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Miscellaneous manuscripts, 1355-1356.
Kislak Center for Special Collections - Manuscripts Misc Mss Box 11 Folder 5
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- Format:
- Manuscript
- Author/Creator:
- Lempereur, Jacques.
- Language:
- French, Middle (ca. 1300-1600)
- Subjects (All):
- Soldiers--France--History--14th century.
- Soldiers.
- History.
- Economic conditions.
- France--History--14th century--Economic conditions.
- France.
- Genre:
- receipts (financial records)
- Manuscripts, French.
- Manuscripts, Medieval.
- Penn Provenance:
- Purchased, 1957.
- Physical Description:
- 2 items (2 leaves) : parchment
- Contained In:
- Miscellaneous Manuscripts. Box 11 Folder 5
- Place of Publication:
- 1355-1356.
- Language Note:
- In French.
- Biography/History:
- Very likely the treasurer of Jehan de France, Comte de Poiters, duc de Berry and son of King Jean II.
- Summary:
- Two receipts of payment for military services rendered, given by two soldiers to Jacques Lempereur. The first receipt was given by Betran de Tarride on 1355 Oct. 1. The text is written in 5 long lines, in a secretary script; a piece of a wax seal depicting a coat of arms is attached to the bottom right corner of the vellum leaf. The second receipt is given by Jehan de St. Germain on 1356 Aug. 1. The text is written in 7 long lines, in a secretary script. It also has a wax seal attached to the vellum in the bottom right corner, with a different coat of arms.
- Cited in:
- Described in Zacour, Norman P. and Hirsch, Rudolf. Catalogue of Manuscripts in the Libraries of the University of Pennsylvania to 1800 (Philadelphia: University of Pennsylvania Press, 1965), p.187 (Ms. Lea 197).
- OCLC:
- 237164701
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