This one is a very important testimony, for it gives us many details on principal traits of some funerary ceremonies, most of them qualified as customary ('segons es acostumat').
Jaume Benet Caffont appears as "prevere beneficiat de la Seu de Barcelona e rector de la sglesia parroquial de Sanct Just de suern del bisbat de Barcelona".
Wants his burial to be in the cloisters of Barcelona Cathedral "en lo vas o carner dels preveres beneficiats en aquella davant lo capitol de dita Seu Volent y ordenant que lo meu cors sie vestit y portat a la sepultura e soterrat ab los vestiments mas sotils quis trobaran en la capella de Sant Sebastia e sancta tecla en la dita claustra de la dita seu dela qual yo so beneficiat volant que en esquena de aquells hi sien fets altres vestiments noves per caritat quals vull sien despeses sinch liures o lo que hi sera necessari a coneguda dels dits marmessors meus Volent y ordenant que dotze preveres beneficiats porten lo meu cors a la Seu e diguen missa dels apostols prenent quiscun dells de aquell apostol que voldra dir si offici propri haura e si offici propri no haura que digna de comu e aço a honor dels dotze apostols e leix a quiscun dells per caritat dos sous e que quan suenen [?] una collecta per anima mia e de tots fidels defuncts."
Wants his body to be accompained by poors from the Hospital de la Santa Creu and other poors from the city "portant quiscun dells vna candela de cera encessa en la ma la qual hareu de offerir", and also to be given a small amout of money.
A musical reference is includded within the general description in the following passage "E vull mes avant me sia feta la sepultura de capitol cantada Complidament ço es lo dia de la sepultura lo sendema dia de les misses e lo terc dia me sia fet lo capdany si impediment no y haura y si impediment hi haura lo die apres seguent no impedit."
In adition, wants a trentenari to be celebrated on day of burial and the three following days, dedicated to his parents and the founders of benefices he held. Also wants an anniversary to be founded and celebrated 'in costumary way', as follows: "segons es acostummat en la dita Seu celebrar semblants anniversaris ço es assaber ab dos entonadors ab tomba e drap dor posada en lo loch acostumat durant la missa del dit anniversari ab sis ciris cremant avant e detras la dita tomba volent e ordenant que per los administradors davall scrits sien donadas a quiscun canonge e als beneficiats preveres de la dita seu qui en la celebracio del dit anniversari entren endra [?] sis diners menuts. E per lo semblant vull que entorn de la dita tomba stigen dotze scolans los quals ligen e quiscun dells lige durant la dita missa per anima mia en el remisso de nos pecats dues vegades les set salms penitencials tenint quascun dells dots scolans a llurs mans sendes candeles de çera blanch de un diner e quels sien donats ço es quascun dells dos diners menuts per amor de deu."
Besides the 140 libras that he left for the celebration of this anniversaty, he leaves properties, includding a vineyard, to members of his family; also wants other masses to be founded at the cathedral.
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