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Der Aufsatz von Stefan Sonderegger im Archiv für Diplomatik 2013 steht nicht Open Access zur Verfügung.http://dx.doi.org/10.7788/afd.2013.59.jg.433Abstract:"Archives contain numerous mentions of loss of charters. There has beenspeculation about the amount of charters lost, but precise figures have beenlacking so far. Thanks to systematic registration and the availability of copies,losses of charters from St. Gallen originating between approx. 1350 and1450 have, for the first time, been quantified for sample cases. The evidencereveals significant differences between the town’s Benedictine monastery,the urban hospital as a feudal landowner, and the municipal administrationregarding the percentage of charters lost. Over 95 % of the charters issuedby the monastery as ecclesiastic landowner have been lost, whereas for thehospital as secular landowner, the loss rate of charters documenting thelease of land amounts to just 31 %. As far as the municipal administration isconcerned, only 17 % of all charters have been preserved. This low proportionof surviving charters is due in particular to the fact that not a singlecharter issued to private individuals remains. The following text also looksat the reasons behind these striking differences in the rates of preservation."