The Languages of Anglo-Saxon Charters Database

SEARCH CRITERIA

Sawyer No.
Charter Date from AD to AD
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Single Sheets Only

By ticking this box you will limit your search to those charters that survive in single-sheet form (including both original single sheets and later single-sheet copies).

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Issuing Authority

The Issuing Authority is here defined as the individual(s) or institution(s) in whose name(s) the charter was drawn up, regardless of the actual means of production of the document. In most cases, this person is the benefactor of a gift and in the text they speak in the first person. Note that this definition does not take into account either who is named within the witness list of a charter or any references to the consent of higher authorities (such as the king)..

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Exclude Spurious

By ticking this box you will exclude forgeries and spurious material from your search. Your search will therefore be limited to those charters that are deemed likely (on the basis of the majority of scholarly opinion) to include substantially authentic Anglo-Saxon material.

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Latin with Limited Old English: Topographical Term(s)

By ticking this box you are searching for charters that within the main text are entirely in Latin except for the inclusion of Old English words that indicate a location in the landscape. Many of these vernacular words may be considered to represent place-names. These words are not syntactically independent of the Latin of the text.

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Latin with Limited Old English: Other Term(s)

By ticking this box you are searching for charters that within the main text are entirely in Latin except for the inclusion of a single or small number of Old English words that are doing something other than describing the landscape. These words are not syntactically independent of the Latin of the text.

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Latin with Limited Old English: Self-Contained Passage(s)

By ticking this box you are searching for charters that within the main text are predominantly in Latin but include an Old English passage that is syntactically self-contained.

LANGUAGE FILTERS

Entirely Latin
Latin with Limited Old English: Topographical Term(s)
Latin with Limited Old English: Other Term(s)
Latin with Limited Old English: Self-Contained Passage(s)
Almost Entirely Old English
Entirely Old English
Equivalent Amounts of Latin and Old English
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Boundary Clause: Introduction

The ´Introduction´ is the clause that prefaces and introduces a set of bounds. Not all charters with bounds necessarily contain such an introductory statement. Moreover, the language(s) of an introductory passage is not necessarily the same as the language(s) of the bounds themselves. An example in Latin is as follows: Sunt autem termini telluris istius haec (S 114).

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Boundary Clause: Boundaries

The ´Boundaries´ are the description of the geographic limits of the land with which a charter is concerned. Bounds naturally include multiple topographical references, many of which are non–latinised and may thus perhaps be understood as place-names. Such non–latinised words are considered here as Old English, hence the language of many of the bounds have been categorized as ´mixed´.

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Endorsement

Endorsements are defined here as text written on the dorse of a charter that is something other than a witness list or a passage that was begun on the face of the charter and continued onto the dorse due to a lack of space. In most instances, endorsements were written so that they would be visible after the single sheet had been folded. Note that for many charters surviving only in later forms, it is often impossible to know what text, if any, existed on the dorse of the original charter. This database therefore only catalogues endorsements surviving on surviving single sheets, as well as those surviving in later copies that are explicitly stated to contain text that was once found on the dorse of a single sheet.

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Personal Names

Here you can search for instances of personal names that have been latinised by the addition of a –us ending. Note that it is extremely common in predominantly Latin charters to find personal names with the addition of an –o ending when the name is an indirect object. The addition of a –us ending for a personal name acting as the subject of a clause is less common; therefore, for the present catalogue it has been deemed to be a more pertinent criteria for searches.

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