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Title

Statutes of Engadine

Other related names

• Lea, Henry Charles, 1825-1909, former owner

Call number

Ms. Codex 1265
(Philadelphia, University of Pennsylvania, Rare Book & Manuscript Library)

Alternate identifiers

• bibid: 4405047
• http://hdl.library.upenn.edu/1017/d/medren/4405047

Publisher

The University of Pennsylvania Libraries

Language

Raeto-Romance

Origin

Date

ca. 1762

Place

Engadine

Summary

Civil, criminal, and matrimonial statutes of Engadine, Switzerland, ranging from the 16th century to the 18th century, with repeated mentions of a town named Cumoen Grand. Contains alphabetical index of the statutes and list of officials, for the years 1563 to 1729.

Notes

• Ms. codex.
   
• Title supplied by cataloger.
   

Extent

245 leaves : 170 x 113 mm. bound to 175 x 120 mm

Foliation

Paper, vi (blank) + 226 + xiii (blank); 1-185, [186-226]; contemporary foliation in ink, modern foliation in pencil, upper right recto.

Support

Paper

Binding

Contemporary calf (Zacour-Hirsch).

Decoration

Ink flourishes at the ends of major sections.

Script

Written in a humanistic cursive hand.

Provenance

• Formerly owned by Henry Charles Lea (bookplate and inscription dated 1876, inside upper cover).
   

Subjects topical

• Civil law--Switzerland
• Criminal law--Switzerland
• Marriage law--Switzerland

Genres

• Codices
• Statutes
• Manuscripts, Romance--18th century
• Manuscripts, European

Licenses

• Text

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  URL

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• Text

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  URL

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Table of contents

• fol. 1r — Statuts civils, f. 1r
• fol. 130r — Statuts criminels, f. 130r
• fol. 165r — Statuts matrimoniels, f. 165r
• fol. 172r — La chiarta dalla Ly?a, f. 172r
• fol. 187r — Register sur les statuts civils, criminels, et matrimoniels, f. 187r
• fol. 210v — List of officials, f. 210v

Decorations

• Inside front cover — Bookplate, Inside front cover