Venetian Laws
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Description
- Title
- Venetian Laws
- Published / Created
- [1525-1575]
- Publication Place
- Venice
- Abstract
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Manuscript on parchment of a collection of over 300 decrees issued by various Venetian governmental bodies: Maior Concilium (Maggior Consiglio), Concilium Sapientum (Consiglio dei Sapienti), Concilium X (Consiglio dei Dieci), Concilium Rogatorum (Consiglio dei Rogati), and others, and by several doges, between 1427 and 1540
- Description
-
In Latin and Italian.
Script: copied by various hands in Humanistica Cursiva. No decoration.
The manuscript also includes an oath formula for Jews, as well as a fragment of commentary on Psalm 96 from Pseudo-Jerome's Breviarium in Psalmos.
Binding: contemporary Venetian binding: blind-tooled calfskin over wooden boards, both covers decorated with two frames traced with quadruple fillets, one frame filled with a tulip roll stamp, the other one with various tools: a cherub's head, a ropework diamond, flowerets and a maple leaf. Five engraved brass bosses (four corner pieces and a center piece) on each cover (two are replacements). Four engraved brass clasps in the same style (two at the side edges and one each at the top and at the bottom edge). - Provenance
- Collection of A.R. Pinci (large engraved bookplate). Collection of Morris H. Saffron. Purchased from H.P. Kraus, New York for the Cary Collection of Playing Cards. Bequest of Mary Flagler Cary.
- Extent
- ff. 195 : 240 x 165 mm.
- Extent of Digitization
- This object has been completely digitized.
- Language
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Latin
Collection Information
- Repository
- Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library
- Call Number
- Beinecke MS 751
- Related Resource Online
- View a detailed description.
Subjects, Formats, And Genres
- Genre
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Manuscripts, Renaissance Italy 16th century
Medieval and Renaissance Manuscripts in Beinecke Library - Material
- parchment ;
- Resource Type
- unspecified
- Subject (Geographic)
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Connecticut
New Haven.
Venice (Italy) - Subject (Topic)
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Legal documents
Manuscripts, Medieval
Politics and government - Subjects
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Legal documents
Manuscripts, Medieval > Connecticut > New Haven
Venice (Italy) > Politics and government
Italy > 16th century
Medieval and Renaissance Manuscripts in Beinecke Library
Access And Usage Rights
- Access
- Public
- Rights
- The use of this image may be subject to the copyright law of the United States (Title 17, United States Code) or to site license or other rights management terms and conditions. The person using the image is liable for any infringement.
- Citation
- Venetian Laws. General Collection, Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library, Yale University.
Identifiers
- Orbis Record
- 9883167
- Object ID (OID)
- 10617898
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