Grant to the Abbey of Bordeaux

Grant to the Abbey of Bordeaux

Manuscript location

 

 

Manuscript location

 

 

Place

 

 

Repository

University of Western Australia Library

 

Collection

 

 

Shelf mark

MS Med. 1

 

Former shelf mark

 

 

Manuscript name

 

 

Name

Grant to the Abbey of Bordeaux by Amanevus de Lamota, knight, of 100 shilling of Bordeaux for his anniversary and for a lamp to burn forever at night near the altar of the church, to be paid every year on the day after All Saints' Day to the infirmarius of the abbey, with the names of many witnesses, 1240

 

Contents

 

 

Summary

 

 

Physical description

 

 

Support

Vellum

 

Dimensions

230 x 295 mm

 

Extent

1 folio. 

 

Collation

 

 

Catchwords

 

 

Signatures

 

 

Foliation

 

 

Condition

Part of the left edge cut away (beginnings of the last nine lines are missing), slightly stained and frayed

 

Layout

26 lines.

 

Scribes

 

 

Scripts

Good charter hand. 

 

Decoration

 

 

Musical notation

 

 

Binding

 

 

Seals

 

 

Accompanying material

 

 

 History

 

 

 Origin

Bordeaux, 1240. 

 

 Provenance

Unnumbered manuscript from the Thomas Phillipps Collection.

 

 Acquisition

Bought from Alan G. Thomas (Catalogue no. 31, lot 8) in 1973 for £45.

 

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