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Explication des statuts de Provence.

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Language:
French
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Penn Provenance:
  • Purchased, 1959.
Physical Description:
562 leaves : paper ; 293 x 193 mm bound to 311 x 208 mm
Other Title:
Application des statuts sur les droits seigneuriaux
Place of Publication:
[Provence], [1674?-1764]
Language Note:
French.
Summary:
Historical analysis of law in Provence, primarily in the first half of the 18th century, but drawing on material from earlier centuries. Issues addressed include jurisdiction, appeals, the nobility, hunting, and indemnity. A table of contents at the beginning ("Table Generale") lists the sections as well as an alphabetical index at the end of each section. The sections were not written consecutively, as they are on a variety of papers and in a variety of hands; the indices seem to be the latest addition, along with extensive marginalia and some replaced pages.
Notes:
  • Ms. codex.
  • Title taken from title page (f. 1r); date based on the contents, with 1674 (f. 197r) and 1764 (f. 534r) possibly representing the earliest and latest sections.
  • Foliation: Paper; v + 534 + ii; 1-534; contemporary foliation in ink, upper center recto; some sections also paginated individually, perhaps somewhat later.
  • Script: Written in a cursive script.
  • Binding: Contemporary parchment.
  • Origin: Written in Provence, mostly in the second quarter of the 18th century, and collected by the early 1760s.
Cited in:
Described in Zacour, Norman P. and Hirsch, Rudolf. Catalogue of Manuscripts in the Libraries of the University of Pennsylvania to 1800 (Philadelphia: University of Pennsylvania Press, 1965), p. 60 (Ms. French 35).
Cited as:
UPenn Ms. Codex 943
OCLC:
155925557

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