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Language of the text: Italiano
Nobility: Signori
Nobles in:Italia
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Very ancient and illustrious family, originally from Tuscany. The names of the Scheggi are found remembered in texts, notorious deeds and contracts for the purchase of lands and houses since very ancient times. There is no certain information about the origins of this family and its name, there are two hypotheses. The first, with which we agree, wants to descend from Giovanni, of Ser Giovanni, a Tuscan painter of the fifteenth century brother of Masaccio called "lo Scheggia" whose children were called "gl'Scheggi" and that the surname derives from the nickname. In those days the custom of drawing their surnames again, and their family from proper names or paternal and major nicknames was widespread. From an ancient bibliography printed in Florence by the Murate typography in the year 1856, entitled "Book of Florentine nobles, now highlighted for the first time" we read "The variation of the ancient surnames, some doubts ...
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Variations of surnames are frequent and mainly derive from involuntary acts such as translation errors or dialectal inflections or from voluntary acts such as attempts to escape persecution or acquisition of titles and properties of other families
