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Add Ch 14365
- Record Id:
- 032-002139020
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 032-002139020
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100000000038.0x00018a
- LARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100165140426.0x000001
- SLARK:
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Add Ch 14365
- Title:
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Confirmation by Baldwin II, Latin Emperor of Constantinople, of a grant by Philip I, Marquis of Namur, to the Abbey of St. Bavo, Ghent; May, 1269
- Scope & Content:
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This charter is a confirmation by Baldwin II (r. 1228-1273), also known as Baldwin of Courtenay, the last Latin Emperor of Constantinople, of a grant made by his uncle Philip I (b. 1175, d. 1212), Margrave of Namur, to the Abbey of St. Bavo, Ghent, of the right of his whole patronage in the town of Biervliet; dated Biervliet, May, 1269; affixed with the golden bulla or seal of Baldwin II, tied with a red cord.
Endorsed: 'de p[er]sonatu de Bierevliet' , and in a later hand, 'Litterae Balduini Imp[eratoris] quibus iteras / approbat donationem Phil. March. / Namurcen[sis] factam ecclesiae S[anc]ti Bauo[n]i[s] / de personatu de Biervliet cum suis / pertinentys'.
Seal obverse: Emperor Baldwin II enthroned, holding a sceptre and globe, with the following legend: B(alduinus) D(e)I : GRA(tia) : IMP'(er)ATOR [RO]MAN(iae) SE(m)P'(er): AVG(ustus)
Seal reverse: Emperor Baldwin II on horseback, wearing a crown, and holding the globus cruciger, with the following legend: BAΛΔOINOC ΔECΠOTHC . ΠOPΦIPOΓENNHTOC ΦΛANΔPAC.
- Collection Area:
- Western Manuscripts
- Project / Collection:
- Additional Charters and Rolls
- Hierarchy Tree:
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- Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-002139020
- Is part of:
- not applicable
- Hierarchy:
- 032-002139020
- Container:
- not applicable
- Record Type (Level):
- Fonds
- Extent:
- 1 leaf
- Digitised Content:
- https://access.bl.uk/item/viewer/ark:/81055/vdc_100165140426.0x000001 (digital images currently unavailable)
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- Languages:
- Greek, Ancient
Latin - Scripts:
- Greek
Latin - Start Date:
- 1269
- End Date:
- 1269
- Date Range:
- May 1269
- Era:
- CE
- Access:
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- Physical Characteristics:
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Material: Parchment.
Dimensions: approximately 300 x 245 mm.
Foliation: f. 1.
Script: Gothic cursive.
- Custodial History:
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Origin: Biervliet, The Netherlands.
Provenance:
The Van Aerssen family: in their possession for several centuries; their sale, The Hague, 11 April 1859, lot 5 (see Catalogue (1859), p. 1).
Purchased by the British Museum of Messrs Boone booksellers, 28 May 1859 (see note, dorse).
- Publications:
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Catalogue d'une précieuse collection de manuscrits et lettres autographes la plupart provenant de la succession de François van Aerssen, Seigneur de Sommelsdyck et du Contre-Amiral François van Aerssen, Seigneur de Châtillonvente 11 avril 1859 à la librairie de Martinus Nijhoff (1859), p. 1.
R. Chalon, 'Trois bulles d'or des empereurs belges de Constantinople', Revue de la numismatique belge (1861), 1-5 (pp. 3-5).
Catalogue of Additions to the Manuscripts in the British Museum in the Years 1861-1875, 2 vols (London: British Museum, 1877), II, p. 766.
A Guide to the Manuscripts, Autographs, Charters, Seals, Illuminations and Bindings exhibited in the Department of Manuscripts and in the Grenville Library (London: British Museum, 1895), p. 46.
Gustave Schlumberger, 'Sceaux et bulles des Empereurs latins de Constantinople', Bulletin Monumental, 56 (1890), 5-29 (pp. 14-15).
Eurydice Georganteli and Barrie Cook, Encounters: Travel and Money in the Byzantine World (London: D Giles, 2006), pp. 56-57.
- Exhibitions:
- Gold, British Library, London, 20 May 2022 - 2 October 2022
- Material Type:
- Archives and Manuscripts
- Legal Status:
- Not Public Record(s)