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- The seal, now missing, was appended to a cloth strop, a portion of which is still present., Thirteenth-century, French grant to the Abbey of La Garde-Dieu by Haimeric de Gordo [Gourdon], son of Ratier de Castelnau, of "la terra de Castelnau, 1 March 1241, in the reign of Louis IX, and Raymond VII Count of Toulouse, Gérard de Baras, Bishop of Cahors, with the names of seven witnesses including the scribe, in the Quercy dialect of the Provençal language., clear documentary script, and Produced in France at the Cistercian Abbey of La Garde-Dieu (Cottineau 1: 1253) and dated 1 March 1241. La Garde-Dieu in the diocese of Cahors, was founded in 1150 as a daughter-house of Aubazine. The Abbey is a few miles south of Catelnau-Montratier, the new fortified town built by Ratier, the father of the grantor, on the site of a town destroyed by Simon de Montfort. On the reverse side of the document are several different inscriptions in various hands including: a summary of the charter and the date "1241" in an early hand; the number "144" in an early hand; the number "9352" in pencil in a modern hand; two inscriptions in fourteenth- or fifteenth-century scripts; "chapitre chronologique" in a seventeenth- through nineteenth-century script. Purchased by Alan G Thomas in 1970 from the Phillips Collection and acquired by the Mackus Company shortly thereafter; purchased by Special Collections, Waldo Library from Mackus Company, Fairlawn, Ohio on May 8, 1999.
- Date Created:
- 1241-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Western Michigan University. Libraries
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- 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., 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., flourishing, protogothic documentary script, and 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.
- Date Created:
- 1222-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Western Michigan University. Libraries
- Notes:
- 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., 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., flourishing, protogothic documentary script, and 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.
- Date Created:
- 1222-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Western Michigan University. Libraries
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- Folded at bottom with a few small worm holes throughout. Attached is a seal tag that was cut from an earlier document of which some of the words are still visible. Attached to the tag is a narrow band formerly used to hold an affiliated claim (see MS 157)., Quitclaim by Hugh, son of Simon of Rodes, to Walter son of Walter de Haweswrd (Haukesw[o]rd), relinquishing all rights to the four acres in the field of Rodes [in Menston] that Robert Ruffus had by grant of Hugh’s brother Thomas. Witnessed by Simon Ward miles (c. 1291-1326; Moor 5), Mathew Burne, Hugh de Berwicke, Walter de Midelton, Simon son of Thomas de Giselay, Thomas (Francisus?), and William son of Matilda de Haukesw[o]rd. Undated, no warranty clause., 1 column of 9 lines ruled in plummet in English cursive documentary script., and Written in England, the document concerns lands in Rodes, i.e., Rhodes Green in Menston, NW of Leeds, Yorks WR, near Hawksworth and Guiseley. Dated to the late thirteenth century, or not much later, on paleographic grounds, and on the identification of one of the witnesses, Simon Ward miles (known 1291-1326; Moor 84:155-6). Description from Regan/Lynch.
- Date Created:
- [1275 TO 1325]
- Data Provider:
- Western Michigan University. Libraries
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- Leaf includes plica; folded approximately three times., Enlarged first initial "S" in first line., A chirograph dated 1 October, 1427, for the transfer of land in Barwell (near Hinkley, Leicestershire), by Sir William Babington (Babyngton) to John Howes and his wife Matilda. Bottom half folded with four seal tags attached, the last appears to be from a fragment of an early Middle English text, which must predate 1427, and with the words “men to persue your laws with other w…” still visible. A red wax seal is attached to the last tag., 1 column of 15 lines, ruled in dry point in early Middle English text documentary script. The text fading at folds., and England, the date 1 October 1427 appears at the end of the text. Sir William Babington (c.1370–1454), justice, Order of the Bath, was born into an ancient Northumberland family and pursued a highly successful legal career that allowed him to greatly extend his family’s landholdings, which included estates in Leicestershire on the border of Nottinghamshire (Payling). Purchased by Special Collections, Waldo Library, from the Mackus Company, Springfield, Illinois (D6309).
- Date Created:
- 1427-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Western Michigan University. Libraries
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- Fragments of a 15th-century Latin printed text of Ecclesiastes with commentary on the back., Housed in a modern, mat frame (360 x 410 mm) with vendor's prospectus on back; visible on one side only., Eschatol portion of a fifteenth-century, French charter (probably a compte) involving Count Olivier Mairousse and the Duchess of Burgundy., cursiva formata or Burgundian bastard script, and Produced in Burgundy, France and dated 31 December 1436 in document (modern date of, 9 January 1437). Acquired from the Ricketts Collection by the Mackus Company, Fairlawn, Ohio; purchased from the Mackus Company by Special Collections, Waldo Library in May of 2002.
- Date Created:
- 1437-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Western Michigan University. Libraries
- Notes:
- Fragments of a 15th-century Latin printed text of Ecclesiastes with commentary on the back., Housed in a modern, mat frame (360 x 410 mm) with vendor's prospectus on back; visible on one side only., Eschatol portion of a fifteenth-century, French charter (probably a compte) involving Count Olivier Mairousse and the Duchess of Burgundy., cursiva formata or Burgundian bastard script, and Produced in Burgundy, France and dated 31 December 1436 in document (modern date of, 9 January 1437). Acquired from the Ricketts Collection by the Mackus Company, Fairlawn, Ohio; purchased from the Mackus Company by Special Collections, Waldo Library in May of 2002.
- Date Created:
- 1437-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Western Michigan University. Libraries
- Date Created:
- [1906 TO 2002]
- Data Provider:
- Capital Area District Library (Lansing, MI). Forest Parke Library and Archives
- Collection:
- Lansing YWCA
- Notes:
- Later inscriptions identifying the manuscript., Housed behind glass in a modern, wooden frame (245 x 345) visible on one side only; dealer's prospectus on back., Fifteenth-century, French charter of Charles the Bold (1433-1477), last reigning Duke of Burgundy, granting a pension to his faithful vassal Ranlequin de Fontaines for wounds he received during military service. The military service probably included Charles' 1475 campaign in Lorraine. The document is signed by Charles and several of his important advisers including the Bishop of Tournai. Other names mentioned include: Master Pierre Bogart, Jehan Ondart, and J. Gros. For complete transcription and translation of this document see bibliographic file., Burgundian Bastard (cursiva media/libraria) script, and Written in Nancy, Duchy of Lorraine (Lothaire), modern day France in 1475. Document must have been written shortly after Charles' capture of Nancy in 1475, which he promptly lost to René II, Duke of Lorraine in 1476. The text reads, "donne en notre ville de nanc_," the rest of the word is cropped, but most likely refers to Nancy. "Copie" written in the same hand along the top; faded pencil inscription along the bottom; scribal inscription, in less formal hand just below text, "Ceste copie a este collotionne aux lesd. Originals par moy" followed by elaborate signature. Purchased by Special Collections, Waldo Library from Mackus Company, Fairlawn Ohio, in July of 2005.
- Date Created:
- 1475-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Western Michigan University. Libraries