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Rule, statutes, and customs of the Teutonic Order Oversize Ms. Codex 1087
Kislak Center for Special Collections, Rare Books and Manuscripts
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Abstract

The rule, statutes, and customs of the Teutonic Order (Deutschen Orden), also known as the Teutonic Knights, or Brothers, of the Hospital of St. Mary of the German House in Jerusalem, in 3 parts: 1. The rule and life of the order (f. 2v-8v), including a prologue (f. 2v-3r) that discusses the order's founding in 1190, 2. the statutes, or laws, of the order (f. 9r-16r), 3. and the customs, or other laws (alia statuta), of the order (f. 16r-22r). The conclusion of the third section is followed by papal and imperial indulgences, or confirmations (f. 22r-22v), and then by papal benedictions in Latin (f. 22v-23r). The codex includes a table of contents (f. 1r-2r), with references only to section numbers, rather than to page or leaf numbers. The manuscript seems to have been part of a larger work (Sterns); the remnants of a finding tab (f. 2) mark the beginning of the text.

Physical Description

Support: paper; Extent: 23 leaves : 273 x 203 (203 x 150-155) mm. bound to 276 x 205 mm. +; Collation: Paper, i (modern paper) + 23 + i (modern paper); 1¹¹(+ 10, f. 10, the other end of which is pasted down on f. 2r) 2¹²; [1-23]; modern pencil foliation, upper right recto.

Layout

Written in 44-58 long lines.

Script

Written in a German cursive hand.

Decoration

2-line initials in red at beginnings of sections; rubrics in red. Initial letters of sentences generally stroked with 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

Ms. codex.

Title supplied by cataloger.

A note found with the manuscript, perhaps dating from the 19th century, claims that the manuscript once belonged to the Commandery of Beuggen, but no evidence in the manuscript appears to support this claim.

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
15th century
Paper
German
Germany
History
Charter
Legal
University of Pennsylvania, Kislak Center for Special Collections, Rare Books and Manuscripts

Place of Origin

Germany

Date

Written in Germany in the 15th century (Zacour-Hirsch).

Binding

Modern half vellum.

Language

Mostly German, with benedictions in Latin (f. 22v-23r)

Provenance

Sold by Bernard M. Rosenthal (New York), 1954.

return to search Rule, statutes, and customs of the Teutonic Order Oversize Ms. Codex 1087

Place of Origin

Germany

Date

Written in Germany in the 15th century (Zacour-Hirsch).

Language

Mostly German, with benedictions in Latin (f. 22v-23r)

Provenance

Sold by Bernard M. Rosenthal

Manuscript Overview

Abstract

The rule, statutes, and customs of the Teutonic Order (Deutschen Orden), also known as the Teutonic Knights, or Brothers, of the Hospital of St. Mary of the German House in Jerusalem, in 3 parts: 1. The rule and life of the order (f. 2v-8v), including a prologue (f. 2v-3r) that discusses the order's founding in 1190, 2. the statutes, or laws, of the order (f. 9r-16r), 3. and the customs, or other laws (alia statuta), of the order (f. 16r-22r). The conclusion of the third section is followed by papal and imperial indulgences, or confirmations (f. 22r-22v), and then by papal benedictions in Latin (f. 22v-23r). The codex includes a table of contents (f. 1r-2r), with references only to section numbers, rather than to page or leaf numbers. The manuscript seems to have been part of a larger work (Sterns); the remnants of a finding tab (f. 2) mark the beginning of the text.

Notes

Ms. codex.

Title supplied by cataloger.

A note found with the manuscript, perhaps dating from the 19th century, claims that the manuscript once belonged to the Commandery of Beuggen, but no evidence in the manuscript appears to support this claim.

Script note

Written in a German cursive hand.

Decoration Note

2-line initials in red at beginnings of sections; rubrics in red. Initial letters of sentences generally stroked with 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

Keywords
15th century
Paper
German
Germany
History
Charter
Legal
University of Pennsylvania, Kislak Center for Special Collections, Rare Books and Manuscripts
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