Enforcement line

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The sign of Charlemagne under a certificate issued on August 31, 790: The execution line is formed by the small 'y' within the diamond to be read as 'A'
Henry III's monogram : Here the horizontal line is the handwritten completion line

The completion of stroke is the personal share of a ruler of a medieval documents signature .

In general, the ruler's monogram was inserted almost completely on a document by the commissioned scribe of the same. Only a small part was left out so that the issuing ruler could confirm the legal validity with the completion .

The monogram originally replaced the handwritten signature for Merovingian rulers who did not know how to write . Since the often artistically designed monogram was difficult for the ruler to carry out, it was prefabricated by the notary and finally completed with the ruler's signature.

The enforcement mark is mostly found in Carolingian and Ottonian documents. In the Staufer period , the completion line was no longer in use, so that the monogram was drawn entirely by the scribe.

literature

  • Wilhelm Erben : The imperial and royal documents of the Middle Ages in Germany, France and Italy. Oldenbourg, Munich et al. 1907 (= Handbook of Medieval and Modern History Section 4: Auxiliary Sciences and Antiquities - Document Doctrine 1; also: 2. unchanged reprographic reprint, Wissenschaftliche Buch-Gesellschaft, Darmstadt 1971).
  • Waldemar Schlögl: The signing of German kings from the Carolingian era to the Interregnum with a cross and signature. Contributions to the history and technology of the signing of the Middle Ages . Lassleben, Kallmünz over Regensburg 1978, ISBN 3-7847-4416-8 (= Munich historical studies - Department of historical auxiliary sciences 16; also: Munich, Univ., Habil.-Schr., 1974/75).