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The structure of the medieval charter

INITIAL PROTOCOL

Invocatio: invocation of the Diety, either by a symbolic chrismon or cross, or in words

Intitulatio: name of individual issuing the charter

Inscriptio: name of individual(s) to whom charter is addressed

Salutatio: greeting

TEXT

Narratio: background of the case

Dispositio: what is enacted by the charter

Final clauses

FINAL PROTOCOL OR ESCHATOCOL

Subscriptio: names of principal(s), witnesses and officials

Datum: date clause, stating when, where and by whom he charter was written

Marks of authentication: subscriptions, signatures, seal