Sjaelland, Denmark: logbok

Description

Title: Sjaelland, Denmark: logbok
Published / Created: [between 1400 and 1500]
Publication Place: Denmark (Sjaelland)
Abstract: Manuscript on paper (light-weight) of Laws of Sjaelland, Denmark
Description: In Danish.
Watermarks in gutter similar to Briquet Main 11417 and Lettre P 8636.
Script: Written in a running script with some looped ascenders, by one scribe.
Crude 2-line initials, in orange. Paragraph marks and slashes between sentences, also in orange.
Binding: 16th-17th centuries. Rebinding? Sewn on three vegetable fiber, double cords, the previous sewing caught up. No endbands. The cords are laced and pegged into oak boards. Between the cords the spine is lined with vellum strips which extend into the inside of the boards. Covered in reddish-brown calf, blind-tooled with a vine scroll St. Andrew's cross set in a panel border of the same on the lower board, concentric panels, two with vine scrolls on the upper. There is a brass catch on the upper board, the stub of a vellum strap attached to the lower one. The leather is wanting in the spine area.
Provenance: Collection of comte Paul Riant, whose Scandinavian library was given to Yale in 1896 by Mrs. Henry Farnam.
Extent: ff. 265 : 191 x 136 (135 x 85) mm.
Extent of Digitization: This object has been completely digitized.
Language: Danish

Genre: Manuscripts, Medieval Denmark 15th century
Medieval and Renaissance Manuscripts in Beinecke Library
Material: paper ;
Resource Type: unspecified
Subject (Geographic): Denmark.
Connecticut
New Haven.
Sjælland (Denmark)
Subject (Topic): Law
Manuscripts, Medieval
Subjects: Law > Denmark
Manuscripts, Medieval > Connecticut > New Haven
Sjælland (Denmark)
Denmark > 15th century
Medieval and Renaissance Manuscripts in Beinecke Library

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Citation: Sjaelland, Denmark: Logbok. General Collection, Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library, Yale University.