Final concord following disputes between Gui IV - de Mostuejouls, the lord of Pinet, and the inhabitants of his castle de Mostuejouls, the lord of Pinet, and the inhabitants of his castle, in Latin, vast manuscript scroll on parchment [southern France (Rouergue, in Aveyron), dated 7 January 1507/08] Vast scroll on 8 membranes, now dismembered, wanting last section with seals, else complete, single column, 396 lines in a large and clear secretarial hand, opening words of each major section in larger version of same, one large initial at beginning, parchment brittle in places and damaged at edges (with some tears and losses to text), occasional spots and stains, but still almost entirely legible and almost certainly restorable as a single object by a good conservator, once 490mm. wide and nearly 5m. long Probably from the archives of the counts of Mostuejouls, who held estates in the Rouergue region of the Aveyron in southern France from the eleventh century. The castle of Mostuejouls still stands and is on the Tarn river. While this document has sustained some damage in the last half millennium, it is still clear that it is an abnormally large and impressive record of what must have been a primarily local dispute. It narrates the complex and difficult relationship between the overbearing feudal lord of Pinet and his long-suffering subjects, noting that he has recently directed the demolition of some walls with towers surrounding the castle, and that he had built up his own house over what had been a communal paved area. In addition, he has had his latrines constructed so that their waste falls out directly over the main gate, in a way which the inhabitants claim is unlawful. This is the final concord which states that he must rebuild the walls which were torn down, reroute his latrines and give the residents a two-storey house for public meetings and storage of their documents in compensation of their loss of public space. While a booklet might have sufficed to contain this record, the size and format of this scroll suggest instead that it was intended for public display, perhaps in the building that the lord of Pinet had to forfeit for public meetings.
Final concord following disputes between Gui IV - de Mostuejouls, the lord of Pinet, and the inhabitants of his castle de Mostuejouls, the lord of Pinet, and the inhabitants of his castle, in Latin, vast manuscript scroll on parchment [southern France (Rouergue, in Aveyron), dated 7 January 1507/08] Vast scroll on 8 membranes, now dismembered, wanting last section with seals, else complete, single column, 396 lines in a large and clear secretarial hand, opening words of each major section in larger version of same, one large initial at beginning, parchment brittle in places and damaged at edges (with some tears and losses to text), occasional spots and stains, but still almost entirely legible and almost certainly restorable as a single object by a good conservator, once 490mm. wide and nearly 5m. long Probably from the archives of the counts of Mostuejouls, who held estates in the Rouergue region of the Aveyron in southern France from the eleventh century. The castle of Mostuejouls still stands and is on the Tarn river. While this document has sustained some damage in the last half millennium, it is still clear that it is an abnormally large and impressive record of what must have been a primarily local dispute. It narrates the complex and difficult relationship between the overbearing feudal lord of Pinet and his long-suffering subjects, noting that he has recently directed the demolition of some walls with towers surrounding the castle, and that he had built up his own house over what had been a communal paved area. In addition, he has had his latrines constructed so that their waste falls out directly over the main gate, in a way which the inhabitants claim is unlawful. This is the final concord which states that he must rebuild the walls which were torn down, reroute his latrines and give the residents a two-storey house for public meetings and storage of their documents in compensation of their loss of public space. While a booklet might have sufficed to contain this record, the size and format of this scroll suggest instead that it was intended for public display, perhaps in the building that the lord of Pinet had to forfeit for public meetings.
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