Enciclopedia Cattolica Vol. III, 1949 Diplomatics

Charta Pagensis

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CHARTA PAGENSIS. - For a long time the term was equivalent to today's "private document." In the formulary of Marculf (7th century), 52 examples of chartae pagenses are clearly contrasted with 40 examples of chartae regales, that is, public documents; Marculf (v.) did not consider pontifical and imperial documents. At the end of the 17th century the term, already fallen into disuse, was revived by Mabillon to designate one of the three categories into which he divided all documents (ecclesiastical, royal, pagensic). The term derives from the expression of Marculf and other authors of formularies: "negotia hominum tam in palatio quam in pago."

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BIBL.: MGH, Leges : formulæ, I, Hannover 1886, p. 36 SGR.; H. Bresslau, Handbuch der Urkundenlehre, 3rd ed., I, Leipzig 1912, p. 3; C. Paoli, Diplomatica, new ed. edited by G. C. Bascapè, Florence (1942), p. 27.

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Translated from the Enciclopedia Cattolica, vol. III (1949), col. 1393.

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Trasselli, Carmelo. “Charta Pagensis.” In Enciclopedia Cattolica, vol. III, col. 1393. Città del Vaticano: Ente per l’Enciclopedia Cattolica e per il Libro Cattolico, 1949. https://azioneromana.com/article/charta-pagensis.

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Trasselli, Carmelo. “Charta Pagensis.” Enciclopedia Cattolica, vol. III, Ente per l’Enciclopedia Cattolica e per il Libro Cattolico, 1949, col. 1393. Azione Romana, https://azioneromana.com/article/charta-pagensis.

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  author    = {Trasselli, Carmelo},
  title     = {Charta Pagensis},
  booktitle = {Enciclopedia Cattolica},
  volume    = {III},
  pages     = {1393},
  note      = {Cited by column},
  publisher = {Ente per l’Enciclopedia Cattolica e per il Libro Cattolico},
  address   = {Città del Vaticano},
  year      = {1949},
  url       = {https://azioneromana.com/article/charta-pagensis}
}

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