cartulary

Meaning

Noun

  • A medieval manuscript register containing full or excerpted transcriptions of important documents, especially of originally loose, single-sheet charters.
  • A collection of original documents bound in one volume.
  • An officer who had charge of records or other public papers.

Origin

  • Borrowed from Medieval Latin chartularium, chartularius, from Latin chartula. khaltura.

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