Il Gattopardo · di Sicilia
The Certificate
Every title is drawn on a single sheet in the old manner, sealed with the dancing Leopard, and numbered by hand. This is what arrives.
Every title is drawn on a single sheet in the old manner, sealed with the dancing Leopard, and numbered by hand. This is what arrives.
Shown with a sample name and number. Yours is drawn to the name you choose.
“Noi fummo i Gattopardi, i Leoni.”
We were the Leopards, the Lions.
Giuseppe Tomasi di Lampedusa · Il Gattopardo“I Siciliani non vorranno mai migliorare, per la semplice ragione che si credono perfetti.”
Sicilians never wish to improve, for they believe themselves already perfect.
Giuseppe Tomasi di Lampedusa · Il GattopardoAt the head sits the crest of the Leopard, ringed by the line that gives the house its soul. "Se vogliamo che tutto rimanga com'è, bisogna che tutto cambi." If we want everything to stay as it is, everything will have to change.
The attestation is set in Italian and English, side by side, receiving the bearer into the guardianship of the Isle of Sicily under the golden standard of the Leopard.
Each certificate carries its own reference in the old registry style, from NO. IG onward, so that no two are quite alike.
The certificate names a souvenir parcel in the Sicilian countryside, and your order arrives with a map marking where in Sicily it lies.
It closes with the hand of Il Custode, the Keeper, "Per l'Isola di Sicilia", beneath the coordinates of the island itself.
By default it arrives as a PDF within minutes, ready to print at home. Choose printed and framed at checkout for a finished piece to hang, sent to you by post.