Digital facsimile of document written on parchment in Benevento, Italy, in 821, recorded in the document as the fifth year of the principate of Sicone (Licone di Aurenza). Record of a grant of level land in Murtula by Waldipertus (Gualdipertus), son of Adelpertus, to Lupus, Lampertus, Amipertus, and Walpertus (Gualpertus), sons of Bonepertus; Radeprandus, son of Radulus; and Adelprandus, son of Ragimpertus. Signed by 5 or 6 witnesses. Written in a single column of 23 lines in the provincial chancery script that developed from Ravenna cursive and from which developed Beneventan bookhand, already in use by this date. A 16th-century description on the verso incorrectly dates the manuscript to 854.
Language:
Latin
Provenance:
Formerly in the collection of the Archivio della Badia di Cava (I n. 37 (ARCA 84 n. 14)), Cava de' Tirreni, Italy.; Sold by Maggs Bros., August 1998, to Lawrence J. Schoenberg (LJS 273).; Gift of Lawrence J. Schoenberg and Barbara Brizdle, 2010.; Transferred from the University of Pennsylvania to United States federal authorities, 2019.
Relation:
Digital facsimile for download (OPenn): https://openn.library.upenn.edu/Data/0001/html/ljs273.html
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