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Title
Legal documents.
Created
Greek East, 1655-1753.
Physical Description
ff. i + 154 + i : paper ; ca. 310 x 225 mm.
Language
Greek, Modern (1453- )
Notes
Script: Written by many different hands, including (ff. 131r, 133r, 134r, 144r, 145r and probably others) that of Constantine Raphael Byzantinus; this supports Vaporis' conjecture that he is to be identified with Constantine, who signed some of these documents as Referendarius.
Binding: Nineteenth century. Narrow brown calf spine and small corners, blind- and gold-tooled. Marbled paper sides. Upper board detached. Bound together in chronological order probably by Frederick North, 5th Earl of Guilford (1766-1827).
In Greek.
Record created by Beinecke staff from catalog description by Barbara Shailor.
Provenance
Acquired through Thorpe by Sir Thomas Phillipps (no. 7349). Bought from L. C. Witten with funds from the Jacob Ziskind Charitable Trust (MS 22) in 1957.
Access and use
Material is open for research.
Summary
Manuscript on paper (various weights and watermarks) of a Collection of documents, most on financial subjects; 37 are promissory notes, and the remaining 43 include partnership agreements, sales contracts, and various types of settlements. Many involve ecclesiastics of the Patriarchate of Constantinople.
Publications
Ziskind Catalogue, p. 48.
Format
Archives or Manuscripts
Added to Catalog
June 06, 2011
References
Shailor, B. Catalogue of Medieval and Renaissance Manuscripts in the Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library, MS 303.
Legal Documents. General Collection, Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library, Yale University.
Cite as
Legal Documents. General Collection, Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library, Yale University.
Subjects
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