Detail View: Medieval Document Collection: Legal document, 1720 April 6, of an inventory

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: 
No Copyright - Non-Commercial Use Only. http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/NoC-NC/1.0/