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Summary Catalogue no.: 2373

Contents

Language(s): Latin

Ranulf de Glanville (?), De legibus et consuetudinibus regni Anglie
Rubric: Incipit tractatus de legibus & consuetudinibus regni Anglie tempore Regis H(enrici) secundi compositus . .
Incipit: Eodem anno die precedente festum sancti Leonardi venit dominus Rex

With prologue, list of chapters and the fourteen books.

A 13th cent. hand has added on fol. 78v a royal precept to the sheriff of Kent in favour of the privileges of Christ Church, Canterbury, in Latin.

On fol. i is a 16th cent. copy of a passage from a Latin chronicle relating to the privileges of London in 1259. beg. 'Eodem anno die precedente festum sancti Leonardi venit dominus Rex'.

Physical Description

Form: codex
Support: parchment
Extent: v + 81 leaves
Dimensions (binding): 10 × 7.375 in.

Decoration

Fleuronnée initials. (Pächt and Alexander iii. 387)

Binding

Stamped black leather, English work of the 2nd half of the 16th cent.

History

Origin: 13th century, first half ; English

Provenance and Acquisition

This volume appears to have reached the Library in 1603 or 1604.

Record Sources

Description adapted (2024) from the Summary Catalogue (1922). Decoration, localization and date follow Pächt and Alexander (1973).
Summary Catalogue, vol. 2, part 1, p. 333
Summary Catalogue, vol. 2, part 1, p. 334

Abbreviations

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Last Substantive Revision

2024-10: Description revised to incorporate all information from Summary Catalogue with reference to published literature.