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ADDENDUM II
THE CONSTITUTION
OF ANSEGIS[195]
ABBOT OF FONTANELLA
A.D. 823-833
THIS IS A RECORD OF HOW THE VENERABLE
LORD ABBOT ANSEGIS ALLOTED CLOTHING,
SHOES AND SUBSISTENCE TO THE BROTHERS
STAYING IN THE MONASTERY OF
FONTANELLA. THE BROTHERS UNANIMOUSLY
AGREED TO ITS STIPULATIONS;
CONSEQUENTLY THEY COULD ALL
CONSTANTLY RENDER THEIR DEVOTIONS TO
GOD AND PERFORM HABITUAL DUTIES
EFFECTIVELY WITH ALL THEIR ESSENTIAL
NEEDS SUPPLIED AND ALL OCCASION FOR
RANCOR REMOVED. HE SET THESE TOOLS:
FROM THE REGION OF BOULOGNE AND THĖROUANNE:
Sixty complete vestments
Twenty white cloths from which twenty shirts could
be made
Tanned cowhides suitable for making five pairs of sandals
Twenty modii of beans
Twenty-one cheeses of seventy-five pounds each
One thousand eggs
Two hundred pounds of wax for the church itself, one
hundred for the brothers' needs
Two hundred pounds of tallow
FROM CORIALIS:
Twenty-four boots
Sixty bragal (? of flax?)
Two lengths of white cloth for making two tunics
Two towel-lengths from which ten work shirts could be
made
Five tanned cowhides
Ten modii of beans
Twenty modii of peas
Fifteen cheeses of seventy-five pounds each
Twenty-five modii of salt
In the month of September a thousand eggs
FROM THE GREGARIAN REGION:
. . . sixty . . . [lacunae]
FROM ERCHES [?] AND ESCHES [?]:
Three tillage allotments, ten ells in length, two in breadth
FROM APPILLY:
One tillage allotment of the same size
Three shaggy cloths for wiping the hands, each five ells
long and two wide
FROM GUEURES:
Three lengths of shirting for making serviettes,
thirteen ells long, three wide
FROM CLARIACUS:
One tillage allotment extending ten ells in length, three
in width
LIKEWISE FROM HIRTIUS:
One shirting of twelve ells, three ells wide, for wiping
the feet
FROM CAMPOMAE:
One towel-length
FROM RANCON THE LIKE
FROM FLEURY THE LIKE
FROM THE AFORESAID GREGARIA:
Thirty cheeses of seventy-five pounds each
Twelve lengths of felt for slippers, plus as much as is
needed for coffins (? lecta)
Sixty pigs fattened for suet and unguent, and as much
above that amount as may be necessary
FROM THE MINISTRY OF ROSONTIO:
Three modii of beans
Five modii of peas
For Christmas three fattened geese, twenty capons,
sixty pullets, two hundred and fifty eggs; then a like
amount at Easter
Three pounds of wax
Three sesters of honey
Then in the month of November five hundred eggs
Sixty cartloads of wood
LIKEWISE FROM PALDRIAC CROSS AND BLADRISIAGA:
Three modii of beans
Five modii of peas
At Christmas four fattened geese, twelve capons, sixty
pullets, two hundred and fifty eggs; and a like amount
at Easter
Three pounds of wax
Three sesters of honey
In the month of December five hundred eggs
Sixty cartloads of wood
FROM CAMPANAE [SEE ABOVE]:
Three modii of beans
Eight modii of peas
For Christmas four fattened geese, twelve capons,
seventy pullets, two hundred and fifty eggs; and a like
amount at Easter
One sester of honey
One pound of wax
In the month of January five hundred eggs
Sixty cartloads of wood
FROM SAǍNE AND BUBULOCAPTIVA:
Two modii of beans
Four modii of peas
For Christmas two fattened geese, ten capons, thirty
pullets, one hundred eggs; and a like amount at Easter
Two sesters of honey
Two pounds of wax
In the month of February five hundred eggs
Twelve cartloads of wood
FROM THE GARICIAGAS, BOURG-DUN AND GUEURES [SEE
ABOVE]:
Three modii of beans
Three modii of peas
At Christmas three fattened geese, twelve capons, forty
pullets, two hundred and fifty eggs; and a like amount
at Easter
One sester of honey
One pound of wax
And in the month of March five hundred eggs
Twelve cartloads of wood
FROM STONEBRIDGE AND VILLY:
Two towel-lengths
Five modii of beans
Fifteen modii of salt
At Christmas two fattened geese, twenty-six capons, one
hundred and five pullets, one hundred eggs; and a like
amount at Easter
One sester of honey
And in the month of April five hundred eggs
FROM ESCHES [SEE ABOVE]:
One modius of beans
One modius of peas
At Christmas one fattened goose, four capons, twenty-five
pullets, fifty eggs; and at Easter a like amount
One sester of honey
One pound of wax
And in the month of May five hundred eggs
Fifteen cartloads of wood
FROM ERCHES [SEE ABOVE]:
One modius of beans
Two modii of peas
At Christmas one fattened goose, four capons, twenty-five
pullets, fifty eggs; and at Easter a like amount
One sester of honey
One pound of wax
And in the month of June five hundred eggs
LIKEWISE FROM ROSONTIO [SEE ABOVE]:
In the month of August one hundred and sixty-five eggs
FROM THAT OF CROSS AND CAMPANIS [SEE ABOVE]:
One hundred and sixty-eight eggs
FROM RIVECOURT:
Forty-eight modii of wine, two hundred fifty eggs
Three hundred fifty modii of wine from Alpiacus; from
Riparicourt one hundred fifty modii; from Abriacus fifty
modii; from Burgundy fifty modii—in all six hundred
modii.
[FROM BURGUNDY?]:
For vinegar thirty-two modii
For beer from hops, as much as need be
Wax for the church itself, two hundred pounds, oil one
hundred and thirty pounds, eight modii of lard
For the brothers' needs, one hundred pounds of wax,
one hundred pounds of oil
END OF ADDENDUM II, THE CONSTITUTION OF ANSEGIS
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