto con animo intrepido il diritto ed il decoro della patria, chiudendo cos" eroicamente una carriera durata ben trentasei anni." [Caprin, L'Istria nobilissima, 2nd vol, p. 217, n. 2; cited in Paladino 1917: 184n. cf. Senate's letter to bailo Almoro Nani regarding Borisi's recent death on 3/20/1621: Senato, Deliberazioni Costantinopoli, R. 13, cc. 1r-4r. | Edit |
| birth | 1637-06-30 | Edit | ||
| Parental Info | 1637-06-30 | Child of I0080: Pietro Borisi | Edit | |
| Parental Info | 1637-06-30 | Child of I0106: Maria Verzi | Edit | |
| salary | Istanbul | 1649 (year approximate) | Pre 12/7/1649: pension of 12 zecchini a month for life, heritable by future son or current daughters [but never realized, according to petition by daughters on 12/7/1649. see Luca 2008: 144 | Edit |
