Laws

Description

Title: Laws
Creator: Christian III, King of Denmark and Norway, 1503-1559
Published / Created: [between 1590 and 1600]
Publication Place: Denmark (?)
Abstract: Manuscript on paper (sturdy; watermarks buried in the gutter) of Christian III and Frederick II of Denmark, Laws
Description: In Low German.
Script: Written by one scribe in cursive script.
Headings in large gothic textura, with flourishes.
Binding: Between 1850 and 1900. Tan and brown mottled calf, gold-tooled; on the spine, "DESZ BRODMECHTIGESTEN [sic] HOCHGEBARNEN FoeRSTENVIMD," and the crowned monogram of comte Paul Riant. By the same binder who did MS 24.
Provenance: Collection of comte Paul Riant whose Scandinavian library was given to Yale in 1896 by Mrs. Henry Farnam.
Extent: ff. iii + i + 233 + iii : 200 x 150 (ca. 135 x 95) mm.
Extent of Digitization: This object has been completely digitized.
Language: Germanic (Other)

Genre: Manuscripts, Renaissance Denmark 16th century
Medieval and Renaissance Manuscripts in Beinecke Library
Material: paper ;
Resource Type: unspecified
Subject (Geographic): Denmark.
Connecticut
New Haven.
Subject (Name): Christian III, King of Denmark and Norway, 1503-1559.
Frederick II, King of Denmark and Norway, 1534-1588.
Subject (Topic): Law
Manuscripts, Medieval
Subjects: Christian III, King of Denmark and Norway, 1503-1559
Frederick II, King of Denmark and Norway, 1534-1588
Law > Denmark
Manuscripts, Medieval > Connecticut > New Haven
Denmark > 16th century
Medieval and Renaissance Manuscripts in Beinecke Library

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Citation: Christian III and Frederick II of Denmark, Laws. General Collection, Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library, Yale University.