Maps of Power

Melь

Begin 01.11.1342
End 30.09.1343

Description

According to the Land Inventory Brebion a certain Dminko from Mel donated a field to the Monastery of the Holy Virgin in Htětovo for the sake of his salvation (288, art. 37: Niva što je dalь Dmin᾿ko ōd Mela za dušu, 30 dьninь, nizь prěčni putь). The same charter mentions an Oikonomos of the monastery Mathei, who had bought an estate near Nikiforovec from Mišat, who came from the village Mel (296, art. 67: I dva komata nive što kupi ikonomь Mathei u Mišata ōd Mela, za 12 perper, jedna…, a druga u Nikiforovci do Budriga i do puti prěmo Klenu i do Gumništ). It contains also evidence about Dmitr Čalapija, who was in charge of the village Mel, and his donation of a watermill to the Monastery of the Holy Virgin in Htětovo (298-299, art. 84: Azь grěšni rabь Hristovь Dmitrь Čalapija božiomь i po milosti gospodina kralja, priluči mi se ōbladati selom Melomь, i imah plisijastь blizь domu Matere Božije Htetovьskyje voděnicu, što běše učinilь Nikola Pravьcь i Dragoslavь a na toi na dělě moje oblasti, i azь pomenuhь žitije prěžde nas byvših i davših milostije božьstvьnymь crьkvamь, tožde slovoi azь vьspomenuvь priložih Materi Božijei darь voděnicu Pravčevu i Balovu).

Relations

Events (1)
Name Class Begin End Description
Confirmation of Possessions in the Land inventory-Brebion Acquisition A copy of Nomic’s Charter preserved in the Land Inventory-Brebion (in original called (Brěvno matere Božije Htětovskije) of church properties of the largest landowner in Polog, the Monastery of Bogorodica Htetovska (Monastery of the Holy Virgin of Htetovo). Nomics are people who wrote documents and sometimes acted as public notaries. The Nomic's Charter occured some time before the Brebion (1343-1345 or in the first half of the 1340's) was issued.
Sources (1)
Name Class Description
Land Inventory-Brebion (Nomic's Charter) Source The Land Inventory-Brebion is a register of all land holdings of the Monastery of the Holy Virgin in Htětovo. The collection is the work of one scribe, but it contains different acts coming from a wider time span. Until Bubalo's analysis the document was called after the first line Brěvno matere Božije Htětovskije. Bubalo corrected the reading into brebion, which is a loanword reflecting the greek word βρεβίον (inventory in the basic meaning). A copy of a Nomic’s Charter is also preserved in the Land Inventory-Brebion. Nomics were public notaries in Serbia. The Nomic's Charter was created some time before the Brebion (1343-1345 or in the first half of the 1340's).