medieval-religion: Scholarly discussions of medieval religion and culture
Dear List: On "festuca notata" I forgot to mention that the
separation of two copies of the same contract by an alphabet which
was then cut apart or through by a wavy line was very common (well
known in northern Europe including England) and is called by
diplomatists a chirograph. John Mundy
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