| Sumario: | This article presents research relating to the will of Silvestro di Tano Pantaleoni, a Florentine merchant operating in Verona. His testament, dated April 11, 1342, recently resurfaced briefly on the antiquities market. The document is of interest to scholars because it cites the judge Pietro Alighieri, and provides a profile of the Pantaleoni family, which was involved in the failure of the Florentine Nerli company and shared common experiences with Dante Alighieri, moving in the same circle of acquaintances in Florence and Verona. The article retraces the document’s history, and presents biographical data uncovered around the main figures mentioned in the will.
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