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Can anyone figure what the occupations are of the witnesses in the document pasted below? I just cannot make it out, but it is the same for both.
Also what is the last sentence of the document? I have it as: "Lette al presente agli intervenuti si persone meco--------- non il dichiarante che ---------?" I KNOW this is probably a very bad guess.
The document is from the Basilicata area. Thank you.
"Letto il presente atto agl'intervenuti, li firmano come i detti testimonii, meno il dichiarante che è analfabeta".
If I could read well, there are some errors ("li" instead of "lo", "come" instead of "meco"...), but the meaning is clear, and this is a typical sentence for the closing of the act:
"I read this act to the people standing, and the witnesses sign it with me, but not the declarant who is illiterate" (I always hope someone helps me with the translation; I hope you understand the sense, but I'd like someone to write it in a correct English)
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Thank you! Thank you! Your translation would make sense because the witnesses signed but NOT the declarant/father of the baby. Also I know there is a standard closing saying that the record was read to them because they were illiterate, but I learned a new word today for that--analfabeta.
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