COLLECTION NAME:
Medieval Collection
Record
Image Number:
JRL0906651dc
Reference Number:
English MS 288
Link to Catalogue:
Image Title:
Formula of proceedings at a manorial court
Parent Work Title:
Legal Commonplace Book
Alternative Parent Work Title:
Littleton, Tenures and other pieces in English, French and Latin
Date Created:
15th century [1479?]
Page:
14v
Image Sequence Number:
014v
Description:
Formulary proceedings at a court leet in Latin and English. The text begins a new section here at 'Modus diuersarum naturarum factarum de Copiis Rotularum de terris et tenementis acceptis et habitis secundum Consuetudinem Manerii tent' ad voluntatem domini per virgam qualiter Clericus debet eas in Curia rotularum..'. The written space is c. 175 x 100 mm and the script a mixture of secretary and anglicana.
Language Code:
lat-GB
Subject:
Law, Medieval--Manuscripts
Subject:
Law, Medieval
Subject:
Manorial courts
Category of Material:
Manuscripts
Sub-Category:
Codex
Technique Used:
Handwriting
Medium:
Ink
Support:
Paper
Time Period Covered:
1200 - 1500 CE
Places Covered:
England
Item Height:
224 mm
Item Width:
154 mm
Current Repository:
The University of Manchester Library, U.K.
Provenance:
Willoughby, John (signature with flourish on final folio).
Provenance:
Wolff, John (calligraphic inscription Liber Johannis Wolff on folio 23).
Rights Holder - Image:
The University of Manchester Library
Rights holder - Work:
The University of Manchester Library
Access Rights:
References:
Parts of this catalogue have been reproduced from Ker, N.R., 'Medieval manuscripts in British libraries, vol. III, Lampeter-Oxford' (Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1983), pp. 423-24. By kind permission of Oxford University Press.
References:
Tyson, Moses, 'Hand-List of the Collection of English Manuscripts in the John Rylands Library' (1928), p.42.
Cost:
Purchased by the John Rylands Library from the London bookseller Bernard Quaritch for £10.00 in July 1915.
Date Captured (yyyy-mm-dd):
2009-02-12
Multi Page Number:
160
Image Creation Technique:
Digital capture by Heritage Imaging, The University of Manchester Library
Date Image Added (yyyy-mm):
2009-05
Metadata Language:
eng-GB
Formula of proceedings at a manorial court
