Sale, Benevento, Italy

  • This material is held at
  • Reference
      GB 12 MS Doc.3899
  • Dates of Creation
      16 Dec. 1594 (3 Clement VIII)
  • Language of Material
      English .
  • Physical Description
      1 item(s) vellum vellum

Scope and Content

Sale of a house in the parish of San Modesto, Benevento, to Joseph, Francis and Antonio [surnames lost]. Formerly the binding of Cambridge University Library Inc 3729, with four illegible fragments from another deed of roughly equal date.

Access Information

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Acquisition Information

Purchased at Sotheby's, 13 December 1932 (J Meade Falkner Sale, Lot 252), binding transferred to Department of Manuscripts, November 1948

Other Finding Aids

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Physical Characteristics and/or Technical Requirements

Badly worn and damaged at top and folds, with considerable staining - illegible in parts. Surviving leather thong.