"George FERZOCO" <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
a) I've yet to come across a discussion of medieval bulls in works
dealing with medieval letter-writing;
perhaps we should go back to square one: there's probably something in
the Old Standbyes like Giry's massive _Manual de Paleographie_ and
Lesne's _Histoire de la propriete ecclesiastique_.
Maybe even in Cabrol-Leclerque's _Dictionnaire_ as well --covering the
Beginning of things at least, including the iconography.
all dated, but damned good at getting back to an amazing number of original
sources --the sort of scholarship which doant come up too often, in these
progressive times.
>I'd have thought that a missive in the form of a bull was about as important
as a letter could get
typically ranks first among the charters copied into a new cartulary.
best in bull,
christopher
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