cartulary
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thumb|upright=1.4|A chained Cartulary from Senlis, northern France. A cartulary or chartulary (; Latin: cartularium or chartularium), also called pancarta or codex diplomaticus, is a medieval manuscript volume or roll (rotulus) containing transcriptions of original documents relating to the foundation, privileges, and legal rights of ecclesiastical establishments, municipal corporations, industrial associations, institutions of learning, or families. The term is sometimes also applied to collections of original documents bound in one volume or attached to one another so as to form a roll, as w
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Encyclopedic overview
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- Definitions
- Development and contents
- Publication and surveys
- List of cartularies
- Chartoularios
- Notes
- Sources
- External links
thumb|upright=1.4|A chained Cartulary from Senlis, northern France. A cartulary or chartulary (; Latin: cartularium or chartularium), also called pancarta or codex diplomaticus, is a medieval manuscript volume or roll (rotulus) containing transcriptions of original documents relating to the foundation, privileges, and legal rights of ecclesiastical establishments, municipal corporations, industrial associations, institutions of learning, or families. The term is sometimes also applied to collections of original documents bound in one volume or attached to one another so as to form a roll, as well as to custodians of such collections.
==Definitions== Michael Clanchy defines a cartulary as "a collection of title deeds copied into a register for greater security".
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