La Coustume de Normendie, Legal record — c. 1300; France, Normandy (?)
MS. Selden Supra 70
Bodleian Libraries, University of Oxford
Description
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Title
La Coustume de Normendie, Legal record — c. 1300; France, Normandy (?)
Shelfmark
MS. Selden Supra 70
Associated place
Normendie
Date
c. 1300
13th century
Language
Old French (842-ca. 1400)
Latin
Contents
Form
codex
Support
parchment
Physical extent
159 leaves
Decoration
Fleuronnée initials.
Binding
Stamped leather on renovated boards, 15th century Northern French work
Acquisition
Acquired by the Bodleian in 1659
Provenance
'Johan Cousin Johanne Lescoquentineestang' le samedi auant la seint Marc' ( c. 1300
'Iste liber partinet a Joannes du Viaret [?]' 15th century (fol. 158)
John Selden
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Title
'Les drois & les establissemens de Normendie par quoy les contens & les quereles sunt finees'
Shelfmark
MS. Selden Supra 70
Summary
'Les drois & les establissemens de Normendie par quoy les contens & les quereles sunt finees', or 'La coustume de Normendie' (fols, 12, 14v) in 121 chapters, and two parts. The prologue begins 'Pour cheu que nostre entencion est a esclarier en cheste euure':
Fols. 3-9 contain some rather later reports of a few cases
Fol. 11v a table of the Solar Cycle from 1168 to the 17th century
Fols. 131-157 are blank
Fol. 158 is a fly-leaf containing a small fragment of a Latin 13th cent. legal record.
'Johan Cousin Johanne Lescoquentine estang' le samedi auant la seint Marc' (about 1300: fol. 158): 'Iste liber partinet a Joannes du Viaret [?] 15th cent. (ibid.).
Date
Written in the second half of the 13th cent. in Normandy (?)
Language
French
Physical facet
On parchment, with illuminated capitals, etc.; binding, stamped leather on renovated boards, 15th cent. N. French work
Physical extent
159 Leaves
Custodial history
Manuscript 3473 acquired by the Bodleian Library
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Collection contents
'Les drois & les establissemens de Normendie par quoy les contens & les quereles sunt finees'
