De legibus et consuetudinibus Angliæ
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Description
- Title
- De legibus et consuetudinibus Angliæ
- Creator
- Bracton, Henry de, -1268
- Published / Created
- [between 1275 and 1299]
- Publication Place
- England
- Abstract
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Manuscript, on vellum, in a single hand, of a portion of Bracton's treatise on English law
- Description
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In Latin; one lengthy marginal annotation in Law French.
Part of the Anthony Taussig Collection of English Legal Manuscripts (OSB MSS 184). Taussig catalog number: MS 82.12.7 (number 19 in main catalog numbering).
A fuller description of the contents is found in Baker and Taussig, Catalogue (London: 2007), pp. 13-14.
Title from incipit.
Some early marginalia. Lengthy annotation in Law French (ff. 182v-183) concerning a dictum by "Denam" (probably John or William de Denum).
Annotated on f. 1 in the hand of Sir Thomas Phillipps: H. Bracton De Legibus Angliæ. From Sir G. P. Turner's Library. Phillipps MS 3097.
Layout: double columns, 32 lines.
Script: Gothic Textura.
Decoration: headings, paragraph marks, and running titles in red or blue; two-line initials throughout in red and blue; two large initials in red and blue.
Binding: nineteenth-century full russia, blind-stamped. Gilt title on spine: Bracton De Legibus Angliæ. - Provenance
- Previously owned by Sir Gregory Osborne Page Turner; Phillipps MS 3097; William Carr; W. J. Carr. Purchased from Anthony Taussig on the Hazel M. Osborn and the James Marshall and Marie-Louise Osborn Funds, 2012.
- Extent
- ff. 213 : 291 x 205 mm.
- Extent of Digitization
- This object has been partially digitized.
- Language
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Latin
French, Middle (ca. 1300-1600)
Collection Information
- Repository
- Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library
- Call Number
- Osborn fa53
- Related Resource Online
- View a detailed description.
- Container / Volume
- Box
Subjects, Formats, And Genres
- Genre
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Early works to 1800
Manuscripts, Medieval England 13th century
Medieval and Renaissance Manuscripts in Beinecke Library - Material
- parchment ;
- Resource Type
- unspecified
- Subject (Geographic)
-
England
Great Britain
Connecticut
New Haven. - Subject (Name)
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Bracton, Henry de, -1268.
Taussig, Anthony. - Subject (Topic)
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Law
Manuscripts, Medieval - Subjects
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Bracton, Henry de, -1268
Taussig, Anthony
Law > England > Early works to 1800
Law > Great Britain > Early works to 1800
Manuscripts, Medieval > Connecticut > New Haven
England > 13th 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
- Henry de Bracton, De legibus et consuetudinibus Angliæ. Anthony Taussig Collection of Legal Manuscripts, James Marshall and Marie-Louise Osborn Collection, Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library, Yale University.
Identifiers
- Orbis Record
- 11861504
- Object ID (OID)
- 16048297
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