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Contributing Institution:
Department of Special Collections and University Archives
Title: Miscellaneous medieval and early modern documents
source:
Kovacs, Frank L.
Identifier/Call Number: M0535
Identifier/Call Number: 585
Physical Description:
4 Linear Feet
(38 items)
Date (inclusive): 1326-1867
Language of Material:
Multiple languages
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Collection mostly purchased as a group from dealer Frank L. Kovacs. Mostly unrelated documents, primarily 17th and 18th century,
in French and German, but also a few in Old French, English, Italian, Latin, and Hebrew. Many from Bern (some of these are
related) and one each from Geneva, Paris, Kensington, and London. Includes apprenticeship papers, monetary accounts, contracts,
a marriage announcement, a medical or coroner's report, and a life annuity contract.
[Identification of item] Miscellaneous medieval and early modern documents, M0535, Dept. of Special Collections, Stanford
Libraries, Stanford, Calif.
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Most items purchased 1989.
These materials are believed to be in the public domain. There are no restrictions on use of public domain materials.
Open for research. Note that material must be requested at least 36 hours in advance of intended use. Selected documents have
been digitized.
Subjects and Indexing Terms
Paleography.
14th century -- France.
17th century -- France.
18th century -- France.
17th century -- Germany.
18th century -- Germany.
18th century -- Italy.
17th century -- Switzerland.
18th century -- Switzerland.
Social history -- 17th century.
Social history -- 18th century.
Bern (Switzerland) -- Social conditions.
Medieval and Renaissance studies -- France -- 14th century.
Kovacs, Frank L.