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Lansdowne Ch 667

Record Id:
040-003314237
Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
032-003313209
MDARK:
ark:/81055/vdc_100031725553.0x000003
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TEI
Reference (shelfmark):
Lansdowne Ch 667
Title:
Charter
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Project / Collection:
Hebrew Manuscripts Digitisation Project
Hierarchy Record Ids:
032-003313209
040-003314237
Is part of:
Lansdowne Ch : Lansdowne Charters and Rolls

 

Lansdowne Ch 667 : Charter
Hierarchy:
032-003313209[0003]/040-003314237
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Record Type (Level):
File
Extent:
1 folio
Digitised Content:
http://www.bl.uk/manuscripts/FullDisplay.aspx?ref=Lansdowne_Ch_667 (digital images currently unavailable)
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Languages:
Hebrew
Scripts:
Hebrew
Start Date:
1280
End Date:
1280
Date Range:
1280
Calendar:
Hebrew
Era:
CE
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Material Type:
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Legal Status:
Not Public Record(s)
Names:
Fitzmaurice
William Petty
TEI:

Hebrew Manuscripts Digitisation Project

Lansdowne Ch 667

Charter

Contents

Language(s): Hebrew

ff. 1r-1v
Title: Sheṭar
Title: שטר

One of two copies of a Hebrew deed of sale of a house in Norwich in the parish of St. Peter, in Mancroft Street by Oshaya ben Isaac of York known as Ursel le Eveske of Norwich ben Deulecresse to William son of Roger of South Walsham.

The deed of sale is preceded by a deed of remittance of the rights to the house by Miriam, Ursel's wife.

The deed is attested by Ursel ben Isaac, whose signature is witnessed by Isaac ben Samuel, Jacob ben Jacob, and Elijah ben Elijah.

Chirograph; for the other copy, see Lansdowne Ch 669. There are textual difference between the two copies, see Olszowy-Schlanger 2015, v.2, p.574-576.

Physical Description

Parchment leaf of 13th century.
Form: leaf
Material: parchment
Support:
Extent: 1 folio
Dimensions (leaf): 115 × 170 mm.

Collation

1 parchment leaf.

Condition

Stained.

Layout

Columns:1

Ruled lines: 27

Written lines: 27

The Hebrew text written beneath the Latin.

Hand(s)

Ashkenazi documentary script of the 13th century.

History

Origin: 1280-12-02 England (Norwich)

Provenance and Acquisition

William Petty (formerlyFitzmaurice) (b. 1737, d. 1805), 2nd earl of Shelburne and 1st marquess of Lansdowne, prime minister; purchased by the British Museum together with 1244 other Lansdowne manuscripts in 1807.

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=Lansdowne_Ch_667 (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. 1199.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. 181.

Funding of Cataloguing

BL