Charters on Scrolls, 14th to 16th centuries

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Loyola Marymount University, Department of Archives and Special Collections, William H. Hannon Library

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2015

Descriptive Summary

Title: Charters on Scrolls, 14th to 16th centuries

Dates: 14th century-16th century

Collection Number: 085

Creator/Collector:

Extent: 2 boxes and 1 oversize folder (2.5 linear feet)

Repository: Loyola Marymount University, Department of Archives and Special Collections, William H. Hannon Library

Los Angeles, California 90045-2659

Abstract: This small collection consists of charters from the fourteenth through the sixteenth centuries.

Language of Material: Latin

Access

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Publication Rights

Collection is open to research under the terms of use of the Department of Archives and Special Collections, Loyola Marymount University.

Preferred Citation

Charters on Scrolls, 14th to 16th centuries. Loyola Marymount University, Department of Archives and Special Collections, William H. Hannon Library

Acquisition Information

Accession number: 2009.23

Scope and Content of Collection

This collection consists of twenty-two charter from the fourteenth through the sixteenth centuries; twenty-one are on parchment scrolls and one charter is on flat parchment leaf. Written in a crabbed notarial hand, the majority are from Italy and one concerns Bergamo. The charters record alienation of property or confirmation of property rights in urban areas.