STOLBERG-WERNIGERODE. -

CHARTER AND GRANT. Manuscript on vellum in Latin and German.

      0 1466 - Neat cursive script in brown ink, calligraphic initials, notary's mark handsomely drawn. 39 lines. (16) pp. 4to (227 x 168 mm). Unbound. Manuscript on vellum in Latin and German. (Erfurt ), 1466. Confirmation of a benefaction by Heinrich count of Stolberg-Wernigerode. Official engrossment by the notary Johann Harxeymer, cleric of Mainz, of the charter of Gunther, abbot of St. Peter's in Erfurt, papal commissioner, confirming the grant by Heinrich (the Older, 1433-1511) to the parish churches of St. Martin and St. Mary in Stolberg, and to the hospital of the Holy Cross outside the walls of Stolberg. The text quotes the Bull of Paul II (pope from 1464-71) dating from 1465, and the grant by the count himself, dated 1466 (in German). - First page slightly stained, generally in good condition. Unbound, with no traces of having been bound. MANUSCRIPTS: GENERAL ;