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Harley MS 926, ff 7r-103v
- Record Id:
- 041-002353389
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 040-002046755
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100000002002.0x000150
- LARK:
- SLARK:
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Harley MS 926, ff 7r-103v
- Title:
- Vetera Statuta
- Scope & Content:
-
Vetera Statuta, including:
ff. 7r-8v: List of contents.
ff. 9r-12v: Carta de libertatibus Angliae, known as the Magna Carta, confirmed by Edward I.
ff. 13r-14v: Carta de libertatibus foreste (Carta de Foresta).
ff. 15r-17r: Statute of Merton.
ff. 17v-23v: Statute of Marlborough.
ff. 24v-36v: Statute of Westminster I.
ff. 37r-40r: Statute of Gloucester.
ff. 40r-40v: Interpretation of the Statute of Gloucester.
ff. 41r-65v: Statute of Westminster II.
ff. 65v-66r: Statute of Westminster III.
ff. 66r-67r: Statutum de religiosis.
ff. 67r-69v: Prerogative Regis.
ff. 69v-72r: Statutum de Scaccario (Statute of the Exchequer).
ff. 72r-73r: Districtiones Scaccarii.
ff. 73r-74v: Statutum de finibus.
ff. 74v-75r: Statuta de attornatis recipiendis et finibus levandis.
ff. 75r-77r: Statutum de mercatoribus.
ff. 77r-78r: Statutum de bigamis.
ff. 78r-78v: Statutum de 'Quo Warranto'.
ff. 79r-81v: Statute of Wynton.
ff. 81v-83v: Statute of York.
ff. 83v-84r: Statutum de recognitoribus ponendis in Assisis et iuratis.
ff. 84r-85r: Statutum de libertate perquirenda.
ff. 85r-85v: Modus faciendi homagium et fidelitatem.
ff. 85v-86r: Visus franci plegii.
ff. 86r-86v: Assisa panis et venditione frumenti.
ff. 86v-87r: Lucrum pistoris.
f. 87r: Assisa panis et cervisie.
f. 87r: Iudicium pillori pro pistoribus.
f. 87r: De continuitate pillorii et tumberelli.
f. 87v: Assisa cervisie.
f. 87v: De Assisa cervisie.
f. 87v: Assisa vini.
f. 88r: Statutum de iudicio carnificum.
f. 88r: De tolento capiendo ad molendina.
f. 88r: Ordinationes super mensuris.
ff. 88r-88v: Ordinationes de duplici mensura.
f. 88v: Compositiones mensurorum.
f. 88v: Statutum de conspiratoribus.
ff. 89r-93r: Statute of Northampton [of 1328].
ff. 93r-97r: Statute of Westminster IV.
ff. 97r-101r: Statute of Westminster V.
ff. 101r-102v: Statutum de conjunctim feoffatis.
ff. 102v-103r: Dies communes in banco.
ff. 103r-103v: De placito dotis.
Decoration:
Large historiated initial in colours and gold of the of the king (Edward I) being crowned by two bishops and confirming a charter (the Magna Carta presented to him, with a full bar border with ivy, a dragon head and 3 coats of arms including the arms of England, Edward III's as earl of Chester, and Thomas Beauchamp, 11th earl of Warwick (f. 9r). 9 smaller historiated initials combined with a partial bar border (head of a king (f. 72r), head of a bishop (ff. 73r, 88v), head of a man with a pointed hat (ff. 78r, 87v), head of a youth (ff. 79r, 85r, 86r, 87r)). Large and smaller initials in colours and gold combined with a partial foliate bar border or a foliate tendril (ff. 13r, 15r, 17v, 24r, 37r, 40r, 41r, 65v, 66r, 67r (geometrical motifs), 69v, 74v, 75v, 77r, 81v, 83v, 84r, etc.). Some capitals decorated with brown penwork (e.g., ff. 21v-24r). Marginal annotations decorated with brown, pink/red and blue penwork (e.g., f. 10r). Paraphs in pink/red or blue. Spaces for initials left blank (ff. 101r-103v).
The illumination is attributed to the De Bois Master (see Smith 2003).
- Collection Area:
- Western Manuscripts
- Project / Collection:
- Harley Collection
- Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-002045828
040-002046755
041-002353389 - Is part of:
- Harley MS 1-7661 : Harley Manuscripts
Harley MS 926 : Vetera Statuta
Harley MS 926, ff 7r-103v : Vetera Statuta - Hierarchy:
- 032-002045828[0926]/040-002046755[0002]/041-002353389
- Container:
- View / search within Archive / Collection: Harley MS 1-7661
- Record Type (Level):
- Item
- Extent:
- 97 folios.
- Digitised Content:
- Languages:
- Latin
- Scripts:
- Latin
- Start Date:
- 1329
- End Date:
- 1340
- Date Range:
- 1329-1340
- Era:
- CE
- Access:
-
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- Material Type:
- Archives and Manuscripts
- Legal Status:
- Not Public Record(s)