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Add Ch 11271
- Record Id:
- 040-002135853
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 032-002135787
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100000001492.0x000184
- LARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100165140394.0x000001
- SLARK:
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Add Ch 11271
- Title:
- Acknowledgement by Marie, abbess of St Stephen’s Abbey, Soissons, to the Knights Templar of Mont-de-Soissons
- Scope & Content:
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Acknowledgement by Marie, abbess of St Étienne’s Abbey, Soissons, to the Knights Templar of Mont-de-Soissons, that the abbey owes them two bushels of winter grain. In return, the Templars quitclaim all right to the tithes of Mariuas and Villeneuve.
Endorsed: in a 13th-century hand, ‘de labess de saint stephani / de bles et I de au-[illegible]’; in a 19th century hand, ‘Purch[ased] at Moore’s sale / 29 Apr[il] 1856 / Lot 347.’
Affixed with an imperfect seal of Marie, oval, green, showing the Stoning of St Stephen, with the saint kneeling in prayer, and a boy standing behind him, with the fragmentary legend, ‘s[an]c[t]I …epha…’. Reverse: an indistinct counterseal with a half-length portrait of St Stephen, with the fragmentary legend, ‘sa… …rvas’.
A paper certificate with a summary of the charter’s contents in French.
- Collection Area:
- Western Manuscripts
- Project / Collection:
- Additional Charters and Rolls
Medieval and Renaissance Women - Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-002135787
040-002135853 - Is part of:
- Add Ch 11206-12627 : MISCELLANEOUS collection of documents relating to the domestic and foreign history of France, with a few having reference…
Add Ch 11271 : Acknowledgement by Marie, abbess of St Stephen’s Abbey, Soissons, to the Knights Templar of Mont-de-Soissons - Hierarchy:
- 032-002135787[0066]/040-002135853
- Container:
- View / search within Archive / Collection: Add Ch 11206-12627
- Record Type (Level):
- File
- Extent:
- 1 leaf
- Digitised Content:
- https://iiif.bl.uk/uv/#?manifest=https://bl.digirati.io/iiif/ark:/81055/vdc_100165140394.0x000001
- Thumbnail:
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- Languages:
- French, Middle
Latin - Scripts:
- Latin
- Start Date:
- 1233
- End Date:
- 1233
- Date Range:
- 1233
- Era:
- CE
- Access:
-
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- User Conditions:
- Letter of introduction required to view this manuscript
- Physical Characteristics:
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Material: Parchment.
Dimensions: 165 x 145 mm (manuscript leaf); 135 x 80 (paper certificate).
Foliation: ff. 2.
Script: Gothic.
- Custodial History:
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Origin:
France.
Provenance:
Templar preceptory of Mont-de-Soissons, 1233.
Purchased by the British Museum at Francis Moore’s sale at Puttick's, 28-30 April 1856, together with Add Chs 11206-12627.
- Publications:
- Walter de Gray Birch, Catalogue of Seals in the Department of Manuscripts in the British Museum, 6 vols (London: British Museum, 1887-1900), V, p. 360.
- Material Type:
- Archives and Manuscripts
- Legal Status:
- Not Public Record(s)