Libera versio codicis legum regni Transylvaniae et partium Hungariae eidem annexarum in specie approbatarum constitutionum ex articulis ab anno 1540-1653 conclusis congestarum et compilatarum constitutionum ex articulis ab anno 1654-1669 conclusis excerptarum.

Format:

Book

Manuscript

Contributor:

Rákóczi György II, Prince of Transylvania, 1621-1660, Patron.

Language:

Hungarian

Latin

Subjects (All):

Rákóczi György I, Prince of Transylvania, 1593-1648.

Rákóczi György.

Katharina, Electress, consort of Joachim Friedrich, Elector of Brandenburg, 1549-1602.

Katharina.

Bethlen, Gábor, Prince of Transylvania, 1580-1629.

Bethlen, Gábor.

Transylvania (Romania)--Relations--Hungary.

Transylvania (Romania).

Transylvania (Romania)--Politics and government.

Transylvania (Romania)--Economic conditions.

Transylvania (Romania)--Religious life and customs.

Genre:

codices (bound manuscripts)

histories (literary genre)

treatises

Manuscripts, Latin.

Manuscripts, European.

Penn Provenance:

Sold by Robert Wölfle (Munich), 1965.

Physical Description:

404 leaves : paper ; 242 x 192 (160 x 112) mm bound to 255 x 204 mm

Place of Publication:

[Transylvania], [between 1700 and 1799]

Language Note:

Latin with names in Hungarian.

Summary:

Record of domestic and foreign affairs in the principality of Transylvania from 1540-1669, including sections on religion, education, the military, wars, governors, rulers, the economy, the land, and interactions with foreign neighbors. Possibly commissioned by Rákóczi György II.

Contents:

1. p.i-viii: Praefatio et approbatio constitutionum regni nostri Transylvaniae et annexarum partium Hungariae.

2. p.1-600: Approbatarum constitutionum regni Transylvaniae et partium eidem adnexarum.

3. p.601-608: Praefatio ad compilatas constitutiones.

4. p.609-780: Compilatae constitutiones regni Transylvaniae et partium Hungariae eidem annexarum ex articulis ab anno 1654 usque 1669 conclusis excerptae.

Notes:

Ms. codex.

Title from title page (p. iii).

Foliation: Paper, ii (modern paper) + 404 + ii (modern paper); [iv], I-VIII, 1-472, 474-485, 485-780, I-XVI; contemporary pagination in ink, upper outer corners.

Layout: Written in 16-17 long lines, with occasional footnotes (such as on p. 429).

Script: Written in a cursive script.

Binding: Modern cloth, formerly half calf.

Origin: Written in Transylvania (Romania) in the 18th century.

Cited in:

Described in Zacour, Norman P. and Hirsch, Rudolf. Catalogue of Manuscripts in the Libraries of the University of Pennsylvania to 1800, Supplement A (1). The Library Chronicle 35 (1969), p. 5 (Ms. Latin 204).

Cited as:

UPenn Ms. Codex 1108

OCLC:

190861247