COLLECTION NAME:
Medieval Document Collection
Record
Identifier:
exwsms140_bk
Manuscript Identifier:
MS 140
Title:
Legal document, 1720 April 6, of an inventory
Alternative Title:
MS 140
Incipit:
A tous ceux qui ces praesentes lettres
Origin Date:
1720
Origin Location:
France
Description:
Legal document, possibly an inventory, with a notorial signature.
Provenance:
Produced in France and dated 6 Avril 1720 in a contemporary hand in the upper left corner on f. 1r. Also, on f. 1r: a black ink stamp of 13S4 Diener Orleans. Gift of Western Michigan University Department of History to Special Collections in 2005.
Extent:
2 leaves
Subject:
Manuscripts, French--Michigan--Kalamazoo
Subject:
Legal documents--France--18th century
Subject:
France--History--18th century--Sources
Subject:
signatures (names)
Subject:
Documentary scripts
Subject:
Notarial documents
Language:
fre
Dimensions:
272 x 203 mm
Material:
parchment
Binding:
Two parchment ties are attached to the bifolium.
Decoration Description:
4 line inscription on f. 2r after the main text. A black ink stamp comprising a crown and three fleur-de-lis on a shield and vine-stem decoration and words 13S4 Denier Orleans.
Description of Hands:
Written in a 18th century French cursive legal script.
Additions and Marginalia:
Two different illegible near-contemporary inscriptions in the left margin.
Is Part Of:
Medieval Document Collection
Is Part Of:
Manuscript 140, Western Michigan University Special Collections
Publisher:
Western Michigan University
Date-Issued:
2019
Type:
Text
Format:
image/jp2
Access Rights:
This book is in the public domain. Western Michigan University holds the right to the image and reproduction. The images that are provided here are for non-profit, educational use only. For all other uses please contact Special Collections, Western Michigan University.
Rights Statement:
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