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Wedding regulations Ms. Codex 1096
Kislak Center for Special Collections, Rare Books and Manuscripts
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Abstract

Sumptuary regulations for betrothals and weddings (Hochzeitsordnung) issued by the city of Nuremberg, covering such details as how the announcement of the engagement (Lautmerung) should be made; how much the musicians should be paid; what guests may be invited; and what kind of food and wine may be served. The form of the regulations given in the codex includes an amendment made in April 1511 (f. 7v). An amendment concerning the permissibility of the bridegroom giving the bride a maiden-ring worth 10 gulden, which became part of the code in or before 1526, has been written in subsequently, or as an afterthought, in a similar hand (f. 4r).

Physical Description

Support: parchment; Extent: 20 leaves : 225 x 170 (155 x 100-105) mm. bound to 238 x 180 mm; Collation: Parchment, 20; 1-2¹⁰; [1-20]; modern foliation in pencil, upper right recto.

Layout

Written in 22-23 long lines.

Script

Written in a German semi-cursive script by a single hand, with headings in a more formal book script with flourished initials.

Notes

Ms. codex.

Title supplied by cataloger.

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.

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Keywords
16th century
German
Germany
Document
Legal
University of Pennsylvania, Kislak Center for Special Collections, Rare Books and Manuscripts

Place of Origin

Nuremberg

Date

Written in Nuremberg after 1511. Dated 1509 (f. 1r, 7v), 1510 (f. 7v), and 1511 (f. 14r), with an amendment added in 1526 (f. 4r).

Binding

Contemporary stamped calf over wooden boards, rebacked (Zacour-Hirsch); upper cover detached.

Language

German

Provenance

Sold by Helmuth Domizlaff (Munich), 1954.

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Place of Origin

Nuremberg

Date

Written in Nuremberg after 1511. Dated 1509 (f. 1r, 7v), 1510 (f. 7v), and 1511 (f. 14r), with an amendment added in 1526 (f. 4r).

Language

German

Provenance

Sold by Helmuth Domizlaff

Manuscript Overview

Abstract

Sumptuary regulations for betrothals and weddings (Hochzeitsordnung) issued by the city of Nuremberg, covering such details as how the announcement of the engagement (Lautmerung) should be made; how much the musicians should be paid; what guests may be invited; and what kind of food and wine may be served. The form of the regulations given in the codex includes an amendment made in April 1511 (f. 7v). An amendment concerning the permissibility of the bridegroom giving the bride a maiden-ring worth 10 gulden, which became part of the code in or before 1526, has been written in subsequently, or as an afterthought, in a similar hand (f. 4r).

Notes

Ms. codex.

Title supplied by cataloger.

Script note

Written in a German semi-cursive script by a single hand, with headings in a more formal book script with flourished initials.

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

Keywords
16th century
German
Germany
Document
Legal
University of Pennsylvania, Kislak Center for Special Collections, Rare Books and Manuscripts
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