Smith, TW orcid.org/0000-0001-9329-6880 (2015) The Authorship of the Register of Bassus notarius. Manuscripta, 59 (2). pp. 243-263. ISSN 0025-2603
Abstract
The register of Bassus notarius, preserved in Vatican City, Archivio Segreto Vaticano, Miscellanea, Armadio XV, t. 228, is an extremely important-yet heavily fire-damaged and under-researched-collection of notarial documents issued at the papal curia between 1266 and 1276. The authorship of the manuscript is attributed to the papal notary Bassus de Civitate, yet I demonstrate that another scribe (perhaps the famous papal notary Berard of Naples, or someone in his employ) was an important collaborator with Bassus. This scribe composed final sections of the register which account for roughly one-fifth of the whole. In addition, despite the significant fire damage to the manuscript, the hands of further scribes are identified, revealing that the manuscript “of Bassus” was probably more of a communal resource than a private register. The present study therefore nuances the status of Misc., Arm. XV, t. 228 as an autograph of Bassus.
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Keywords: | Register of Bassus; Bassus notarius; Bassus de Civitate; Berardus notarius; Berard of Naples; autograph works; papal notaries; papal government; papal curia; Archivio Segreto Vaticano |
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Institution: | The University of Leeds |
Academic Units: | The University of Leeds > Faculty of Arts, Humanities and Cultures (Leeds) > School of History (Leeds) |
Depositing User: | Symplectic Publications |
Date Deposited: | 09 Nov 2018 15:32 |
Last Modified: | 09 Nov 2018 15:32 |
Status: | Published |
Publisher: | Brepols Publishers |
Identification Number: | https://doi.org/10.1484/J.MSS.5.108297 |