Name
This document is described as a declaração (see Diplomatic analysis – Inscriptio), while it is generally described in archival terms as a carta de anexação1See, for instance, the available registers at the National Archives (Torre do Tombo) and the Arquivo Municipal Alfredo Pimenta, among others (https://digitarq.arquivos.pt/details?id=4636774; https://archeevo.amap.pt/details?id=84919&ht=) (accessed: 28.5.2021)..
The corresponding English term is based on Cunha & Cavalcanti, 2008, pp. 16 and 387.
Specific bibliography
Unless otherwise stated, the following typological analysis is based on the diplomatic analysis of the document chosen to exemplify this document type.
Definition
A notarial document in the name of an issuer who attached his/her estate to a chantry or an entail. This same document type was used to attach one ecclesiastical institution to another (see the examples indicated in the footnotes).
Author/producing institution
Notary or other scribe endowed with public faith, who formulated the document in direct speech in the name of the person attaching a part of his/her estate to the chantry or entail.
Recipient(s)
There is no recipient mentioned in the document protocol (see Diplomatic analysis – Inscriptio).
Recording and archiving conditions
The final clause of the exemplar analysed orders this document to be appended to the founding document and the tombo of the entail (see Diplomatic analysis – Final clauses).