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Add MS 33215
- Record Id:
- 032-002027324
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 032-002027324
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100000000054.0x00034a
- LARK:
- SLARK:
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Add MS 33215
- Title:
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Rough Accompts (Expensa amigdalarum)
- Scope & Content:
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Account for spices from the Abbey of Citeaux, which were subsequently cancelled.
- Collection Area:
- Western Manuscripts
- Project / Collection:
- Additional Manuscripts
- Hierarchy Tree:
- [{ "id" : "032-002027324", "parent" : "#", "text" : "Add MS 33215: Rough Accompts (Expensa amigdalarum)" , "li_attr" : {"class": "orderable"} }]
- Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-002027324
- Is part of:
- not applicable
- Hierarchy:
- 032-002027324
- Container:
- not applicable
- Record Type (Level):
- Fonds
- Extent:
- Wax tablet covered on both sides with a thin coating of black wax, cut away at the top and bottom of one side. The writing is arranged in columns; each side of the board having two, and a portion of a third, all mutilated by the cutting of the board. The writing has been cancelled with cross lines, made no doubt after the accompts had been transferred to the accompt-roll.
- Digitised Content:
- Languages:
- Latin
- Scripts:
- Latin
- Start Date:
- 1323
- End Date:
- 1324
- Date Range:
- 1323-1324
- Era:
- CE
- Access:
- Restrictions to access apply please consult British Library staff
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- User Conditions:
- Letter of introduction required to view this manuscript.
- Physical Characteristics:
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Materials: Wax tablet.
Dimensions: 123 x 242 mm.
Script: The writing is arranged in columns.
- Custodial History:
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Origin: Abbey of Citeaux, France.
Provenance: Abbey of Citeaux, France. Acquired in 1886.
- Publications:
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Catalogue of Additions to the Manuscripts in the British Museum in the Years 1882-1887 (London: British Museum, 1889), p. 271.
H. Omont, ‘Sur des tablettes de cire du Musée britannique’, Bulletin de la Société nationale des Antiquaires de France (1889), p. 283-286.
E. Lalou, 'Les tablettes de cire médiévales', Bibliothèque de l'école des chartes, 147 (1989), 123-40.
M. P. Brown, ‘The Role of the Wax Tablet in Medieval Literacy: A Reconsideration in Light of a Recent Find from York’, The British Library Journal, 20,1 (1994), 1-16.
Metadata provided by The Center for the Tebtunis Papyri, University of California, Berkeley.
- Material Type:
- Archives and Manuscripts
- Legal Status:
- Not Public Record(s)
- Names:
- Citeaux Abbey, France