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Title: Donation document made out to the Sancti Lazari leprosis fratibus'
Authors: Melisende, Queen of Jerusalem
Keywords: Melisende, Queen of Jerusalem, 1105-1161
Order of Saint Lazarus of Jerusalem -- History
Land titles -- Registration and transfer -- Jerusalem
Issue Date: 1151
Abstract: Document by Melisende, Queen of Jerusalem to the Sancti Lazari leprosis fratibus' dated 1151, of five carucates of land in the territory of Betlehem with the proiso that George and Salomon who cultivate that vineland retain half the proceeds. The donation was made since the queen wished to remove a wall which blocked David’s Tower and the adjoining gate.
Description: Transcribed in: A. de Marsy [ed.]. Fragment d’un Cartulaire de l’Ordre de Saint-Lazare en Terre Sainte. Archives de l’Orient latin, Ernest Leroux, Paris, Vol.2, 1884, no.II, p.121-163
Transcribed in: Charles Savona-Ventura. The Order of Saint Lazarus in the Holy Land. Grand Priory of the Maltese Islands - MHOSLJ, Malta, 2011
French translation in: L. Cibrario. Precis historique des Ordres religieux et militaries de S. Lazare et dr S. Mauruice avant et après leur reunion. [French edition, trans. H. Ferrand], L. Perrin, Lyon, 1860, p.20
OSML/MA: Ms. fol.9
URI: https://www.um.edu.mt/library/oar//handle/123456789/2207
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