Plateros - History Lab https://historylab.es Wed, 18 May 2022 14:19:55 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.0 https://historylab.es/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/cropped-icono-historylab-32x32.jpg Plateros - History Lab https://historylab.es 32 32 Apprenticeship deed of Salvador Sanchez (silversmith apprentice, 1687) https://historylab.es/apprenticeship-deed-of-salvador-sanchez-silversmith-apprentice-1687/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=apprenticeship-deed-of-salvador-sanchez-silversmith-apprentice-1687 Sat, 19 Feb 2022 16:33:16 +0000 https://historylab.es/2022/02/19/escritura-de-aprendizaje-de-salvador-sanchez-aprendiz-platero-1687/ In this deed, the entry of Salvador Sánchez as an apprentice silversmith, under the age of 14, is agreed between his father, Vicente Sánchez, and the master, Gabriel Marcipe.

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]]> The document keeps a common pattern of documentary typology, in which the rights and obligations of each of the contracting parties are set out. Thus, the master Gabriel Marcipe is bound to give shelter in his home to the young Salvador Sánchez, to train him or to provide certain services such as assisting him with illnesses, except for contagious diseases; while the other party undertakes to remain in his master’s home, without seeking another workshop for his training. Although apprenticeship writing was common during the Modern Age, we cannot affirm that it was the majority, as a very important percentage of these contracts were established orally.

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