Frisian legal and theological collections ('Codex Aysma') — c. 1500; Dutch
MS. Junius 78
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Description
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Title
Frisian legal and theological collections ('Codex Aysma') — c. 1500; Dutch
Shelfmark
MS. Junius 78
Date
c. 1500
Language
Old Frisian
Latin
Contents
Form
codex
Support
paper
Decoration
Minor initials. (Pächt and Alexander i. 258)
Acquisition
Received by the Bodleian by 1677
Provenance
Franciscus Junius, 1589–1677
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Title
Frisian legal and theological collections
Shelfmark
MS. Junius 78
Summary
Frisian legal and theological collections, in divers hands, forming the 'Codex Aysma' and comprising:
P. 1. maxims from the civil, canon, and Frisian laws, with Latin interpretations and some notes by Junius
P. 185. a poem beg. 'Hoe dae Friesen Roem wonnen'
P. 189. 'Incipit processus judicii', a better version of the legal formulary which occurs also at p. 139
P. 227. statutes of George, duke of Saxony, for Frisia, dated correctly July 4, 1503, in the margin, but wrongly 1404 in the text
P. 243. pecuniary penalties in Frisian penal law
P. 263. three religious pieces, beg. 'Alsoe vele als ic bescheiden bijn' (p. 263), 'Dis is een capittel vber ewygher wysheit' (p. 265), 'Koning David was koning ouer voel riken en hy woende in die heilighe stede Iherusalem' (p. 269), followed by a Middle Low Dutch 'Memento mori' in verse (p. 272)
P. 277. documents relating to disputes between Haarlem and Wolderkum over water rights
P. 304. the chronicle 'Gesta Frisonum' in Frisian edited by J. W. de Crane (Workum, 1837)
There is an imperfect index rerum by Junius on pp. iii-iv
(pp. 216, 218-26 are blank)
Date
Written in the late 15th century in Holland
Language
Western Frisian
Multiple languages
Latin
Physical facet
On paper
Physical extent
324 pages
Custodial history
This MS. was owned in the 16th cent. by Sybout or Sibold Aysma b. 1534, (d. 1604), whose signature is on pp. 34, 74, 217. Jan van Vliet wrote 'Beneficio nobilissimi et clarissimi viri Francisci Iunii libro hoc utor 1660 Ianus Vlitius' (p. iii). There are cancelled inscriptions of ownership on pp. 1, 322.
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Collection contents
Frisian legal and theological collections
