Handwritten accounts, mostly for the government office (Amt) of Tramin in the Südtirol, or southern Tyrol (today, Termeno, in the Bolzano province of the Trentino-Alto Adige region of Italy), recording the part of the wine yields collected from various properties annually by the regent of Tyrol, who during this period was always of the Habsburg line, and after 1665 was also the Holy Roman Emperor. The Tramin accounts cover the years 1574 to 1774 (Folders 1-86), with some gaps (the largest gaps are 1610-1643, and 1734-1745), plus two undated booklets (probably from the 1580s or 1590s; Folder 87). Associated localities include Kurtatsch (today, Cortaccia), Entiklar (part of Cortaccia), and Margreid (today, Magrè all'Adige). At least two of the booklets (1649, 1652; Folders 37, 39) mention property belonging to the bishopric of Trent (province of Trento, also in the Trentino-Alto Adige region). Terms used in the titles of the booklets include: Thailwein (=Teilwein); Zins, Zinss Wein (=Zinswein), or Zins Register; Anewandt (or Anebanndt) Register; Veld Register; and (Prasslet und) Wein Raittung. Some of the booklets also list expenditures (Ausgaben). Six booklets labeled specifically for Entiklar (Enticlar), dated 1586-1604 (Folders 9, 11, 15, 21, 24, 25, 27, and 30), overlap with the records of the Tramin office as a whole. Some booklets entitled Überschlag (Ijberschlag) apparently contain only preliminary calculations rather than the formal annual record (in some instances, only this preliminary record is extant). Names of office holders that appear on accounts include: Baron Johann Paul Hocher (1657), Joseph Teuss (1692, 1694), Johann Georg Mayr (1729, 1733, 1746-1757, 1762-1770), Anton Ignaz von Greifenfels (1758, 1771-1774), Joseph Cajetan Prugger von Pruggheim (1759-1760), Johann Jacob Wenzel (1761), and Felix Anton Manfroni von Sonnenthal (1773-1774). Several booklets bear the name of the Habsburg Archduke of Austria ruling Tyrol at the time: Ferdinand II (Folders 2, 4, 5, and 12 ) and Sigismund Francis (Folder 41). From 1605 on, the office is generally referred to as imperial (i.e., of the Holy Roman Empire); from 1754 on, the office is described with the German phrase kaiserlich und königlich (imperial and royal) used by the Habsburgs. Most of the items are hand-sewn booklets with paper covers. Two booklets, dated 1758 (one of two with identical titles) and 1759, bear on the last page, at the signature of the official, a red wax seal (depicting a coat of arms) that secures the string used in sewing (Folders 70-71). In addition to the records of the Tramin office, the collection includes 4 items (Folders 88-91), dated 1579-1710, related to the parish house (Pfarrhoff; Pfarrwiden) of Algund (here spelled Allgundt; today, Lagundo, in the Bolzano province), which belonged to the Swiss bishopric of Chur. One of those items (Urbar oder Zechennde Puech, 1595) concerns accounts of income from wine; one (Urbarium, 1704-1710) appears to contain financial records of a more general nature; and two seem to be inventories of property and goods (for 1579 and 1642). The Algund booklet for 1595 (Folder 89) has a Latin subtitle; and the one for 1579 (Folder 88) contains an inventory, in Latin, of books belonging to Caspar Jäger, pastor (Pfarrherr) in Algund.
