Statuta vetera
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Description
- Title
- Statuta vetera
- Published / Created
- [between 1300 and 1399]
- Publication Place
- England
- Abstract
-
Manuscript, on vellum, in a single hand, of English statutes, many from the reign of Edward I. The volume opens with a table of chapters in the principal statutes, headed "Magna carta," followed by a copy of the Magna Carta as confirmed by Edward I (ff. 17-26) and a copy of his confirmation of the Carta de foresta. This is followed by copies of statutes including the Statutes of Westminster I and II; Quia emptores (Statute of Westminster III); statutes of mortmain and champerty; and Frangentibus prisonam
- Description
-
In Latin and Middle French.
Part of the Anthony Taussig Collection of English Legal Manuscripts (OSB MSS 184).Taussig catalog number: MS 81.7.14 (number 3 in main catalog numbering).
A complete description of the contents is found in Baker and Taussig, Catalogue (London: 2007), pp. 4-7.
Layout: single column, 16-19 lines.
Script: contemporary Anglicana hand.
Decoration: Initials mostly in blue or burnished gold; 23 larger initials in burnished gold on red and blue grounds. One large illuminated initial with ivy-leaf border including a dragon.
Binding: contemporary stitching on three double bands; later vellum over pasteboard binding. - Provenance
- Purchased from Anthony Taussig on the Hazel M. Osborn and the James Marshall and Marie-Louise Osborn Funds, 2012.
- Extent
- ff. 198 : 84 x 60 mm.
- Extent of Digitization
- This object has been completely digitized.
- Language
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Latin
French, Middle (ca. 1300-1600)
Collection Information
- Repository
- Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library
- Call Number
- Osborn a57
- Related Resource Online
- View a detailed description.
- Container / Volume
- Box
Subjects, Formats, And Genres
- Genre
-
Early works to 1800
Manuscripts, Medieval England 14th century
Medieval and Renaissance Manuscripts in Beinecke Library - Material
- parchment ;
- Resource Type
- text
- Subject (Geographic)
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England
Great Britain
Connecticut
New Haven. - Subject (Name)
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Edward I, King of England, 1239-1307.
Taussig, Anthony.
England. Parliament. - Subject (Topic)
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Forestry law and legislation
Feudal law
Law
Manuscripts, Medieval
Mortmain
Maintenance and champerty - Subjects
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Edward I, King of England, 1239-1307
Taussig, Anthony
England. Parliament
Magna Carta
Forestry law and legislation > England > Early works to 1800
Feudal law > England > Early works to 1800
Law > England > Early works to 1800
Law > Great Britain > Early works to 1800
Manuscripts, Medieval > Connecticut > New Haven
Mortmain > England > Early works to 1800
Maintenance and champerty > England > Early works to 1800
England > 14th 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
- Statuta vetera. Anthony Taussig Collection of Legal Manuscripts, James Marshall and Marie-Louise Osborn Collection, Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library, Yale University.
Identifiers
- Orbis Record
- 11859583
- Object ID (OID)
- 11685481
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