"Die Geschichte jeder Urkunde". Diplomi in originale, diplomi in copia negli archivi di destinatari della Toscana orientale

This paper focuses on the medieval and early modern transmission of diplomas issued by rulers from 10th to 12th centuries for monasteries and churches of the Florentine and Sienese contado. In the light of some considerations about the practice of "Empfängerausfertigung" in the high medieval period and the legal function of copying documents in the Communal Age, the paper discusses three case studies of documentary transmission and monastic archival practice represented by the abbey of San Salvatore a Settimo near Florence, the abbey of Santa Maria in Florence (the so called Badia Fiorentina) and the abbey of Sant'Antimo in the Sienese contado. The paper presents also a new hypothesis on the role of the notary Albertus – one of the most active notaries in Florence during the second half of the 11th century – as copyst as well as scriptor of diplomas addressed to Florentine monasteries.