"Martirologio-inventario" of the Church of S. Giorgio in Castro, 1554
Description
This martirologio-inventario (annal) was written in 1554 at the
request of the vicini (the original members of the municipal
corporate body) of Castro and Marolta in the Blenio Valley (Ticino)
in order to replace an older one that was destroyed in a fire. It
contains the list of obligations toward the parish and toward the
community for bequests and anniversaries of deaths. The first page
is decorated with an illuminated initial and has in its bottom
margin a painting of the coat of arms of the canton of Uri. At the
time, the Blenio Valley was governed ruled by the cantons of Uri,
Schwyz and Nidwalden.
