Oberbayerisches Landrecht

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Illuminated manuscript. Oberbayerisches Landrecht. Kaiser Ludwigs des Bayern (author). Middle German. Parchment, gold, vii contemporary parchment leaves (fol. i former pastedown) + 58 fols. (contemporary foliation in red ink followed in this description) + i contemporary parchment flyleaf (former pastedown) , 315 x 220 (215 x 125) mm, 30 – 31 long lines, ruled in brown ink. Circa 1346. BINDING: 15th century, c.1478 (watermarks on pastedowns Briquet no. 14606, Bavaria 1478), brown leather over wooden boards, sewn on 4 double supports, 1 brass plate in centre of each cover, 4 brass cornerpieces on each cover inscribed O mater dei misereri m, two brass clasps on lower cover, two brass catchplates on upper cover. CONTENTS: fol. i recto Isidor of Seville’s etymology of ‘law’. fols. i recto – vi recto List of contents. fols. vii verso – 58r Oberbayerisches Landrecht Kaiser Ludwigs des Bayern. DECORATION: Historiated initial [W, 14 ll.] on gold ground with foliate border containing coats of arms (anti-clockwise) of Pfalz, the Empire, Brandenburg, Holland, and Bavaria: fol. vii verso Emperor Ludwig of Bavaria standing on lions, flanked by eagles and courtiers. Spaces left blank for miniatures above each titulus. ORNAMENTATION: Red penwork initials [2 ll.] for each section.

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