MS. Douce 35

Summary Catalogue no.: 21609

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

Origin: 14th century, second quarter ; English

Provenance and Acquisition

Francis Douce, 1757–1834

Bequeathed to the Bodleian in 1834

Record Sources

Description adapted from the Summary Catalogue (1897). Decoration, localization and date follow Pächt and Alexander (1973).

Summary Catalogue, vol. 4, p. 500

Availability

This item will be on display in the Bodleian Libraries exhibition 'Magna Carta 1225' (Weston Library, Blackwell Hall) from 21 December 2024 to 21 April 2025, and will not be orderable between those dates or for a short time before or after.

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Last Substantive Revision

2024-05: Add extent and leaf dimensions from Summary Catalogue.

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