Medieval charters and cartularies

document issued by a monarch, granting a right or power to an individual or organisation

thumb|upright=1.4|A chained Cartulary from Senlis, northern France. A cartulary or chartulary (; Latin: cartularium or chartularium), also called pancarta or codex diplomaticus, is a medieval manuscript volume or roll (rotulus) containing transcriptions of original documents relating to the foundation, privileges, and legal rights of ecclesiastical establishments, municipal corporations, industrial associations, institutions of learning, or families. The term is sometimes also applied to collections of original documents bound in one volume or attached to one another so as to form a roll, as w

Covenant of the Islamic prophet Muhammad with the monks of Mount Sinai

972 dower document for Byzantine princess Theophanu

set of medieval Spanish cartularies

twelfth-century cartulary

The Querimonia () is a legal document written in Latin that details the political and administrative autonomy granted to the Aran Valley (Catalonia, Spain) by James II of Aragon in 1313. The valley maintained a special status until 1834 when the queen regent María Cristina forced the integration of the valley with the province of Lleida. In 1990, the Aranese once again achieved a measure of autonomy when the autonomous community of Catalonia devolved power to the local government, giving them control over education, sanitation, culture, environment, agriculture and tourism.