tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6250713400045458826.post1435556517208453079..comments2022-08-07T16:00:37.776-04:00Comments on Clio's Disciple: Notes from the archivesclio's disciplehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13640279322691564414noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6250713400045458826.post-75587579834643015192010-10-07T14:35:47.565-04:002010-10-07T14:35:47.565-04:00I would assume the letters are dictated. I do not,...I would assume the letters are dictated. I do not, unfortunately, have copies of the sent letters to compare. <br /><br />These are 14th-century registers of letters; this bishopric has volume after volume of letters written one after another, often several short ones on the same folio. The opening formulae and ending dates are often highly abbreviated. I think the letters were composed in quires were subsequently bound into volumes (large volumes, at that). I'm not positive of that, but quires may occasionally be out of chronological order.clio's disciplehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13640279322691564414noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6250713400045458826.post-82008675309404261492010-10-07T14:02:27.672-04:002010-10-07T14:02:27.672-04:00That's really interesting, both the bishop dis...That's really interesting, both the bishop disciplining the nuns and the scribe losing it, and the preservation. Presumably the scribes here are not the bishops, so the composition is by dictation, or from formulae with notes? And they then clean it up and use it as a master for the actual issued documents, I suppose. Do you have any such copies from elsewhere?<br /><br />I guess that scandal is just difficult to phrase around, anyway; it nay not be outrage so much as second thought. Still indicates disturbance of mind, though, I would agree with that, But mainly--predictably--I am interested in the preservation. And envious of the archive time of course! Good luck.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com