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Oberbayerisches Landrecht
Author: Ludwigs des Bayern, Kaiser
PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION: Parchment, 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.
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.
History note: Nicolaus Winzurn of Constance, 1538 (ownership inscription on fol. i verso); Hieronymus Wilhelm Ebner von Eschenbach (1673 – 1752) of Nüremberg, his MS A. 1346 (note pencilled inside lower cover); sold in the sales of his library which took place in Nüremberg from 1813 until 1820, although according to the pencil note the manuscript was sold in 1816, it is no. 164 in the first volume of the sale catalogue (Ranner 1812 – 1819), which was published in 1812 and relates to the first sale, 2 Aug. 1813; purchased for the Museum in 1893.
Method of acquisition: Bought (1893)
14th Century#
Production date:
circa
AD 1346
Support
composed of
parchment
Text
Height 215 mm
Width 125 mm
Page
Height 315 mm
Width 220 mm
Accession number: MS 185
Primary reference Number: 169739
Project ID: 410
Stable URI
Owner or interested party:
The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department:
Manuscripts and Printed Books
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