Legal statutes in German; Germany, 14th century, second half
MS. Laud Misc. 741
Bodleian Libraries, University of Oxford
Description
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Title
Legal statutes in German; Germany, 14th century, second half
Shelfmark
MS. Laud Misc. 741
Associated place
Magdeburger
Date
14th century, second half
Language
Latin
Middle High German (ca. 1050-1500)
Contents
Form
codex
Support
parchment
Physical extent
ii + 176 + i leaves (fol. 133 doubled)
Hands
Two hands: A (fols. 1r – 39r and 41r – 176r) and B (fols. 39v – 40v). First hand is textura (textualis formata); second hand is textura (textus semiquadratus).
Decoration
Fleuronnée initials. (Pächt and Alexander i. list, p. 72)
Red initials and headings and rubricated majuscules except fols. 39v–40v, which are without rubrication.
Binding
Brown tanned calf over laminated pulpboard for Abp. Laud, 1637–1639.
Paper flyleaves provide a date for their inclusion in the binding: the watermark is very similar (though not identical) to Briquet nos. 12803 (St. Pol, 1586), 12804 (Evreux, 1588) and 12806 (Amiens, 1600).
Acquisition
Part of his third donation to the Bodleian, 1639.
Provenance
William Laud, 1573–1645, 1636.
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Title
Legal statutes in German
Shelfmark
MS. Laud Misc. 741
Summary
1. Fols. 1r – 7r. Soft chronicle: 'Cronica de tempore creationis mundi'
2. Soft Focus Law (Magdeburg Law Books)
Fols. 7v – 13v. Preface to the soft focus right
Fols. 14r – 15r. Contents list to the soft focus right
Fols. 15r – 35r. Soft focus right
Fols. 35v – 36r. First oath of Jews
Fol.36r. Archbishop Konrad of Mainz , Erfurt Jewish oath
Fols. 36v – 39r. Addenda to the soft focus right
Fols. 39v – 40v. Magdeburg Schöffenspruch, sent to unspecified town
3.
Fols. 41r – 47v. Kulmer hand festivals (Ius Culmense)
Fols. 48r – 53r. Kulmer hand festivals (Ius Culmense)
4. Eike von Repgow, Sachsenspiegel
Fols. 54r – 60r. Contents list to the Sachsenspiegel (Land Law)
Fols. 60v – 62v. Prologue to the Sachsenspiegel (Land Law)
Fols. 62v – 132v. Sachsenspiegel (land law)
Fols. 133 (b) r – 135v. Contents list to the Sachsenspiegel (Lehnrecht)
Fols. 136r – 175r. Sachsenspiegel (Lehnrecht)
5. Fol. 176v. Proverb
Date
14th century, second half
Language
German
Physical extent
175 Leaves
Custodial history
MS. Priebsch 149. Manuscript 2827 acquired by the Bodleian Library
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Collection contents
Legal statutes in German
