Todd A. Herring Archival Collection
![Charter, [Plataresti Monastery], Bucharest, Romania, Prince Matei Basrab of Wallachia, 1642](https://scholarsjunction.msstate.edu/mss-herring-collection/1006/thumbnail.jpg)
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Description
This document is a charter for a monastery in Romania. The specific monastery is unknown, but it may be the Plataresti Monastery, located outside Bucharest, Romania. The document is written in Moldovan using Cyrillic letters, and was issued by Prince Matei Basrab of Wallachia. Like most legal documents of the 17th century, it is on vellum, and beautifully illustrated. This item was included in the Scrawl and Order exhibit, http://lib.msstate.edu/exhibits/past/.
Publication Date
1642
Time Period
1640-1649
Subjects
legal document
Geographic Location
Romania
Object Type
text
Format (original)
document
Format (digital)
Digital ID
1642_Romanian_document
Source
Mississippi State University Libraries, Special Collections Department, Manuscripts Division, Todd A. Herring Collection
Repository
Manuscripts
Digital Publisher
Mississippi State University
Rights
Copyright protected by Mississippi State University Libraries. Use of materials from this collection beyond the exceptions provided for in the Fair Use and Educational Use clauses of the U.S. Copyright Law may violate federal law. Permission to publish or reproduce is required.
Contact Information
For more information about the contents of this collection, email sp_coll@library.msstate.edu.
Recommended Citation
Todd A. Herring Collection, Special Collections Department, Mississippi State University