1323-08-00-Firenze2

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Date startStart date of the disease.	1323-08	+
Date endEnd date of the disease.	1323-10	+
SeasonSeason (spring, summer, fall or winter)
Date otherOther mentioned dates.
PlacePlace(s), city or location of the disease.	Florence
RegionHistorical region(s)
CountryCurrent country	Italy
RiverMentioned river(s)
Natural eventMentioned natural event(s)
PersonMentioned persons(s)
GroupGroup(s) of people mentioned
VictimIndication of victims		+
AnimalMentioned animal(s)
DiseaseMentioned disease(s)	Appetite
Epidemic waveAssociated epidemic wave
Social responseSocial response that happened in reaction to the disease
LanguageLanguage of the original text	Italian
KeywordFurther keyword(s)	Age, Cold, Fever, Men, Mortality, Women
last edited	19. 12. 2025 by EpiMedDat-Bot.

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A fever disease in Florence and all of Italy that causes few mortality, mainly among the elderly, and loss of appetite. It ends in mid-October 1323

Text originalOriginal text

Nel detto anno [1323] e del mese d’agosto e di settembre fu una infermità quasi generale di [p. 134] freddo, ed alquanti pigliava loro la febbre, e perdeano l’appetito, ed alquanti ne morieno, cioè vecchi e vecchie, e fu la detta malattia quasi in tutta Italia, e come venne mezzo ottobre restò.

Marchionne di Coppo Stefani 1903, pp. 133-134 1

Text translationEnglish translation of the text

In the aforementioned year [1323] in the month of August and September there was a general disease of cold, and many were hit with fever and lost their appetite. And some died, old men and women. And this disease was all over Italy, and it stopped mid of October.

Translation by Martin Bauch 2