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10. Statuta vetera
- Published / Created:
- [between 1300 and 1399]
- Call Number:
- Osborn a57
- Container / Volume:
- Box
- Image Count:
- 408
- Resource Type:
- text
- 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., and Binding: contemporary stitching on three double bands; later vellum over pasteboard binding.
- Subject (Geographic):
- England, Great Britain, Connecticut, and New Haven.
- Subject (Name):
- Edward I, King of England, 1239-1307., Taussig, Anthony., and England. Parliament.
- Subject (Topic):
- Forestry law and legislation, Feudal law, Law, Manuscripts, Medieval, Mortmain, and Maintenance and champerty
- Found in:
- Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > Statuta vetera
11. Statutes of England from 1 Edward III to 4 Henry VI.
- Published / Created:
- [ca. 1427]
- Call Number:
- Takamiya MS 41
- Container / Volume:
- Box
- Image Count:
- 549
- Resource Type:
- unspecified
- Abstract:
- Manuscript, on parchment, in multiple hands, of a complete set of the statutes of England from 1327 to 1427. In Law French with Latin headings
- Description:
- In Law French and Latin., Numerous contemporary marginal annotations in a number of hands., Ownership inscription: "Wilelmo Elwys" on first leaf (1r) and final leaf (269v)., Ownership inscription: "T. Butler 1759" on first leaf (1r)., Layout: single columns of 30-36 lines., Script: several secretary scripts., Decoration: blue initials with red penwork., and Binding: early flexible binding, designed to accomodate further additions of leaves, with stiff leather covers stitched on with leather thongs; original bands and sewing visible. "Edw. Bennett" cut into upper cover in a later hand.
- Subject (Geographic):
- England, Great Britain, Connecticut, and New Haven.
- Subject (Name):
- England. Parliament.
- Subject (Topic):
- Feudal law, Law, and Manuscripts, Medieval
- Found in:
- Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > Statutes of England from 1 Edward III to 4 Henry VI.
12. The court of appeal
- Published / Created:
- [19--]
- Call Number:
- LM Z Postcards v.1 no.3 tall
- Image Count:
- 2
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- Four dogs as judges on the bench
- Alternative Title:
- Postcard depicting four dogs sitting in a row and Legally themed postcard depicting 4 dogs sitting in a row, as judges
- Description:
- The Court of Appeal: Printed title on postcard front., Rotary Photographic Plate Sunk Gem Series: Printed text on left margin of postcard back, In lower right corner of image, reverse type: Landor., In lower left corner of image, reverse type: P 528., Rotary Photographic Co. Ltd. was active in London between 1897 and 1916., Manuscript notes on verso: "Many thanks, wish I knew what it all meant. Have you named the new cow yet?" signed J. I., Addressed to Mr. Craig, [P--?] Palace, Donegal Rd., Belfast., Also available in original print http://morris.law.yale.edu/record=b1281865, Digital reproduction. New Haven, Connecticut: Yale Law Library, 2019 LM Z Postcards v.1 no.3 tall., and Online resource; description based on print version record.
- Publisher:
- Rotary Photo, E.C.
- Subject (Geographic):
- Great Britain
- Subject (Topic):
- Law, Judges, and Conduct of court proceedings
- Found in:
- Lillian Goldman Law Library > The court of appeal
