From the Belgian archives I obtained
10 copied pages of the original notarized
document.
Here's the first copy plus the "transcription" of that handwriting.
(More at the bottom of the page)
Compareerde voor mij Pauwels
Beyts Nottaris publijck
in Brugghe
residerende ter
exercitie vande (*)
selve nottarie, gheadmitteert
bij
hooghe ende mogende
heeren
vanden raede geordonneert
in
Vlaenderen ende ter
presentie
vande ghetuijghen
naer genaamt
Jouffrauw Marie
Magdaleene
van Westvelt weduwe
van
d'heer Franchois
van Beversluijs
ontfanger generael
slants vanden
Vrijen, te kennen
gevende
dat sij al van over
eenighe jaeren
den wille ende intentie
heeft
ghehadt van te doen
maecken
eene schoone goude
Remonstran-
-tie, ende tot deselve
voor cierade
te appliquieren haere
costelijcke
peerlen ende juweelen
thaeren
lichaeme gedient
hebbende omme
die ghemaeckt sijnde te vereeren
(*) hier staat een
teken gekopieerd dat eigenlijk op een volgend (uitstekend) blad staat!
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I was fortunate in finding someone willing, able and interested
in transcribing the old handwritten document!
The last pages seem to be an addition at the time of the actual handing-over,
detailing the conditions of the donation. There are instructions on the storage
& location, number of keys, days of display and who is responsible. The
"Katte" is supposed to be preserved forever, can not be sold or broken up
and must be repaired (if need be) at the expense of the Church.
For those of you who are interested in this bit of history I can now provide
both scans of the copies for viewing, as well as the transcription made
by the people at
http://www.arsetfides.com/
These files are for dowload &
viewing in Ms-Word. These are BIG FILES, except # 9 & 10 because
the scans are included!)
I am very grateful for the kind assistance
of Ars et Fides
!
Scan 1
Transcript 1
Scan 2
Transcript 2
Scan 3
Transcript 3
Scan 4
Transcript 4
Scan 5
Transcript 5
Scan 6
Transcript 6
Scan 7
Transcript 7
Scan 8
Transcript 8
Scan 9
Transcript 9
Scan 10
Transcript 10
Last updated: 28-09-2002.