COLLECTION NAME:
Medieval Document Collection
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WMUwmu~77~77
Medieval Document Collection
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Identifier:
exwsms111_1v
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exwsms111_1v
Identifier
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Manuscript Identifier:
MS 111
manuscript_identifier
MS 111
Manuscript Identifier
false
Title:
Donation, 1222 August, to Abbaye-Aux Dames
title
Donation, 1222 August, to Abbaye-Aux Dames
Title
false
Alternative Title:
MS 111, verso
alternate_title
MS 111, verso
Alternative Title
false
Incipit:
Vniversis Christi fidelibus ad quos
incipit
Vniversis Christi fidelibus ad quos
Incipit
false
Origin Date:
1222
date_original
1222
Origin Date
false
Origin Location:
France
location__creation_site_
France
Origin Location
false
Description:
Twelfth-century, French donation by Georgia, daughter of Henri de Columbirs and former wife of Hugh de Lonchamp, of the rent of ten Tournai sous, to the church and convent of the Holy Trinity in Caen to be used to maintain a perpetually burning lamp before the altar of St. Lawrence on St. Lawrence day.
description
Twelfth-century, French donation by Georgia, daughter of Henri de Columbirs and former wife of Hugh de Lonchamp, of the rent of ten Tournai sous, to the church and convent of the Holy Trinity in Caen to be used to maintain a perpetually burning lamp before the altar of St. Lawrence on St. Lawrence day.
Description
false
Provenance:
Produced at the Abbey of-aux Dames (Cottineau 1:553) and dated August 1222 in the document. The Benedictine Abbaye-aux Dames of St. Trinité in Caen, Normandy, was founded c. 1066 by Queen Matilda, wife of William the Conqueror, who is buried there. An inscription on the plica in a later hand: "1222 donation a la chapelle de St laurent dans l'abbaye de Ste Trïnite," translation: "1222 Gift to the chapel of St. Lawrence in the Abbey of the Holy Trinity." On dorse: inscription in a hybrida hand (fifteenth-sixteenth century) indicates that the family home was later still known as Calumbiers (Coulombiers); possible scribal signature; six-line inscription in French summarizing the document. Acquired from the collection of E. H. Dring and purchased by Special Collections, Waldo Library from the Mackus Company, Fairlawn, Ohio May 8, 2000. Acquisition record in "Mackus Company" folder.
provenance
Produced at the Abbey of-aux Dames (Cottineau 1:553) and dated August 1222 in the document. The Benedictine Abbaye-aux Dames of St. Trinité in Caen, Normandy, was founded c. 1066 by Queen Matilda, wife of William the Conqueror, who is buried there. An inscription on the plica in a later hand: "1222 donation a la chapelle de St laurent dans l'abbaye de Ste Trïnite," translation: "1222 Gift to the chapel of St. Lawrence in the Abbey of the Holy Trinity." On dorse: inscription in a hybrida hand (fifteenth-sixteenth century) indicates that the family home was later still known as Calumbiers (Coulombiers); possible scribal signature; six-line inscription in French summarizing the document. Acquired from the collection of E. H. Dring and purchased by Special Collections, Waldo Library from the Mackus Company, Fairlawn, Ohio May 8, 2000. Acquisition record in "Mackus Company" folder.
Provenance
false
Explicit:
sigillo meo co(n)firmam
explicit
sigillo meo co(n)firmam
Explicit
false
Extent:
1 leaf with plica
extent
1 leaf with plica
Extent
false
Subject:
Manuscripts, Latin (Medieval and modern)--France
subject
Manuscripts, Latin (Medieval and modern)--France
Subject
false
Subject:
Manuscripts, Latin
subject
Manuscripts, Latin
Subject
false
Subject:
Charters
subject
Charters
Subject
false
Subject:
Abbaye aux Dames (Caen, France)--France, Sources
subject
Abbaye aux Dames (Caen, France)--France, Sources
Subject
false
Language:
lat
language
lat
Language
false
Dimensions:
164 x 179 mm
section_title_english
164 x 179 mm
Dimensions
false
Material:
parchment
book_type
parchment
Material
false
Binding:
Housed in a modern, pink mat frame (443 x 323 mm); visible on one side only; remnant of a green wax seal appended to the parchment tag.
binding
Housed in a modern, pink mat frame (443 x 323 mm); visible on one side only; remnant of a green wax seal appended to the parchment tag.
Binding
false
Description of Hands:
flourishing, protogothic documentary script
description_of_hands
flourishing, protogothic documentary script
Description of Hands
false
Is Part Of:
Medieval Document Collection
original_manuscript
Medieval Document Collection
Is Part Of
false
Is Part Of:
Manuscript 111, Western Michigan University Special Collections
original_manuscript
Manuscript 111, Western Michigan University Special Collections
Is Part Of
false
Publisher:
Western Michigan University
contributing_institution
Western Michigan University
Publisher
false
Date-Issued:
2013
date_digital
2013
Date-Issued
false
Type:
Text
type
Text
Type
false
Format:
image/tiff
format
image/tiff
Format
false
Format-Extent:
705,476,151 bytes
format_extent
705,476,151 bytes
Format-Extent
false
Is Referenced By:
Chibnall, Marjorie, and John Walmsley. Charters and Custumals of the Abbey of Holy Trinity Caen. Records of social and economic history, new ser., 5, 22. London: Published for the British Academy by the Oxford University Press, 1982.
bibliography
Chibnall, Marjorie, and John Walmsley. Charters and Custumals of the Abbey of Holy Trinity Caen. Records of social and economic history, new ser., 5, 22. London: Published for the British Academy by the Oxford University Press, 1982.
Is Referenced By
false
Rights:
Copyright 2013 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 2013 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
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