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[16th-century MANUSCRIPT]. [HOSPITALLERS OF SAINT JOHN.
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[16th-century MANUSCRIPT]. [HOSPITALLERS OF SAINT JOHN.
See original version (French)
Estimate €500 - €600
Voluntary lot
Description
[16th-century MANUSCRIPT]. [HOSPITALLERS OF SAINT JOHN. ORDER OF MALTA].
[Notarial minutes and notes for the diocese of Sarlat]
(c. 1500–1570)
Large quarto. (280) folios (including 89, 127, 139–143, 181 and 262 blank pages). Soft-sewn reused vellum, with flaps, showing brown ink writing—possibly from the 15th century—visible on the reverse of the binding (vellum tarnished and soiled, slightly shrunk with small losses; quires slightly out of order; edges of the leaves worn, corners occasionally gnawed, traces of water damage or stains on a few quires, small lateral losses of text on the first two folios, one small quire detached but no loss of text overall).
An important 16th-century notarial manuscript from the Périgord Noir, written in Latin and Latin Farsi, in brown ink, by several scribes.
Approximately between 30 and 50 lines per folio with a margin left on the left-hand side. There are several fairly elaborate hand-signed initials, including Maltese crosses, as well as several Maltese crosses drawn in ink in the margins. A few initials are roughly calligraphic.
Occasionally, there are numerous annotations in the margins to the left of the text. There are crossed-out sections, corrections or line deletions.
ecclesiastical documents
the ‘Confraternity of the Holy Spirit of Saliniac’ (Salignac, in the Dordogne), the families of Raymond and Pierre de Frayssinet, and a text written in a mixed language (Latin-Occitan)
It appears that the documents were compiled into the quires at a later date on vellum, as they do not always follow a chronological order. They were no doubt ‘numbered’ at that time using a consecutive folio numbering system in Roman capital letters, which appears in the top left-hand corner of the folios. The document may form part of a series, as the numbering begins at CCC on the first folio and ends at CCCCXL.
wills or confessions
sometimes numerous annotations in the margins left free to the left of the text
AVEYRON. LOZÈRE. DORDOGNE. OCCITANIE. PERIGORD NOIR.
The Maltese cross in Occitanie, and more specifically in the department of Aveyron, is associated with military religious orders.
Hospitallers of St John of Jerusalem (Order of Malta),
Knights Templar?
new section from ff. 81
Brotherhood of the Holy Spirit of Salignac
AVEYRON. LOZÈRE. DORDOGNE. OCCITANIE. LANGUE d’OC.
See original version (French)
Auto-translation. Refer to original language for legal validity.
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