Title supplied by cataloger. Script: Written in a flourishing, protogothic documentary script. Remnant of a green wax seal appended to parchment tag. Ms. document. Accompanying materials: With remnant of one green wax seal appended to a parchment tag. Produced at the Abbey of-aux Dames (Cottineau 1:553) and dated August 1222 in the document. The 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 (15th-16th century) indicates that the family home was later still known as Calumbiers (Coulombiers) ; possible scribal signature ; six-line...
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