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Title

Recueil criminel depuis 1312 jusqu'a 1603

Authors

• Dongois, Nicolas, d.1717

Call number

Ms. Codex 1205
(Philadelphia, University of Pennsylvania, Rare Book & Manuscript Library)

Alternate identifiers

• bibid: 4322628
• http://hdl.library.upenn.edu/1017/d/medren/4322628

Publisher

The University of Pennsylvania Libraries

Language

French, with long passages in Latin

Origin

Date

before 1717

Place

France

Summary

A manuscript compendium of criminal cases between 1312 and 1603, made during the early 17th century from the records of the Parlement of Paris. This institution was created in 1307, replacing the king's council and initially had jurisdiction over the entire kingdom. Although more regional parlements were established in the fifteenth and the sixteenth centuries, the Parisian body maintained the largest jurisdiction, presiding over northern and central France; it was known simply as the Parlement. These parlements were initially not legislative bodies, but functioned as courts of appeal for both civil and criminal and as tribunals in special cases involving the nobility. Records in this 3-volume codex begin at the end of the reign of Philip IV; the first legal question in the collection concerns the payment of tithes. Other notable types of cases include trials for illegal possession of arms, murder and other various violent crimes, theft, and contumacy. One particularly notable case is of a trial against Charles de Gontaut, duc de Biron, who was executed for high treason in 1602 (v.3, f.297v-307v). There are also a number of trials for heresy, blasphemy, and other religious controversies as well as several entries concerning the trials of condemned booksellers. Orders for imprisonment, banishment, galley service, and execution are also present. All entries are chronologically organized and dated according to the appropriate session of the Parlement. Many entries contain marginal notes that summarize longer entries. 2 loose leaves inserted in volume 2 (f.301r).

Notes

• Ms. codex.
   
• Title and author from the title page in the first volume (f.[ii]r).
   
• Incipit: Registre premier du greffe criminel començant en 1312 et finissant en 1314. Philippus Dei gratiâ françorum Rex...(v.1, f.1r); Explicit: ... en vertu de leures patentes du Roy decernées à cet effet contre le[-] receveur, que le pain de prisonniers et necessitez de la lou[r] n'eussent esté entierement payées. (v.3, f.315v).
   
• Paper finding tabs in volume 1 indicate the start of new entries.
   

Watermark

several sets of watermarks; grapevine with initials F. G. below; two coats of arms: circular ornamentation with grapes and a star at the top surrounding a serpent, and circular ornamentation with a crown surrounding an unidentified object; 3 names of papermakers: is T. Dupuy, B. Go[f]o[hr]ier, and an illegible name.

Extent

3 volumes (398, 338, 318 leaves) : 367 x 235 (290 x 140) mm. bound to 380 x 260 mm

Foliation

Paper; v.I: 398 leaves, [iv], 1-39, 49, 51-73, 174-175, 76-203, 203, 203, 204-365, 368-529, 540-790, [ii]; contemporary pagination in ink, upper right corners; v.II: 338 leaves, [i, 1-332, v]; v.III: 318 leaves, [i, 1-315, ii]. Modern foliation in all volumes in pencil, lower right recto; all references in the record are made to the modern foliation.

Support

Paper

Binding

Contemporary calf (Zacour-Hirsch); gilt spine and titles with volume numbers and dates of contents.

Layout

Written in 20-29 long lines; text block outlined in drypoint.

Script

Written in a cursive script, possibly by multiple hands.

Provenance

• Sold by Gaston Saffroy (Paris), 1948 (clipping from bookseller's catalogue inside upper cover of the first volume).
   

Subjects topical

• France.--Parlement (Paris)
• Criminal justice, Administration of--France--History
• Criminal law--France--History
• Crime--France
• Trials (Heresy)--France
• Trials (Blasphemy)--France--Early works to 1800
• Trials (Treason)--France
• Offenses against religion--France

Genres

• Codices
• Finding tabs
• Judicial records
• Criminal court records
• Manuscripts, French--18th century
• Manuscripts, European

Licenses

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