Collection ID: 0053 | Metadata type: TEI | TEI XML | Data

Title

A collection of statutes of the realm manuscript, compiled ca. 1325.

Other related names

• Gomme, John, active 1821, former owner., former owner
• Folger, Henry Clay, 1857-1930, former owner., former owner
• Folger, Emily C. J. (Emily Clara Jordan), 1858-1936, former owner., former owner

Call number

MS V.a.256
(Washington DC, USA, Folger Shakespeare Library)

Alternate identifiers

• https://hamnet.folger.edu/cgi-bin/Pwebrecon.cgi?BBID=339068

Publisher

Folger Shakespeare Library

Language

Anglo-Norman; Latin

Origin

Place

England

Summary

A collection of statutes of the realm [manuscript], compiled ca. 1325. Abbreviated versions. Includes an Anglo-Norman version of the 1225 reissue of Magna Carta.

Notes

• In Anglo-Norman, with one exception; many are translations from Latin.
   
• Very few annotations and one manicule (leaf 196v).
   
• Notes in various later hands on leaf 1.
   
• Title devised by cataloger.
   
• Table of contents at beginning.
   
• Uniform title: [Laws, etc.]
   

Extent

214; 123 x 82 mm

Foliation

Foliated

Support

Parchment

Binding

Bound in original limp vellum covers; spine has been removed and quires resewn.

Layout

Written in 18-21 long lines (dimensions of written space: 90 x 58 mm); below line; frame-ruled; prickings in outer margin; headings on top of each page; pen flourishes of letters on last line of page.

Decoration

Simple blue, red and gold borders on leaves 2r-12v; Gold initials with red and blue ink flourishes on leaves 14r, 31v, 54r, 59r, 86v, 144r, 152r, 161v, 166v, 185r, and 186v; Pen flourished initials in red and blue ink throughout; Red and blue initials and highlights throughout.

Script

Written in Anglicana script.

Provenance

• Note on leaf 1v: Gift of John Gomme of Charley [?], December 3, 1821; Acquired by Henry Clay Folger from E. Williams of Hove, May 1922.
   

Related resources

• Ricci, S. de. Census of medieval and Renaissance manuscripts in the United States and Canada, 1073.1.
• Baker, John. English legal manuscripts, 33

Subjects topical

• Law --England --14th century --Manuscripts
• Great Britain --England

Genres

• Manuscripts, Anglo-Norman --England --14th century
• Legal documents --England --14th century --Manuscripts
• Annotations (Provenance)
• Manicules (Provenance)

Keywords

• Legal
• 14th century
• English
• England

Licenses

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Table of contents

• fol. 1r — Ownership notes
• fol. 1v — Ownership notes
• fol. 2r — Table of Contents
• fol. 14r — Magna Carta
• fol. 25v — De foresta
• fol. 31v — Constitutions de Mertone
• fol. 38v — Constitutions de Merleberge
• fol. 54r — [Statute of] Wyncestre
• fol. 59r — [Statute of Westminster I]
• fol. 86v — [Statute of Westminster II]
• fol. 144r — [Statute of Gloucester I]
• fol. 152r — [Statute of Exeter]
• fol. 161v — [Statute of Merchants]
• fol. 166v — [Statute of Bigamy, followed by other shorter statutes]

Decorations

• fol. 14r — Illuminated initial H
• fol. 25v — Illuminated initial H
• fol. 31v — Illuminated initial P
• fol. 38v — Illuminated initial L
• fol. 54r — Illuminated initial P
• fol. 59r — Illuminated initial C
• fol. 86v — Illuminated initial C
• fol. 144r — Illuminated initial P
• fol. 152r — Illuminated initial C
• fol. 161v — Illuminated initial P
• fol. 166v — Illuminated initial E