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[Two letters concerning the territories of the late Amaury de Sevrac] : 1446-1447

Available Online: https://colenda.library.upenn.edu/catalog/81431-p3jp98
Title: [Two letters concerning the territories of the late Amaury de Sevrac] : 1446-1447
Name: Charles VII, King of France, 1403-1461
Date: 1446/1447
Item Type: Text
Physical Format: Manuscripts, French, Manuscripts, Renaissance, manuscripts (documents)
Description: Two letters concerning the territories of the late Amaury de Sevrac. First letter, dated 26 August 1446, is from King Charles VII of France to his councillors and treasurers. This letter instructs that the territories of the late Amaury de Sevrac, which had been held illegally by Jean d'Armagnac, were henceforth to be united with the royal domain. Second letter, dated 18 January 1446 [sic; i.e. 1447], is from the royal treasurers to the seneschal of Rovergue, instructing him to carry out the king's wishes.
Extent: 2 items (2 leaves) : parchment ; 20 x 39 cm and 9 x 37 cm
Language: French
Coverage: 15th century
Note: Incipit of first letter: Charles par la grace de dieu roy de france, a nos amez et feaulx conseillers les tresoriers de france salut et dileccion. ..., Incipit of second letter: Les tresoriers de France Aux seneschal et juge ..., France; first letter written at Razilly., Bâtarde., Letter from King Charles VII is not signed. The signature, if there was one, may have been cut away, necessitating the parchment repair evident in the lower margin., There was a wax seal on the second letter, but it is no longer extant., Transcriptions and dealer's catalog on file in the Library., In French.
Relation: Digital facsimile for browsing (Colenda): https://colenda.library.upenn.edu/catalog/81431-p3jp98
Subject: History
Geographic Subject: France -- History -- 15th century, France, Armagnac (France), Gascony (France)
Physical Location: Kislak Center for Special Collections, Rare Books and Manuscripts, Manuscripts, Ms. Oversize 13
Provenance: Provenance: Archives de l'Ordre de Malthe (stamp on second letter)., Sold by Maison Jacques, Étienne et Noël Charavay (Paris), 1952.
Rights: https://rightsstatements.org/vocab/NoC-US/1.0/
Bibnumber: 9915804053503681

IIIF manifest: https://colenda.library.upenn.edu/items/ark:/81431/p3jp98/manifest

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