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Title

Documents of the town of Châtenois

Call number

Oversize Ms. Codex 1098
(3420 Walnut Street, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19104-6206., University of Pennsylvania, Kislak Center for Special Collections, Rare Books and Manuscripts)

Alternate identifiers

• bibid: 9942495453503681
• http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/187852918
• http://hdl.library.upenn.edu/1017/d/medren/4249545

Publisher

University of Pennsylvania

Language

German, with some French on two leaves (f. 153-154)

Origin

Date

1478-1832

Place

Kestenholtz i.e. Châtenois, France

Summary

Book of documents (Copialbuch; Urkundenbuch) of the town of Châtenois (German, Kestenholz), in the département of Bas-Rhin, region of Alsace, France. At the time that the book was begun, in 1478 (f. 1r), the town was in the possession of the archbishop of Strasbourg. The documents include oaths and regulations (Ordnungen) governing citizenship and various offices or professions; several agreements, notices, or petitions; and the recording of supervisors of the fields (Bannwarten, Rebbannwarten) and the prices of wine (Weinschlag), entered annually until 1762 (f. 151v) and 1788 (f. 142v), respectively. The last entries (f. 153r-154r) are mostly in French and record taxes on (or prices of?) wine from 1789 to 1832. Remains of leather finding tabs (f. 30, 47, 94).

Notes

• Ms. codex.
   
• Title supplied by cataloger.
   

Extent

152 leaves : 318 x 200 mm. bound to 335 x 218 mm

Collation

Paper, 148 + iv; 1⁸(-1) 2⁶(-1) 3¹⁰ 4⁶ 5⁸ 6⁶ 7⁸ 8¹⁰ 9⁸ 10¹⁰ 11⁶ 12¹⁰ 13⁶(-5) 14¹⁰(-8, 9, 10) 15⁸(-2) 16⁴(-1) 17⁶ 18⁸ 19⁶ 20¹⁰(-10) 21⁶ 22²(2 is pastedown); 1-42, 44-94, [i], 95-114,121-154 (f. 103-105, 121, 122, 131, and 152 are blank); contemporary foliation, upper right recto.

Support

Paper

Binding

16th-century half-pigskin over wooden boards (Zacour-Hirsch).

Layout

Written in long lines, with varying line-spacing and margins.

Decoration

Some initial flourishes and some headings in more formal book script throughout, with some instances of more embellished initials (f. 58r, 58v, 59r, 65v, 66r, 66v, 132v, 133r, 139r, 140r).

Script

Written in multiple German cursive hands.

Provenance

• Sold by Helmuth Domizlaff (Munich), 1952.
   

Subjects topical

• Wine and wine making--Law and legislation--France--Alsace

Genres

• Codices
• Government records
• Finding tabs
• Manuscripts, German--15th century
• Manuscripts, German--16th century
• Manuscripts, German--17th century
• Manuscripts, German--18th century
• Manuscripts, Renaissance

Keywords

• 15th century
• 16th century
• 17th century
• 18th century
• France
• German
• Legal
• Paper
• Financial records
• Government records
• Wine and winemaking

Licenses

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Decorations

• fol. 30r — Finding tab, f. 30r