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Summary Catalogue no.: 3702

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Statutes of England, statuta nova, from Edward III to Henry IV (to 1404)

Certain Statutes of Edward III, Richard II (fol. 17), and Henry IV (fol. 51), 1327-1404, abbreviated in French: beg. 'Statuta Edwardi tercij abbreviata. Capm quintum. Accorde est que en contre recordes que vient en Court par brief de faux iuggement': ends on fol. 90v (some leaves being lost) 'toutes les seigneurs espirituelx &', in 5 Hen. 4, cap. xv.

Language(s): Anglo-Norman

Physical Description

Form: codex
Support: parchment
Extent: vi + 107 leaves
Dimensions (binding): 6.25 × 4.75 in.

Decoration

Initial. (Pächt and Alexander iii. 960)

History

Origin: 15th century, first half ; English

Provenance and Acquisition

On fol. 106v is a short list of a stock of printed books (?) of the first half of the 16th cent.: beg. 'Thre premers in eggles [= English], The new testament in engles. The chrysten mans banket'.

Given by John Houghton of Brasenose in 1657: 'Lib: Bibl: Bodl. ex dono Joh. Houghton SS. Theol: Baccalaurei, et Coll. Æneo-Nasi socij. Oct. xviii. Ann. M.DC.LVII.'

Record Sources

Description adapted (Sept. 2024) from the Summary Catalogue (1937); decoration and date follow Pächt and Alexander (1973).
Summary Catalogue, Vol. 2 Part 2, p. 734

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Last Substantive Revision

2024-09: Include all information from printed catalogues.