Ms 210 fol 19v. Cartulary of Mont Saint-Michel: Pope John XIII making a gift of...

Pope John XIII (938-972) is portrayed holding a sceptre and shown giving the charter containing the donations to Abbot Almod; a cartulary is a collection of charters recording grants to religious institutions and the Cartulaire de Mont Saint-Michel, now in the Bibliotheque Municipale in Avranches, is the only surviving medieval source for the monastery after the destruction of the Archives of the Manche in 1944; considered to have been made for Robert de Torigni (also known as Robert de Monte) Abbot of Mont Saint-Michel (1154-86) or perhaps for his predecessor, Abbot Geoffrey;