MOUTIE, Auguste. Cartulaire de l'Abbaye de Notre-Dame de la Roche, de l'ordre de Saint-Augustin, au Diocèse de Paris, d'après le manuscrit original de la Bibliothèque impériale par Auguste Moutié.
Paris, Henri Plon, 1862
4to large; 280 x 220 mm. Original publisher’s paperback. Pp. XXXII, 426.
Bound with: NICOLLE, Joseph. Cartulaire de l'Abbaye de Notre-Dame de la Roche de l'ordre de Saint-Augustin, au Diocèse de Paris, d'après le manuscrit original de la Bibliothèque impériale par Auguste Moutié.
Paris, Henri Plon, 1862
Folio; 440 x 315mm. Containing 40 plates drawn by J. Nicolle.
First edition enriched with a volume of 40 plates by the architect Joseph Nicolle, depicting views, plans, and architectural elements of the Abbey of Notre Dame de la Roche.
Interesting cartulary of the Abbey of Notre-Dame de la Roche, under the jurisdiction of the Diocese of Paris, based on the original manuscripts of the Imperial Library.
The first document preserved in the cartulary is the solemn confirmation of the bequest by the Bishop of Paris, Maurice de Sully, around 1196 of land for the construction of a new religious house. The first mention of the Abbey of Notre-Dame de la Roche is found in a document from 1233, and in 1237, a papal bull from Pope Gregory IX, the only document from the papal chancellery preserved in the cartulary, placed it under his protection.
The cartulary provides most of the documents relating to acquisitions (donations, purchases, confirmations, etc.), exchanges or agreements with other ecclesiastical communities, and conflict resolutions. The second part of the work is dedicated to the history of the abbey and the architectural description of its buildings, based on notes and drawings made by Nicolle at the request of the Duke of Luynes.
The end of the monastery, which had already been in slow decline in the 15th and 16th centuries, coincided with the Revolutionary period, and it became French national property in the early 19th century.
The cartulary contains a series of documents, chronicles, and registers rigorously organized for their safe preservation.
Auguste Moutié was secretary of the Rambouillet Archaeological Society.