Genève, Bibliothèque de Genève, Ms. lat. 55 : Record of expenditures for the <i>Hôtel</i> of Philip IV the Fair, King of France, for the years 1306-1309, written on wax tablets

The Bibliothèque de Genève’s Ms. lat. 55 is an exceptional document because it consists of six wax tablets listing the expenditures for the royal household of the French King Philip IV the Fair for the years 1306-1309. Over time, the wax turned black and hard, which makes it harder to read. But the images of the tablets are accompanied by a transcription and by a facsimile prepared in 1720-1742 b…