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Title

Libera versio codicis legum regni Transylvaniae et partium Hungariae eidem annexarum in specie approbatarum constitutionum ex articulis ab anno 1540-1653 conclusis congestarum et compilatarum constitutionum ex articulis ab anno 1654-1669 conclusis excerptarum

Other related names

• Rákóczi György II, Prince of Transylvania, 1621-1660, Patron

Call number

Ms. Codex 1108
(Philadelphia, University of Pennsylvania, Rare Book & Manuscript Library)

Alternate identifiers

• bibid: 4253169
• http://hdl.library.upenn.edu/1017/d/medren/4253169

Publisher

The University of Pennsylvania Libraries

Language

Latin with names in Hungarian

Origin

Date

17--

Place

Transylvania

Summary

Record of domestic and foreign affairs in the principality of Transylvania from 1540-1669, including sections on religion, education, the military, wars, governors, rulers, the economy, the land, and interactions with foreign neighbors. Possibly commissioned by Rákóczi György II.

Notes

• Ms. codex.
   
• Title from title page (p. iii).
   

Extent

404 leaves : 242 x 192 (160 x 112) mm. bound to 255 x 204 mm

Foliation

Paper, ii (modern paper) + 404 + ii (modern paper); [iv], I-VIII, 1-472, 474-485, 485-780, I-XVI; contemporary pagination in ink, upper outer corners.

Support

Paper

Binding

Modern cloth, formerly half calf.

Layout

Written in 16-17 long lines, with occasional footnotes (such as on p. 429).

Script

Written in a cursive script.

Provenance

• Sold by Robert Wölfle (Munich), 1965.
   

Genres

• Codices
• Histories
• Treatises
• Manuscripts, Latin--18th century
• Manuscripts, European

Licenses

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