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Chart of Consanguinity; Schwabenspiegel Landrecht (Common Law of the Swabians) Lewis E 69
Free Library of Philadelphia
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Abstract

This manuscript is a late fourteenth-century German manuscript containing a Chart of Consanguinity and the Schwabenspiegel Landrecht (Common Law of the Swabians).

Physical Description

Support: Paper; Extent: i+184+i; 310 x 214 mm bound to 317 x 220 mm; Foliation: Modern foliation in pencil, upper right recto; Collation: 1-14 (12), 15 (16); Signatures: Signatures throughout the last half of the manuscript, in red, lower right (alongside catchwords); "8" on 96v, "10" on 120v, "11" on 132v, partial "12" on 144v, "14" on 168v, "14" on 184v; Catchwords: Catchwords throughout, heavily trimmed but visible; lower right, on 12v, 24v, 36v, 48v, 60v, 72v, 84v, 96v, 108v, 120v, 132v, 144v, 156v, 168v

Layout

One column of twenty-two to twenty-eight lines; unlined; frame-ruled in light-brown ink; written area: 205 x 123 mm

Script

Gothic--cursiva

Decoration

Large initial in brown and red with penwork tracery (fol. 1r); red two- and three-line initials throughout; headings touched up in red

For a full list of Decorations in this manuscript please see the Content and Decorations section by clicking on the [i] button in the top left corner of the image viewer above.

Notes

Becker identifies the script as bâtarde

These are pages that we pulled aside that disrupted the flow of the manuscript reader. These may be bindings, inserts, bookmarks, and various other oddities.

Spine

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Keywords
Document
14th century
German
Gothic
Germany
Legal
History
Free Library of Philadelphia

Place of Origin

Bavaria?, Germany

Date

Late 14th century

Binding

19th century paper boards

Language

Middle High German (ca. 1050-1500)

Provenance

Harrison Wright, Wilkes-Barre, PA; his sale, Philadelphia, June 11, 1908, no. 238; (directly to?) John Frederick Lewis, Philadelphia; given by his widow, Anne Baker Lewis, to the Free Library of Philadelphia in 1936

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Place of Origin

Bavaria?, Germany

Date

Late 14th century

Language

Middle High German (ca. 1050-1500)

Provenance

Harrison Wright, Wilkes-Barre, PA; his sale, Philadelphia, June 11, 1908, no. 238;

Manuscript Overview

Abstract

This manuscript is a late fourteenth-century German manuscript containing a Chart of Consanguinity and the Schwabenspiegel Landrecht (Common Law of the Swabians).

Notes

Becker identifies the script as bâtarde

Script note

Gothic--cursiva

Decoration Note

Large initial in brown and red with penwork tracery (fol. 1r); red two- and three-line initials throughout; headings touched up in red

For a full list of Decorations in this manuscript please see the Content and Decorations section by clicking on the [i] button in the top left corner of the image viewer above.

References
Binding Images

These are pages that we pulled aside that disrupted the flow of the manuscript reader. These may be bindings, inserts, bookmarks, and various other oddities.

Spine

Fore edge

Top edge

Bottom edge

Keywords
Document
14th century
German
Gothic
Germany
Legal
History
Free Library of Philadelphia
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