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Britton
Title
[Britton].
Created
[England], [circa 1300-1325]
Physical Description
66 ff. : parchment ; 223 x 147 mm.
Language
French, Middle (ca. 1400-1600)
Notes
A fuller description of the contents is found in Baker and Taussig, Catalogue (London: 2007), p 10.
Decoration: headings and paragraph marks in red or blue; some initials in red or blue. One large initial "P" at the beginning of Book IV (f. 21v.). Model arbor consanguinitatis on f. 46v.
Several leaves cut away (stubs not included in present collation).
In Law French.
Forms part of the Anthony Taussig Collection of English Legal Manuscripts (OSB MSS 184).
Provenance
Purchased from Anthony Taussig on the Hazel M. Osborn Fund and the James Marshall and Marie-Louise Osborn Fund, 2012.
Access and use
Restricted material. May not be seen without the permission of the appropriate curator.
Summary
Manuscript, on vellum, in a single hand, containing a substantial fragment of the text of Britton, the earliest vernacular summary of the laws of England. This manuscript contains a version of the text from Book II, c, xv, s2 through Book V, c, xvi, s2.
Format
Archives or Manuscripts
Added to Catalog
July 08, 2014
References
A catalogue of the legal manuscripts of Anthony Taussig / Sir John Baker and Anthony Taussig. London: Selden Society, 2007 : Taussig catalog number: MS 82.3.1 (number 11 in main catalog numbering).
Britton. Anthony Taussig Collection of Legal Manuscripts, James Marshall and Marie-Louise Osborn Collection, Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library, Yale University.
Cite as
Britton. Anthony Taussig Collection of Legal Manuscripts, James Marshall and Marie-Louise Osborn Collection, Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library, Yale University.
Subjects
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Genre/Form
Manuscripts, Medieval - England - 14th century.
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