Wellesley College, MS 11

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Metadata

DS ID:

DS16403

Shelfmark:

MS 11

Title:

Confirmation of possessions and privileges of the Monastery of St. Boniface and St. Alexius in Rome

Confirmation

Author:

Otto III, Holy Roman Emperor, 980-1002

Otto III WIKIDATA

Place:

Rome, Italy

Rome TGN

Italy TGN

Date:

996

tenth century (dates CE) AAT

Language:

In Latin

Latin WIKIDATA

Material:

parchment

Parchment AAT

Physical Description:

Extent: 1 sheet : parchment ; 711 x 534 (437 x 385) mm

Former Owner(s):

Payne, J. T

J. T. Payne WIKIDATA

Medlicott, William Gibbons, 1816-1883

William Gibbons Medlicott WIKIDATA

Basilica of Ss. Bonifacio e Alessio all'Aventino (Rome, Italy)

Santi Bonifacio e Alessio WIKIDATA

Note:

Title supplied by cataloger.
Parchment diploma.
Layout: 1 column, 23 lines of documentary text.
Script: Written in a notarial script in brown ink.
Origin: Written in Rome (signed by Emperor Otto III, with his monogram and seal) on 31 May 996.
In 1854, still belonged to the church of Sant'Alessio on the Aventine in Rome, where it was seen by Ludwig Bethmann. The document disappeared before 1865 and passed into the hands of J.T. Payne. Belonged to William G. Medlicott, Longmeadow (Cat. 1878, n. 2723)

Keyword:

Privileges and immunities

Manuscripts

Manuscripts, Latin (Medieval and modern)

Massachusetts--Wellesley

Europe--Holy Roman Empire

Charters

Institutional Record:

https://libcat.wellesley.edu/Record/in00000625536

IIIF Manifest:

https://repository.wellesley.edu/node/35379/manifest

Holding Institution:

Wellesley College