B. Halász Eva - Suzana Miljan (szerk.): Diplomatarium comitum terrestrium Crisiensium (1274-1439) (Subsidia ad historiam medii aevi Hungariae inquirendam 6. Budapest - Zagreb 2014)

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Diplomatarium comitum terrestrium Crisiensium (1274-1439)

The phrases, invocatio verbalis and invocatio symbolica, which are found in other charters of this period are not found in the charters of the comites terrestres.

The intitulatio, with one exception, takes a standard form: Nos X comes terrestris Crisyensis,150 which differs from the charters of the Bans of Slavonia and comites of Križevci, because they do not use the word "Nos" exclusively in the beginning. In the thirteenth- and fourteenth-century the charters of comites terrestres do not indicate their affiliation to a kindred, and the name of their father forms the only means with which we can identify them. From comes terrestris Adam of Mindszent onwards, it is evident that they have been determined according to their noble adjectives, in a way that he was identified with the preposition de followed by the name of his patrimonial estate. All charters extant in full start with the intitulatio. This is not extraordinary, because we have no mandates addressed by the comes terrestris of Križevci to a Church institution (for example to a place of authentication) or charters addressed to individuals of higher rank (ruler, ban of Slavonia, etc.) which were sent.151

The salutatio is not found in the charters issued by the comes terrestris alone, or in the charters they issued together with the comites of Križevci.

An arenga (as a part of the contextus which contains general philosophical thoughts) is not found in any charter of the comites terrestres of Križevci.

The promulgatio, namely the formula which proclaims the content of the charter is expressed by the formula memorie commendantes significamus and its variations. The most extensive version is memorie commendantes significamus tenore presencium, quibus expedit universis, quod, whose varieties with respect to the order of words appear frequently. For the fourteenthcentury charters the full version appears six times in total,152 while from the charters of the fifteenth century, the formula can be identified in 22 of

vonatkozású 13-14. századi világi pecsétek a zágrábi levéltárakban [The Importance of Thirteenth- and Fourteenth-Century Lay Seals from the Achives of Zagreb for Hungary], Turul, vol. 80, no. 3, Budapest 2007, pp. 69-83, especially p. 75.

150 An exception is the intitulatio of Benedict, son of Paul de Pausinch of 5 September 1435, which ran: comes terrestris generationum Prelsa, Matheus et Hegen (Documenta 59).

151 True, not only in his name, but he is issuing a charter for the comes of Križevci. In the latter group, we know about one such charter where the promulgatio is at the beginning of the charter, followed by the intitulatio. The charter in question is the one of John, son of Martin, comes of Križevci and Comes terrestris Andrew, son of Martin of 4 March 1372 (Documenta 15).

152 23 February 1361 (Documenta 10), 22 March 1362 (Documenta 11), 9 March 1367 (Documenta 12), 17 January 1374 (Documenta 18), 4 November 1380 (Documenta 23) and 25 March 1385 (Documenta 24).

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