Legal customary of Oléron — Multiple dates; French
MS. Douce 227
Bodleian Libraries, University of Oxford
Description
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Title
Legal customary of Oléron — Multiple dates; French
Shelfmark
MS. Douce 227
Associated place
Oléron
Date
1344
; additions, 15th century
Language
Latin
Old French (842-ca. 1400)
Contents
Form
codex
Support
parchment
Physical extent
160 pages
Acquisition
Bequeathed to the Bodleian in 1834
Provenance
Francis Douce, 1757–1834
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Title
A 'collection of legal cases and regulations apparently compiled by the community of Oleron'
Shelfmark
MS. Douce 227
Summary
Chiefly relating to maritime law and custom: beg. 'Pere Robert, sire Andre Bicharz': at end, after a Latin extract from St. John's Gospel, 'Deo gratias. Iste liber est magistri Iohannis Ramberti [the last word in rasura], cui detur Paradisus. Et fuit completus anno Domini M°. CCC°. XL°. quarto, scilicet decima die mensis Februarij': then follow in a 15th cent. hand 'Les chouses qui deuent costumer qui passent per le corea dolleron': Douce has added some notes.
Date
written in A.D. 1344
Language
French
Physical facet
On parchment
Physical extent
164 pages
Custodial history
Owned by W. Dupre, from whom Douce received the book.
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Collection contents
A 'collection of legal cases and regulations apparently compiled by the community of Oleron'
