This inventory is located at the outset of the statement of the rights pertaining to the royal court in Forcalquier. The statement was drawn up by the outgoing "clavaire" or treasurer of the royal court, Guillelmus Alberti, to give to his successor, the incoming clavaire, Johannes of Aix. This type of statement, which had to be drafted at the end of each clavaire's term in office, was known as a "pendens," a document that the incoming clavaire needed to keep at hand to have a thorough knowledge of the movable and immovable goods owned by the court as well as of the rights held by the same court. This inventory allows us to know which objects the royal court of Forcalquier owned in 1340. While some objects of everyday use listed here, such as kitchen tools, can also be found in the inventories of simple Provençal houses at the time, other items were unique to the royal court and its prerogatives. Legcuffs and handcuffs were at the disposal of the "carcerarius," the jailer or prison guard, to keep prisoners from escaping, and the "corda eculey" was used to subject the accused to torture in order to make them confess their crimes, as part of the extraordinary judicial procedure. The "naffilos," a word for "trumpets" in medieval Occitan, were used to advertise the herald's proclamations.


Edited by Claire Allen.
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