Città del Vaticano, Biblioteca Apostolica Vaticana, Vat. lat. 4939 (Chronicon Sanctae Sophiae), ed. CSS, III, 12, pp. 500-501

Title: Città del Vaticano, Biblioteca Apostolica Vaticana, Vat. lat. 4939 (Chronicon Sanctae Sophiae), ed. CSS, III, 12, pp. 500-501
Document number: 1391
Author(s): Paola Massa (file creation on 2021-12-12); Paola Massa (last change on 2021-12-12)
Record source: Critical edition
Document type: Marquis’/ducal/princely diploma
Document tradition: Copy
Fiscal property: Yes
Provenance: Sancta Sophia; monasterium (Benevento)

Date: 838 January
Topical date: Benevento
Date/period of redaction: XII pm

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In nomine Domini Dei Salvatoris nostri Iesu Christi. Concessemus nos vir gloriosissimusvir gloriosus/vir sublimis Sicardusprinceps Dei previdentia Langobardorum gentis princepsprinceps, per rogumintercessory Aionisother palatine officer stolesaizother palatine officer nostro, tibi Autulogold, specialized workers aurifegold, specialized workers nostro omnem rem quam Allo conparavit a servi nostri palatii fine preceptoKEYWORD: fiscal property, object, redistributive, confiscation, outflow, iure proprietatis/pleno iure, allocation to individuals, property of criminals/political traitors; KEYWORD: slave de Folianensevillages/settlements, houses, curtes, fiscal property, de maripansatomarepahis Roffridmarepahis, et casellashouses, fiscal property, object, redistributive, outflow, iure proprietatis/pleno iure, allocation to individuals nostri palatii quam tenuit Sarnipertus iocolariusspecialized workers sine preceptofiscal property, mention, inflow, confiscation, ipse vero Sarniperto defunctus est, in ea videlicet ratione ut amodo et deinceps per hoc nostrum roboreum preceptum predicta omnia que superius legitur tu et heredes tui possideatis, et a nullo ex nostris iudicibus, id est comitibus, gastaldeis vel a quibuscumque agentibus habeatis aliquam requisitionem, sed perpetuis temporibus possideatis. Quod vero preceptum concessionis ex iussione nominate potestatis scripsi ego Theodericuswriter. Actum Beneventocities sexto anno, mense ianuario, prima indictio. Feliciter.

Keywords: allocation to individuals, confiscation, fiscal property, gold, houses, inflow, intercessory, iure proprietatis/pleno iure, marepahis, mention, object, other palatine officer, outflow, princeps, property of criminals/political traitors, redistributive, slave, specialized workers, vir gloriosus/vir sublimis.

Editions and document summaries: Editions: IS1 VIII, col. 630D-631B; IS2 X-2, col. 461A-B; CSS, III, 12, pp. 500-501 (source of the text reproduced here). Document summaries: Di Meo 1795-1819, III, p. 375; Poupardin 1907, Catalogue, I, n. 36 (v. Smidt 1910, p. 116); Voigt 1902, 53 (52?); Bertolini P. 1968, pp. 128-129, n. 19. RIM 657 (v. 655).

Bibliography: Bertolini O. 1926, 111.

Links: https://digi.vatlib.it/view/MSS_Vat.lat.4939

Commentary

Il cod. Vat. lat. 4939, noto come Liber preceptorum Beneventani monasterii S. Sophiae o, più comunemente, come Chronicon S. Sophiae, fu redatto nello scriptorium del monastero di S. Sofia di Benevento e terminato nell'anno 1119. Il documento è emesso dal principe Sicardo.