testamenta religiosorum – illegal charters? Rhodes, 28 November 1511: The Master Fr. Émery d’Amboise and the Convent licence Fr. Philipp Flachberger, commander of Vienna in the priory of Bohemia, doctor of canon law, to make atestamentumor despropriamentum. The Order resides on Rhodes to defend the Christian name in the East. For this purpose Philipp may determine parts of his personal goods, notwithstanding that other parts are due to his priory and prior. Fr. Johann von Rosenberg, prior of Bohemia, is to respect what Fr. Philipp stipulates. – On the plica to the left R(egistra)ta in Cancell(ar) ia, to the right Barth(olomeus) Policianus vicecan(cellarius). FraterEmericus Damboyse Dei gratia sacrę domus Hospitalis sancti Ioannis Hierosolymitani magister humilis pauperumque Iesu Christi custos et nos conventus Rhodi domus eiusdem religioso in Christo nobis charissimo fratri Philippo Flanchperger preceptorięnostręViennęet cetera prioratus Boemięac decretorum doctori salutem in Domino sempiternam. Quia religio nostra contra infideles in Oriente constituta Rhodi presentialiter residet, ad defensionem Christiani nominis decet, ut favore prosequamur eos, qui cupiunt manus adiutrices porrigere dicte defensioni sive verius defensoribus antedicti nominis vel eisdem aliquid commoditatis facere. Igitur vobis pręfato fratri Philippo invicem maturo et deliberato consilio de nostra certa scientia testamentum sive dispropriamentum vestrum faciendi, prout nostra ordinant stabilimenta, et in eodum[!] describendi parte ex bonis vestris vestra industria aquisitis et a Dei [!] vobis datis, que pro Rhodo vobis benevisa fuerit et ad quodcunque opus bonum et meritorium indicaveritis secundum dictamen vestrę 116 Appendix 1 A Hospitaller despropriamentum, issued by the Master and Convent on Rhodes. Original Praha, Národní archiv Maltézští rytíři –české velkopřevorství, no. 1209.
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