Law report (fragment).

Description

Title: Law report (fragment).
Published / Created: [ca. 1460-1480]
Publication Place: England
Abstract: Manuscript leaf, on parchment, apparently from a collection of law reports (perhaps a Year-book). Actions mentioned include cases of Dower and Quare impedit
Description: In Law French (Anglo-Norman).
Layout: single columns of 61-62 lines each.
Script: cursive legal script with some anglicana features.
Provenance: Purchased from Toshiyuki Takamiya on the Edwin J. Beinecke Book Fund, 2017.
Extent: 1 leaf : 285 mm x 220 mm
Extent of Digitization: This object has been completely digitized.
Language: French, Middle (ca. 1300-1600)

Genre: Early works to 1800
Manuscripts, Medieval England 15th century
Medieval and Renaissance Manuscript Fragments in Beinecke Library
Medieval and Renaissance Manuscripts in Beinecke Library
Material: parchment ;
Resource Type: unspecified
Subject (Geographic): Connecticut
New Haven.
England
Subject (Topic): Manuscripts, Medieval
Law
Subjects: Manuscripts, Medieval > Connecticut > New Haven
Law > England > Early works to 1800
England > 15th century
Medieval and Renaissance Manuscript Fragments in Beinecke Library
Medieval and Renaissance Manuscripts in Beinecke Library
Takamiya, Toshiyuki > Ownership

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Citation: Law Report (Fragment) (Takamiya MS 138). General Collection, Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library, Yale University.