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For today's #palaeography challenge, we have a charter granted by emperor #FrederickII to abbot Benedict of #SantApollinareinClasse. The charter is written in an elegant Gothic script of the early XIII c.
Transcription of the first couple of lines follows in the next tweets.
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FRIDERICUS Dei gratia Romanorum Imperator semper augustus, Ierusalem et Sicilie Rex, Comiti Romaniole, Ravennatibus, Vicecomiti Arymine, Aryminensibus civibus, hominibus Lonzanensibus, Cesenatibus, Forolivensibus, Cerviensibus, Sarsanensibus, et Universis civitatibus et civitatum
rectoribus, atque comitatibus civitatum et locorum, et aliis quibuscumque presentes litteras inspecturis fidelibus suis gratiam suam et bonam voluntatem. Notum facimus universiotati vestre quod Benedictus venerabilis abbas sancti Apollinaris in Classe fidelis noster quedam
