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Cotton Ch XXVI 29

Record Id:
040-003313943
Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
032-003202582
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Reference (shelfmark):
Cotton Ch XXVI 29
Title:
Charter
Collection Area:
Oriental Manuscripts
Project / Collection:
Hebrew Manuscripts Digitisation Project
Hierarchy Record Ids:
032-003202582
040-003313943
Is part of:
Cotton Ch : Cotton Charters

 

Cotton Ch XXVI 29 : Charter
Hierarchy:
032-003202582[0045]/040-003313943
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Record Type (Level):
File
Extent:
1 folio
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Languages:
Hebrew
Scripts:
Hebrew
Start Date:
1236
End Date:
1236
Date Range:
1236
Era:
CE
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Hebrew Manuscripts Digitisation Project

Cotton Ch XXVI 29

Charter

Contents

Language(s): Hebrew

ff. 1r-1v
Title: Sheṭar
Title: שטר

Acquittance by Gershom ha-Kohen of Lincoln (Garsie Eveske of Nicol) to the Abbot and Convent of Newhouse of any claim to certain land in Nettleton which the Abbey purchased from Ivo de Wicham (Wykeham).

With seal of Ivo de Wicham: 'IVONI WICHAM'.

See also two related charters: Harley ch 43 A 61 A (Latin charter), and Harley ch 43 A 61 B (bilingual charter).

Physical Description

Parchment leaf of 13th century.
Form: leaf
Material: parchment
Support:
Extent: 1 folio
Dimensions (leaf): 60 × 125 mm.

Collation

1 parchment leaf.

Layout

Columns:1

Ruled lines: 6

Written lines: 6

Seal attached with a parchment strip.

Hand(s)

Hebrew documentary script of the 13th century.

History

Origin: ca. 1236 (?). ; Lincoln? (England).

Provenance and Acquisition

1800-1899

Acquired by the British Museum in the 19th century.

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_Ch_XXVI_29 (digital images currently unavailable)

Bibliography

    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. 1177.
    Anglo-Jewish Historical Exhibition (London, Catalogue of Anglo-Jewish Historical Exhibition,1887), p. 184.
    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. 157.

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