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Title

Procès criminel contre Girard Didelot blasphémateur (1569) (Dossier original)

Call number

Oversize Ms. Codex 1195
(3420 Walnut Street, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19104-6206., University of Pennsylvania, Kislak Center for Special Collections, Rare Books and Manuscripts)

Alternate identifiers

• bibid: 9943207753503681
• http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/231621832
• http://hdl.library.upenn.edu/1017/d/medren/4320775

Publisher

University of Pennsylvania

Language

French

Origin

Date

1569-1570

Place

St. Dié, France

Summary

The original record made during the blasphemy trial of Girard (or Gerard) Didelot in the town of St. Dié in northeastern France. The trial record contains the testimonies of numerous witnesses who have heard the defendant utter blasphemous statements. The testimonies are followed by the record of the interrogation of the defendant (f. 9r-12r). The record of the trial is broken up into dated segments, with the proceedings beginning in 1569 and the last date being July 3rd, 1570. The records are signed in multiple places by Rasaille, Gordette, Le Brecq, Mainbourg, and others.

Notes

• Ms. codex.
   
• Title from cover.
   
• Incipit: Informations preparatoires faictes de l'ordonance de messieurs venerables doien le chapitre de Sainct Diey, par honorable homme Gregoire Miatte maire desdits signeurs audict Diey sur plusieurs oultraiges et blasphemes...(f. 1r).
   

Watermark

Three sets of watermarks; several with a crowned coat of arms and possibly an eagle or a rooster inside it; several with a tall crown; one with a crowned coat of arms with the letter B inside.

Extent

23 leaves : 300 x 205 (270 x 160) mm. bound to 303 x 210 mm

Foliation

Paper, i (modern paper) + 21 + i (modern paper); 1-5, [6-21]; contemporary foliation in ink, upper right recto; modern foliation in pencil, lower right recto.

Support

Paper

Binding

Modern boards (Zacour-Hirsch).

Layout

Written in 43-44 long lines.

Script

Written in a secretary script, likely by several hands.

Provenance

• Purchased in 1949 (inscription, front and back flyleaf recto).
   

Subjects topical

• Trials (Blasphemy)--France--Early works to 1800
• Offenses against religion--France

Genres

• Codices
• Criminal court records
• Manuscripts, French--16th century
• Manuscripts, Renaissance

Keywords

• Court records
• 16th century
• French
• France
• Paper

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