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Title

Statuta Amelie

Authors

• Joannes Dominicus de Marchis

Other related names

• Bullitt, Orville H. 1894-1979, donor

Call number

Oversize Ms. Codex 1255
(3420 Walnut Street, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19104-6206., University of Pennsylvania, Kislak Center for Special Collections, Rare Books and Manuscripts)

Alternate identifiers

• bibid: 9943865603503681
• http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/245534408
• http://hdl.library.upenn.edu/1017/d/medren/4386560

Publisher

University of Pennsylvania

Language

Latin

Origin

Date

1575

Place

Ameglia

Summary

Divided into three sections. The statutes, all of the Italian town Ameglia, deal with everything from farming and fishing to legal proceedings and punishments. Liber primus begins with a table of contents of the statutes, divided by book and numbered in order of appearance. Its statutes deal with everyday issues, involving tradesmen, fishing, the meat industry, The second section mostly includes statutes on punishments. The final section addresses civil law, including libel, rent, and inheritance. The book is dated January 24, 1575, and signed Johannes Dominicus de Marchis olim Bernardi (f. 47r).

Notes

• Ms. codex.
   
• Title from spine.
   

Extent

62 leaves : 313 x 215 (245 x 175) mm. bound to 315 x 220 mm

Foliation

Paper, 62: iii (modern paper) + [i-iv], 1-47, [48-58], + iii (modern paper); contemporary foliation in ink, modern foliation in pencil, upper right recto.

Support

Parchment

Binding

Vellum.

Decoration

Several manicules (f. iv recto, iv verso, 25v, 31r, 33r).

Script

Written in a cursive hand, with some marginal notes in a later hand.

Provenance

• Gift of Orville H. Bullitt.
   

Subjects topical

• Criminal law--Italy
• Civil law--Italy
• Law--Italy--History

Genres

• Codices
• Statutes
• Manuscripts, Latin--16th century
• Manuscripts, Renaissance

Keywords

• 16th century
• Legal
• History
• Italian
• Italy

Licenses

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Table of contents

• fol. 1r — Liber primus, f. 1r
• fol. 20r — De criminalibus, f. 20r
• fol. 28r — De civilibus liber tertius, f. 28r

Decorations

• fol. 25v — Manicule, f. 25v
• fol. 31r — Manicule, f. 31r
• fol. 33r — Manicule, f. 33r