MS. Douce 35
Summary Catalogue no.: 21609
Contents
Statutes of England (vetera statuta) and tracts
Rubric: Hic incipiunt Statuta videlicet Jura regni Anglie certissima a regibus & communi consilio eiusdem regni pro populi eiusdem regni vtilitate pace & tranquillitate prouisa
Statutes of Edw. I and II, with a few of Hen. III, and some general legal treatises: beginning with an Edwardine confirmation of Magna Charta: a full list is on foll. 17-24. Foll, 1-16 are occupied by a calendar and tables, and excerpts from the Gospels, etc.
On fol. 220 are four Latin riddles: the first beg. 'Edificor saxis': and at fol. 7v some statistics of English parishes, etc.
Language(s): Latin and Anglo-Norman
Physical Description
Form: codex
Support: parchment
Extent: ii + 224 leaves
Dimensions (binding): 5.375 × 3.5 in.
Decoration
Pächt and Alexander iii. 611, pl. LXIII:
Good borders.
Good historiated initials.
Good other initials.
History
Record Sources
Description adapted from the Summary Catalogue (1897). Decoration, localization and date follow Pächt and Alexander (1973).
Abbreviations
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Last Substantive Revision
2024-05: Add extent and leaf dimensions from Summary Catalogue.