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‖ vidimus|ˈvaɪdɪməs|
[L. vīdimus ‘we have seen’, 1st pers. pl. perf. of vidēre to see. So F. vidimus (from 14th c.).]
1. A copy of a document bearing an attestation that it is authentic or accurate. Also attrib.
1436Rolls of Parlt. IV. 500/2 Credence shuld be yeven to the copie named Vidimus sealed under the autentyke seales, and approved as to ye Originall. 1502Arnolde Chron. (1811) 230 We will the vidimus or copy auctentike take effect and strenght as this present saufconduyt after ten monethis past. a1560Rolland Crt. Venus iv. 310 The prothogoll heirof I wald haif drawin In writ, for cost to be my Vidimus. 1670Blount Law Dict. s.v. Innotescimus, An Innotescimus and Vidimus are all one. [Hence in Chambers Cycl. (1728) s.v.] 1853F. S. Thomas Handbk. Publ. Rec. 93 A Vidimus is similar to a Notarial Certificate, in which the tenor of Royal charters..and other writings is copied and attested. Ibid., Each of these persons was supplied with a vidimus copy of such letters, properly sealed and authenticated. 1899J. H. Round Cal. Doc. France I. p. xxviii, He claims that the transcripts are most carefully made from charters, cartularies, ‘vidimus’, or other authentic sources.
†b. Without article: Confirmation of authenticity or correctness. Obs.—1
1513in Trans. Roy. Hist. Soc. VI. 362 The said Schir William is oblist to gif vidimus tharapone.
c. (See quot. 1850.)
1850Ogilvie, Vidimus, an examination or inspection; as, a vidimus of accounts or documents. 1880Black White Wings xxi, He told us that the last vidimus of the affairs of the Burgh of Strathgovan was most satisfactory.
†2. Arch. A design for a painted or stained-glass window. Obs.
1526–7in H. Walpole Vertue's Anecd. Paint. (1765) I. App. Ddd j, Good and true patrons, otherwyse called a vidimus, for to fourme glasse and make by other four wyndowes of the seid churche. 1762H. Walpole Ibid. 108 What a rarity in a collection of drawings would be one of their vidimus's!
†3. The fact or reality of something. Obs.—1
1610B. Rich Descr. Irel. xvi. 64 The vidimus of the matter is, our Londoners are neither vowed nor sworne to the Pope.
4. (See quot.)
1884Imp. Dict., Vidimus,..an abstract or syllabus of the contents of a document, book, and the like. |