Three documents
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Description
- Title
- Three documents
- Published / Created
- [between 1300 and 1350]
- Publication Place
- Italy
- Abstract
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Manuscript on three scrolls of parchment, two of which have been crudely stitched together, while the third is separate. They concern inhabitants of the castle and town of Lustignano in the valley of the river Cornia in Northwestern Italy. 1) Land transaction between Niccholaus, duke of Volterra, and Iohannes, Count of Lustignano, on behalf of a certain Michael; signed by the notary Guarnerius; dated 1350 (detached). 2) Unidentified land transaction involving Iohannes filius [one word unclear] de Lustignano; name of notary scratched out; dated 1304. 3) Bill of contumacy involving Raymerus Balduccus and the brothers "Iohannes and Michelis"; signed by the notary Barthalus Sanuccius (?) of Volterra; dated 1346
- Description
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In Latin.
Script: All were written in cramped and abbreviated chancery hands. Filing notes, in Italian (17th century), on dorse of each scroll.
Second roll is mutilated and worn, with text illegible at head and tail. - Provenance
- Acquired from S. Harrison Thomson in 1970 with the Beinecke Rare Book Endowment Fund.
- Extent
- ff. 3 : 440 x 152 mm.; 320 x 196 mm.; 388 x 181 mm.
- Extent of Digitization
- This object has been completely digitized.
- Language
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Latin
Collection Information
- Repository
- Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library
- Call Number
- Beinecke MS 474
- Related Resource Online
- View a detailed description.
Subjects, Formats, And Genres
- Genre
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Manuscripts, Medieval Italy 14th century
Medieval and Renaissance Manuscripts in Beinecke Library - Material
- parchment ;
- Resource Type
- unspecified
- Subject (Geographic)
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Connecticut
New Haven.
Italy - Subject (Topic)
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Land titles
Manuscripts, Medieval
History - Subjects
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Land titles
Manuscripts, Medieval > Connecticut > New Haven
Italy > History > 1268-1492
Italy > 14th century
Medieval and Renaissance Manuscripts in Beinecke Library
Access And Usage Rights
- Access
- Public
- Rights
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- Citation
- Three Documents. General Collection, Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library, Yale University.
Identifiers
- Orbis Record
- 9680012
- Object ID (OID)
- 9998832