University of Pennsylvania, Ms. Coll. 792

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Metadata

DS ID:

DS2086

Shelfmark:

Ms. Coll. 792

Title:

Tailles de Blois,

Author:

Blois (France : County). Noblesse

House of Blois WIKIDATA

Date:

1354.

fourteenth century (dates CE) AAT

Language:

In Middle French

Middle French WIKIDATA

Physical Description:

Extent: 1 parchment

Note:

Strip I consists of a single piece of parchment; strip II consists of 2 shorter strips sewn together; strip III consists of 5 shorter strips sewn together.
Title taken from a docket of later date on the verso of strip I.
Incipit: Ce sont les tailles Mons. le Comte de Blois faites sus ses homes et fames de chief et de courps et ymposes en lan liiii par Simon Robelet ...
County of Blois, in France. Date given in line 2 as "lan liiii;" the date 1354 is given in a docket of later date on the verso of strip I.
Gothic cursive.
There is a large hole in the parchment of strip III, probably due to an imperfection in the hide. There are several other tears or holes that have been mended.
Oblong; uneven.
Strip I measures 15 x 52 cm., folded to 15 x 30 cm.; strip II measures 14 x 67 cm, folded to 14 x 24 cm.; strip III measure 14 x 160 cm., folded to 14 x 32 cm.
On the verso of strip I, at the top, there is a brief note that appears to be contemporary with and in the same hand as the rest of the document. Below this is a brief docket of later date.
Acquired, 1967.

Keyword:

Manuscripts, Medieval

Manuscripts, French

tax records

Tax assessment

Taxation

Parishes

France--Blois (County)

France

Early works

Institutional Record:

https://franklin.library.upenn.edu/catalog/FRANKLIN_9915804003503681

IIIF Manifest:

https://colenda.library.upenn.edu/phalt/iiif/2/81431-p3c824h47/manifest

Holding Institution:

University of Pennsylvania