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LJS 275 - Martinus, son of Forte - Martinus land sale document
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Lawrence J. Schoenberg Collection: LJS 275 - Martinus, son of Forte - Martinus land sale document
Author:
Martinus, son of Forte.
Title:
Martinus land sale document, 823 .
Physical description:
1 item (1 leaf) : parchment ; 440 x 195 mm.
Summary:
Document written on parchment in Benevento, Italy, in August of 823, recorded in the document as the seventh year of the principate of Sicone (Licone di Aurenza). Record of the sale of land including a vineyard and orchards in A lo Tuoro by Martinus, son of Forte, and his son, Maius, to Bonepaertus, son of Alfanus, for 4 Beneventan gold soldi and 2 tremisses (three-pence pieces). Signed by 6 witnesses. Written in a single column of 21 lines in the provincial chancery script that developed from Ravenna cursive and from which developed Beneventan bookhand, already in use by this date. 16th-century description on verso.
Notes:
Title supplied by cataloger.
Cite as:
UPenn LJS 275
Manuscript location:
Rare Book & Manuscript Library University of Pennsylvania LJS 275
 
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