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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