COLLECTION NAME:
Medieval Document Collection
Record
Identifier:
exwsms115_1r
Manuscript Identifier:
MS 115
Title:
Receipt, 1401 July 26, of Pierre de Traville from Guillaument le Moine
Alternative Title:
MS 115, recto
Incipit:
Sache tuit que je Pierre de Tarville
Origin Date:
1401
Origin Location:
France
Description:
Acknowledgment by Pierre de Tarville, master of the guard at Neuville-aux-Bois (near Orle?ans in France) of receipt of the sum of 20 livres 15 sols, from Guillaument le Moine, the Receiver of the Duchy of Orle?ans. Of this sum, 18 livres 5 sols is for his year's salary (at 2s. a day) and the rest for his dress allowance.
Provenance:
Produced near Orleans, France and dated 26 July 1401 in the document. Acquired from the Hermann Suchier (1848-1914). Collection by the book-seller Karl W. Hiersemann (1854-1928) of Leipzig; purchased by C. L. Ricketts from Hiersemann (Catalog 502 for 1921, lot 111); purchased by Special Collections, Waldo Library from Mackus Company, Fairlawn, Ohio on May 26, 2002.
Extent:
1 sheet
Subject:
Receipts (Acknowledgments)--Early works to 1800
Subject:
Manuscripts, French--France
Subject:
Orléanais (France)--Officials and employees--Salaries, etc.
Subject:
France--Church history--Sources
Subject:
France--History--15th century--Sources
Language:
fre
Dimensions:
90 x 260 mm (framed 292 x 362 mm)
Material:
parchment
Binding:
Housed in a modern, matted wooden frame under glass; dealer's prospectus on back. Remnants of a red wax seal appended on a tongue.
Description of Hands:
Written in French documentary cursive script (gothic cursiva currens).
Is Part Of:
Medieval Document Collection
Is Part Of:
Manuscript 115, Western Michigan University Special Collections
Publisher:
Western Michigan University
Date-Issued:
2015
Type:
Text
Format:
image/tiff
Format-Extent:
186,584,064 bytes
Is Referenced By:
De Ricci, Seymour. Census of Medieval and Renaissance Manuscripts in the United States and Canada, Volume I, pg. 659, no. 266: Receipt for money paid by Louis duc d'Orleans (26 July 1401). On vellum. [Hermann Suchier coll.; Hiersemann, Cat. 502 (1921), n. 111.]
Access Rights:
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Receipt, 1401 July 26, of Pierre de Traville from Guillaument le Moine
