Placiti Cassinesi

Placiti Cassinesi
Marble inscription of one of the placiti in the town of Capua.
LanguageItalian (more accurately old Neapolitan)
Date960-963
ProvenanceMonte Cassino, Italy
Manuscript(s)4
GenreJuridical document
SubjectResolution of a property dispute

The Placiti Cassinesi are four official juridical documents written between 960 and 963 in southern Italy, regarding a dispute on several lands among three Benedictine monasteries and a local landowner. They are considered the first extant documents written in a Romance vernacular of Italy, along with the Veronese Riddle and the Commodilla catacomb inscription.