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Title

Anciens et nouveaux statuts de l'ordre de St. Jean de Jerusalem ; Ordonnances du Chapitre General tenu l'an 1631

Authors

• Knights of Malta

Call number

Ms. Codex 1009
(Philadelphia, University of Pennsylvania, Rare Book & Manuscript Library)

Alternate identifiers

• bibid: 3778095
• http://hdl.library.upenn.edu/1017/d/medren/3778095

Publisher

The University of Pennsylvania Libraries

Language

French

Origin

Date

circa 1700

Place

France

Summary

The first work is a French translation of the 1676 Italian edition of the statutes published in Borgo Nuovo ("traduits sur l'edition de Borgeforte de 1676," f. 1r). It begins with a copy of the confirmation of eight statutes of the order from 1588, previously approved by Pope Pius V, followed by rules arranged into 19 "titles" addressing subjects such as the habit of the order, the prayers to be used, the exercise of hospitality, the treasury, elections, commanderies, and visits. The statement of responsibility in the caption title of the second work reads, "par l'eminentissime et reverendissime Grand Maistre Frere Antoine de Paule." The title for the second work that appears on the title page of the volume is "L'ordonnance du Chapitre du Grand Prieuré de France." This work covers almost all the same statute titles in roughly the same order, with three additional titles at the end concerning the chancellory, hostels, and galleys. The volume concludes with a detailed table of contents for the first work (14 p.) and a more cursory one for the second (2 p.).

Notes

• Ms. codex.
   
• Title of first work from title page of the volume; title of second work from caption title of the second work (p. 1 of the second work); date from Zacour-Hirsch.
   

Extent

184 leaves : 300 x 194 (250 x 147) mm. bound to 309 x 215 mm

Foliation

Paper, ii + 184 + iii; [ii], 1-213, [iii], 1-134, 1-14, 1-2; contemporary pagination in ink, modern pagination in pencil, upper outer corners.

Support

Paper

Binding

Contemporary calf with gilt ornamentation and title on spine (Zacour-Hirsch).

Layout

Written in 38 to 40 long lines; frame-ruled in ink.

Provenance

• Bookplate removed from flyleaf verso and following leaf cut out.
   
• Purchased, 1962.
   

Subjects topical

• Knights of Malta--Early works to 1800
• Hospitalers
• Military religious orders--France
• Monasticism and religious orders--Early works to 1800

Genres

• Codices
• Ordinances
• Statutes
• Manuscripts, French--17th century
• Manuscripts, French--18th century
• Manuscripts, European

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