Explication des statuts de Provence

Alternate Title:

Application des statuts sur les droits seigneuriaux

Name:

Provence (France)

Timespan:

Early works to 1800; 18th century

Date:

1674

Description:

Historical analysis of law in Provence, primarily in the first half of the 18th century, but drawing on material from earlier centuries. Issues addressed include jurisdiction, appeals, the nobility, hunting, and indemnity. A table of contents at the beginning ("Table Generale") lists the sections as well as an alphabetical index at the end of each section. The sections were not written consecutively, as they are on a variety of papers and in a variety of hands; the indices seem to be the latest addition, along with extensive marginalia and some replaced pages.

Language:

French

Provenance:

Purchased, 1959.

Subject:

Customary law -- France -- Provence -- Early works to 1800; Law -- France -- Provence -- Early works to 1800; Law; Customary law

Resource Type:

Text

Form/Genre:

Codices; Manuscripts, European; Manuscripts, French

Physical Description:

562 leaves : paper; 293 x 193 mm bound to 311 x 208 mm

Geographic Subject:

Provence (France) -- Law -- 18th century; France -- Provence

Rights:

http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/NoC-US/1.0/

Notes:

Ms. codex.; Title taken from title page (f. 1r); date based on the contents, with 1674 (f. 197r) and 1764 (f. 534r) possibly representing the earliest and latest sections.; Foliation: Paper; v + 534 + ii; 1-534; contemporary foliation in ink, upper center recto; some sections also paginated individually, perhaps somewhat later.; Script: Written in a cursive script.; Binding: Contemporary parchment.; Origin: Written in Provence, mostly in the second quarter of the 18th century, and collected by the early 1760s.; French.

Physical Location:

Kislak Center for Special Collections, Rare Books and Manuscripts, Manuscripts, Oversize Ms. Codex 943