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RRR:
Correspondence/envoy
196
year: 1120
initiator: Ansellus gloriosissimi Sepulcri cantor et presbiter
recipient: Gerbert, bishop of Paris, the archdeacons Stephen and Rainald, the dean Bernier, the precentor Adam and all the chapter of the cathedral of Paris
institution: Holy Sepulchre
text: First half of year. Jerusalem. Ansellus gloriosissimi Sepulcri cantor et presbiter writes to Gerbert, bishop of Paris, the archdeacons Stephen and Rainald, the dean Bernier, the precentor Adam and all the chapter of the cathedral of Paris. Although absent for 24 years, he records how he was brought up among them and has never forgotten them. Out of love for them he persuaded dominus W. [Warmund of Picquigny], the patriarch of Jerusalem, and the canons of the Holy Sepulchre to be joined in prayer to Paris. He sends a relic of the True Cross, which had belonged to King David of Georgia and was brought by David’s widow to Jerusalem when, in the pontificate of Patriarch Gibelin, she retired to a Georgian nunnery there. This nunnery came under Latin patriarchal jurisdiction. First half of year. Jerusalem. Ansellus gloriosissimi Sepulcri cantor et presbiter writes to Gerbert, bishop of Paris, the archdeacons Stephen and Rainald, the dean Bernier, the precentor Adam and all the chapter of the cathedral of Paris. Although absent for 24 years, he records how he was brought... more
sources: Lasteyrie, Cartulaire général de Paris, pp. 171-2, no. 151; Bautier, ‘L’envoi’, pp. 387-97; Richard, ‘Quelques textes’, pp. 423-6 (RRH no. 54)
RRR:
Correspondence/envoy
202
year: 1121
initiator: Ansellus gloriosissimi Sepulcri cantor et presbiter
recipient: Cathedral chapter in Paris
text: Early in the year. Further to his letter [written in the first half of 1120], Ansellus gloriosissimi Sepulcri cantor et presbiter adds for the benefit of the cathedral chapter in Paris a history of the True Cross and he supplements his gift with another cross, made from stone from the Holy Sepulchre. This will be brought to Paris by Bernardus Sancte Genovefe precentor. Early in the year. Further to his letter [written in the first half of 1120], Ansellus gloriosissimi Sepulcri cantor et presbiter adds for the benefit of the cathedral chapter in Paris a history of the True Cross and he supplements his gift with another cross, made from stone from the Holy... more
sources: Lasteyrie, Cartulaire général de Paris, pp. 172-3, no. 152; Bautier, ‘L’envoi’, p. 392 (RRH no. 56)

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