MS. Fr. e. 23
Summary Catalogue no.: Not in SC (late accession)
Contents
Language(s): French
2.
Grand Coutumier of Normandy Rubric: Les drois et les establissemens de Normandie
As pr. Rouen, 1515, but with a second preface, of which the Latin version is pr. in the edition of E. Tardif, Soc. de l'hist. de Normandie, 1896, p.2.
Incipit: (preface(second))Pour ce que la malice
3. (fol.89)
Hypothetical legal problems with answers, comparable to the casus placitorum
Incipit: Deus freres furent dont lun vendi son heritage
4. (fol.90v)
Rubric: Le recort des escheqiers
For the years 1207–1211, pr. M. Marnier, Établissements et coutumes, assises et arrets de l'echiquier de Normandie, Paris, 1839, pp.111–22, ends imperf.
Physical Description
Secundo Folio: (register) De pleiges
Form: codex
Support: parchment
Extent: iii + 97 leaves
Dimensions (leaf): 200 × 130 mm.
Dimensions (written): 135 × 95 mm.
Collation
1(4), 2(8)–12(8), wanting at least one quire at the end
Layout
2 cols., 28 lines, numbered in red on the verso by the scribe
Decoration
Red and blue initials with flourishes.
Binding
Crushed morocco binding by Sangorski & Sutcliffe.
History
Provenance and Acquisition
'Wylliam Smyth', 16th century
Hale family, Alderley, library.
Christie's 18 June 1946, lot 263
Bought from Maggs, 1948.
Record Sources
Typescript description by Bodleian library staff
Digital Images
Digital Bodleian (1 image from 35mm slides)