Three large leaves of a parchment book of payments for rent
Three large leaves (pp. 32-3, 77-8, 82-3) of a parchment book of payments for rent (?) on an estate in Avignon (?), 1382-93. At fol. 5 are two scraps from a binding containing part of a letter dated Oct. 23, 1526. This latter was presented by the rev. G. J. Chester on May 3, 1891.
(fols. i-iv, 7-end are blank paper)
Additions: (fols. 16-21) Miscellaneous letters and papers in Italian, 16th-18th cent., including (fols. 16-17) two leaves of an account book containing entries for 1542-51.
Dates
- Creation: Written in A.D. 1382-1526
Extent
29 Leaves
Language of Materials
- Italian
Preferred Citation
Oxford, Bodleian Libraries [followed by shelfmark and folio or page reference, e.g. MS. Ital. b. 1, fols. 1-2]
Shelfmark:
MS. Ital. b. 1
Collection ID (for staff)
CMD ID 20408
Abstract
Three large leaves of a parchment book of payments for rent
Biographical / Historical
Biographical details unknown.
Other Finding Aids
Falconer Madan, et al., A summary catalogue of western manuscripts in the Bodleian Library at Oxford which have not hitherto been catalogued in the Quarto series (7 vols. in 8 [vol. II in 2 parts], Oxford, 1895-1953; reprinted, with corrections in vols. I and VII, Munich, 1980), vol. V, no. 30549
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Acquired by The Bodleian Library in 1890.
Additions: Acquired, 1917-25.
Physical Facet
On parchment and paper
Dimensions
16 7/8 × 12 1/2 in.
- Title
- Three large leaves of a parchment book of payments for rent
- Status
- Published
- Date
- EAD version 2020 by Alice Whichelow
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Latin
Repository Details
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