ABSTRACT
In August 1525, some Jews were charged in the Quarantia Crimínale with wearing black caps under their barette, but their lawyer managed to get them acquitted by the narrow vote of twenty-one to nineteen. Meanwhile, the Jewish moneylenders and the Venetian government were having disagreements over the terms according to which the Jews were to reside in the city, and Senate legislation of 1527 provided that when a certain renunciation made by the Jews of their charter became effective, they were all to leave the city. The legal requirement that the Jews had to wear distinguishing head-covering required daily supervision and enforcement, and this was entrusted to the Cattaveri, with the Senate on occasion also concerning itself on the administrative level. The legal requirement that the Jews had to wear distinguishing head-covering required daily supervision and enforcement, and this was entrusted to the Cattaveri, with the Senate on occasion also concerning itself on the administrative level.
