Bonifacius de Lupis, Founder's Will of the Hospital of Florence, extract
Contents 1. ff. 1r-13r Bonfacius de Lupis, Founder's Will of the Hospital at Florence, extract Title: 'Ordinamenta et instituta egregii militis domini Bonifacii de Lupis, Marchionis Soraniae pro eius hospitale de Florentia' Incipit: 'Cum ego Bonifacius de Lupis de Parma Soranie marchio huius hospitalis conditor...' Explicit: '...uel omni alio iure quo melius ualere poterint. et hoc per yesum christum dominum nostrum. Amen'. There are a few marginal annotations, in Latin and Italian, by various 15th cent. hands. The MS. is a copy of the relevant part of the Founder's Will relating to the Hospital at Florence, which was opened in 1387.
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Bonfacius de Lupis, Founder's Will of the Hospital at Florence, extract