Endowments to the Cistercian nuns of St Jacobi

[Halberstadt] - Ludolf I of Schladen, Bishop of Halberstadt (r. 1236-1241). Document.

Halb[erstadt], "2. Nonis Januarii [i.e. 4 Jan.] 1237 pontificatus nostri anno primo".

Large 4to. 1 p. Latin manuscript on vellum with throne seal attached to red silk cord (ca. 7 cm in diameter).

€ 28,000.00

Bishop Ludolf witnesses various endowments to the monastery of the Cistercian nuns in Halberstadt, St Jacobi (also known as Burchardi Abbey).

1) Isabella, widow of Hermann von Harbke ("hartbeke"), and her three daughters Bertha (wife of Count Friedrich von Kirchberg), Gisela (a canoness in Gernrode), and Mechtild (a canoness in Quedlinburg) gift a mill and several plots of land in Klein-Quenstedt. The cited witnesses are the provost Meinhard, the dean Johann, the provost Anno von Bossleben, the provost Arnold von St. Pauli, the vicedominus Burchard, the provost Albrecht von Borschla, the priests and canons Gerhard and Lentfried, as well as the noblemen Werner von Suseliz, Johann von Alvensleben, Bruno von Aspenstedt, and Friedrich von Harsleben.

2) The nobleman Bernhard von Aspenstedt gifts a plot of land on Goldbach brook. The cited witnesses are Heinrich von Quenstedt, Bruno von Aspenstedt, Johann von Gatersleben, and steward Ulrich von Quenstedt.

3) Bernhard Caldune and his brothers gift seven acres in Wehrstedt. The cited witnesses are the noblemen Bernhard and Bruno von Aspenstedt and Friedrich von Winnigstedt.

Condition

Exceptionally well preserved, with only two tiny wormholes in the vellum. The seal is nearly entirely undamaged, showing only slight chips to the legend. Documents of such quality dating from the High Middle Ages are rare in the trade.

References

Urkundenbuch des Hochstifts Halberstadt und seiner Bischöfe, vol. 2, no. 655. For the seal see plate VII, fig. 44.

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