MS. Bodl. 564

Summary Catalogue no.: 2350

Ranulf de Glanville (?), Tractatus de legibus et consuetudinibus regni Anglie

Rubric: Incipit Tractatus de legibus & consuetudinibus regni Anglie tempore H. regis secundi, compositus iusticie gubernacula tenente illustri viro Ranulfo de Glanuilla, iuris regni & antiquarum consuetudinum eo tempore peritissimo [the last two words in rasura]. Et illas solas leges continet secundum quas placitatur in curia regis ad Scacarium & coram iusticiis ubicunque fuerint

Incipit: Regiam potestatem

Incipit: Placitorum aliud criminale

Explicit: tractare non decuit

Language(s): Latin

Physical Description

Form: codex

Support: parchment

ii + 52 leaves

Dimensions (binding): 10.25 × 7.375 in.

Layout

2 cols.

Decoration

Illuminated capitals.

Binding

Old boards recovered in London late in the 16th cent., with fore-edge painting (14th cent. ?).

History

Origin: 13th century, first half ; English

Provenance and Acquisition

Presented by 'Edwarde Fletewoode' in 1601.

Record Sources

Description adapted (2024) from the Summary Catalogue (1922).

Summary Catalogue, vol. 2, part 1, p. 322

Summary Catalogue, vol. 2, part 1, p. 323

Abbreviations

View list of abbreviations and editorial conventions.

Last Substantive Revision

2024-10: Description revised to incorporate all information from Summary Catalogue.

A catalogue of Western manuscripts at the Bodleian Libraries and selected Oxford colleges