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Medieval Document Collection
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WMUwmu~77~77
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Identifier:
exwsms117_bk
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exwsms117_bk
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Manuscript Identifier:
MS 117
manuscript_identifier
MS 117
Manuscript Identifier
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Title:
Foundation Charter, ca. 1300, of Bruern Abbey
title
Foundation Charter, ca. 1300, of Bruern Abbey
Title
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Alternative Title:
MS 117
alternate_title
MS 117
Alternative Title
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Incipit:
Omnibus sanctae matris ecclesiae filius ad quos
incipit
Omnibus sanctae matris ecclesiae filius ad quos
Incipit
false
Origin Date:
ca. 1300
date_original
ca. 1300
Origin Date
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Origin Location:
Bruern (England)
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Bruern (England)
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Description:
Fourteenth-century English grant by Nicholas Basset, Lord of Tretone, to the monks of the Cistercian abbey of Garendon, of a place in “Brueria Treton” to build a monastery and to serve God and St. Mary there and to live according to the Rule of St. Benedict, together with a mill and various named lands, for the salvation of his soul and those of his parents and of all the faithful people, with the names of 12 witnesses. Includes medieval endorsements: “Nichs. Basset de fundacione.”
description
Fourteenth-century English grant by Nicholas Basset, Lord of Tretone, to the monks of the Cistercian abbey of Garendon, of a place in “Brueria Treton” to build a monastery and to serve God and St. Mary there and to live according to the Rule of St. Benedict, together with a mill and various named lands, for the salvation of his soul and those of his parents and of all the faithful people, with the names of 12 witnesses. Includes medieval endorsements: “Nichs. Basset de fundacione.”
Description
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Provenance:
Produced at Bruern Abbey within Oxfordshire, England around 1300. This foundation charter was issued after the actual foundation of the abbey. The Cistercian Abbey of Bruern (Cottineau 1:517) was founded by Nicholas Basset on 10 July 1147, originally as a cell of Garendon Abbey (Cottineau 1:1254) in Leicestershire. By the end of the thirteenth century circumstances at the abbey -- presumably financial -- required the creation of another charter. The present charter would have been viewed as a posthumous grant by the late founder. The wording of the text reads like a twelfth-century document but the script is late thirteenth or early fourteenth. The monks have accorded themselves more generous land provisions than the founder had actually done. The seal appears authentic and either was unthreaded and reattached from a twelfth-century original or the monks still had the matrix. Even if it was known to be 150 years too recent to be genuine, it would have been acknowledged as the actual foundation charter. Bruern Abbey was suppressed in 1536. Purchased by Waldo Library from Mackus Company, Fairlawn Ohio, on May 2003.
provenance
Produced at Bruern Abbey within Oxfordshire, England around 1300. This foundation charter was issued after the actual foundation of the abbey. The Cistercian Abbey of Bruern (Cottineau 1:517) was founded by Nicholas Basset on 10 July 1147, originally as a cell of Garendon Abbey (Cottineau 1:1254) in Leicestershire. By the end of the thirteenth century circumstances at the abbey -- presumably financial -- required the creation of another charter. The present charter would have been viewed as a posthumous grant by the late founder. The wording of the text reads like a twelfth-century document but the script is late thirteenth or early fourteenth. The monks have accorded themselves more generous land provisions than the founder had actually done. The seal appears authentic and either was unthreaded and reattached from a twelfth-century original or the monks still had the matrix. Even if it was known to be 150 years too recent to be genuine, it would have been acknowledged as the actual foundation charter. Bruern Abbey was suppressed in 1536. Purchased by Waldo Library from Mackus Company, Fairlawn Ohio, on May 2003.
Provenance
false
Extent:
single leaf
extent
single leaf
Extent
false
Subject:
Manuscripts, Medieval--England
subject
Manuscripts, Medieval--England
Subject
false
Subject:
Charters
subject
Charters
Subject
false
Subject:
England--Church history--1066-1495--Sources
subject
England--Church history--1066-1495--Sources
Subject
false
Subject:
Cistercians--Manuscripts
subject
Cistercians--Manuscripts
Subject
false
Language:
lat
language
lat
Language
false
Dimensions:
127 x 288 mm
section_title_english
127 x 288 mm
Dimensions
false
Material:
parchment
book_type
parchment
Material
false
Binding:
Housed in a modern wooden frame (406 x 457 mm); charter visible on one side only, with dealer's prospectus on back. The seal of Nicholas Basset is still attached; made of green wax (ca. 5 cm diameter) in near fine condition, pendant on blue-green cords; bearing the device of a knight in armor galloping on horseback with the legend “SIGILL NICHOLLI BASSAT”; covered by a little textile seal bag threaded over the cords.
binding
Housed in a modern wooden frame (406 x 457 mm); charter visible on one side only, with dealer's prospectus on back. The seal of Nicholas Basset is still attached; made of green wax (ca. 5 cm diameter) in near fine condition, pendant on blue-green cords; bearing the device of a knight in armor galloping on horseback with the legend “SIGILL NICHOLLI BASSAT”; covered by a little textile seal bag threaded over the cords.
Binding
false
Decoration Description:
First initial “O” is slightly enlarged and embellished.
decoration
First initial “O” is slightly enlarged and embellished.
Decoration Description
false
Description of Hands:
English cursive documentary script
description_of_hands
English cursive documentary script
Description of Hands
false
Is Part Of:
Manuscript 117, Western Michigan University Special Collections
original_manuscript
Manuscript 117, Western Michigan University Special Collections
Is Part Of
false
Is Part Of:
Medieval Document Collection
original_manuscript
Medieval Document Collection
Is Part Of
false
Publisher:
Western Michigan University
contributing_institution
Western Michigan University
Publisher
false
Date-Issued:
2015
date_digital
2015
Date-Issued
false
Type:
Text
type
Text
Type
false
Format:
image/jp2
format
image/jp2
Format
false
Rights:
Copyright 2015 Western Michigan University, Kalamazoo, Michigan, all rights reserved. The digital version is available for educational use under 'Fair Use' guidelines. For additional permission and further information contact the WMU Libraries, Digitization Center: lib-dc@wmich.edu
rights_management
Copyright 2015 Western Michigan University, Kalamazoo, Michigan, all rights reserved. The digital version is available for educational use under 'Fair Use' guidelines. For additional permission and further information contact the WMU Libraries, Digitization Center: lib-dc@wmich.edu
Rights
false