medieval-religion: Scholarly discussions of medieval religion and culture
Werner Robl <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
>Christopher: Your ancient map of the diocese of Chartres is wonderful
and very useful.
yes, it is, isn't it...
>Alas, the titles of the minor churches are not readable and the right side
seems to be cut off. Are you able to give a higher resolution and greater
format?
i scanned that map several years ago, when i was just starting out in
web-based comptuering, Werner, and that was the best i could do, at that time,
and still keep the thing a reasonable size (270k).
actually, most of the smaller places *are* legible --if you know what they are
beforehand (:-)
i'll try and do another scan with the greater knowledge of what it is that i'm
doing i have now and see if i can improve things a bit.
probably i'll have to split the map up into two parts.
i will let you know if and when i get this done --major problem is that i have
to *find* my copy of the map first.
>Are there any further maps of the neighbouring dioceses?
there may be, but i don't know of any.
that one is the work of the great Archiviste of the Eure-et-Loire, Lucien
Merlet, and was published in the Mémoires of the local archeological societé
(which he helped to found, of course) in the 1860s i believe --i'm not sure of
the exact date since i just found the map itself in a shop and not the whole
issue of the memoires.
i've never read anything about that map, but i *assume* that it *may* not have
been based on any single older one and that Merlet generated it himself from
the several extant _pouillés_ of the diocese, from various charters he came
across while he was engaged in the monumental task of organising the archives
and writing the first Inventiare Sommaires of their _fonds_.
i find the the map a quite extraordinary bit of work, actually; and i've not
found any errors in it, myself.
Merlet, who was a very prolific author and editor over his long life (he was
archiviste for 50+ years), was also responsible for founding the series of
"Dictionnaires topographiques" of the Départements, publishing the first in
the series, devoted to the Eure-et-Loir :
Dictionnaire topographique du département d'Eure-et-Loir comprenant les noms
de lieu anciens et modernes, rédigé sous les auspices de la Société
archéologique d'Eure-et-Loir par M. Lucien Merlet.
Published: Paris, Imprimerie impériale, 1861.
Description: 2 p. l., xxiv, 254 p., 1 l. 28 cm.
this is an invaluable resource for anyone who is working with the charters of
the diocese.
the series is still being published, glacially, as only the French can do
things, but the one for the Parisian region has yet to be done --though i
*think* that there is a "fichier" extant in the archives at Versailles which
is consultable (if you can get to Versailles).
the "fichier" from which Merlet put together his publication is available in
the archives at Chartres and many of its entries contain a bit more detailed
information about mentions of various places in the charters.
best from here,
christopher
(who has to go home now and start a fire in his woodstove and try and thaw out
his kitchen a bit.)
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