Pervasivi, polimorfi, performanti : Interventi grafici nella produzione notarile su registro del basso medioevo

The paper deals with a topic that, in the vast mass of research developed on the Italian and more specifically the European notariat, has so far remained marginal, namely that of the knowledge and skills expressed by notaries in interpreting and reworking concepts and ideas by drawing not only on the tools of oral and written communication, but also on those of graphic-expressive-artistic culture. After examining the times, spaces, techniques and models of the graphic intervention of notaries, the functions that signs and drawings perform with respect to the fruition of the documentary text are analysed, whether it be validation, support for archival preservation or the explication of the identity or ideology of the producing subject.