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Cotton MS Augustus II 107 A

Record Id:
040-003313942
Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
032-003202582
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Cotton MS Augustus II 107 A
Title:
Charter
Collection Area:
Oriental Manuscripts
Project / Collection:
Hebrew Manuscripts Digitisation Project
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032-003202582
040-003313942
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Cotton Ch : Cotton Charters

 

Cotton MS Augustus II 107 A : Charter
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Extent:
1 folio
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Languages:
Hebrew
Scripts:
Hebrew
Start Date:
1286
End Date:
1286
Date Range:
1286
Era:
CE
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Cotton MS Augustus II 107 A

Charter

Contents

Hebrew charter

Language(s): Hebrew

ff. 1r-1v
Title: Sheṭar
Title: שטר

Acquittance by Benjamin, son of Deulecresse to Sir Adam de Stratton, of any claim related to the certain land acquired by Sir Adam from John Taylleboys; dated 1286.

For related Latin charter, see Anglo-Jewish Historical Exhibition Royal Albert Hall. 1887. Catalogue, p. 187.

Filiation:

The Latin counterpart of this document is Cotton MS Augustus II 107B.

Physical Description

Parchment leaf of 13th century.
Form: leaf
Material: parchment
Support:
Extent: 1 folio
Dimensions (leaf): 35 × 145 mm.

Collation

1 separate parchment piece.

Layout

Columns:1

Ruled lines: 8

Written lines: 8

Latin inscription on the verso.

Hand(s)

Ashkenazi documentary script of 13th century.

Binding

Binding: British Museum 1959: bound with Cotton MSS Augustus II 7, 14, 30, 32, 34, 36, 49, 52, 76, 80–81, 87, 99–101, 107B .

History

Origin: ; England (Hereford?)

Provenance and Acquisition

Previously owned by: the Cotton family, Bts, Conington, 17th century.

Purchased by the British Museum in the 19th century.

1800-1899

Record Sources

Manuscript description based on Margoliouth, G.: Catalogue of the Hebrew and Samaritan Manuscripts in the British Museum, London 1965 and Olszowy-Schlanger, Judith. Hebrew and Hebrew-Latin Documents from Medieval England: a diplomatic and Palaeographical Study. Turnhout: Brill, 2015.

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Surrogates

http://www.bl.uk/manuscripts/FullDisplay.aspx?ref=Cotton_MS_Augustus_II_107_A (digital images currently unavailable)

Bibliography

    Catalogue of Anglo-Jewish historical exhibition, 1887 : Royal Albert Hall and of supplementary exhibitions ... (London: Clowes, 1887), p. 187.
    George Margoliouth, Catalogue of the Hebrew and Samaritan Manuscripts in the British Museum, 4 vols (London: British Museum, 1899-1935; vols I-III repr. 1965); IV, Introduction, Indexes, ed. by Jacob Leveen (London: British Museum, 1977), no. 1179.
    Olszowy-Schlanger, Judith. Hebrew and Hebrew-Latin Documents from Medieval England: A Diplomatic and Palaeographical Study. Monumenta Palaeographica Medii Aevi. Series Hebraica (Turnhout: Brepols, 2015), no. 161.
    Abrahams, Israel, H. P. Stokes and Herbert Loewe, eds. and trans., Starrs and Jewish Charters preserved in the British Museum, 3 vols (Cambridge, 1930–32), I, pp. 20–25 (no. V)

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