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Causae juridicae

Timespan:
Early works to 1800
Date:
1500
Description:
Short manual on civil law and civil procedure, probably written by a Venetian lawyer or judge, concerning trials held at the Corte del Proprio (referred to as zudicadi or zudega de proprio in the text), a civil court mostly responsible for dowry, succession, and inheritance law and litigation between brothers (or other close relatives), especially for the execution of wills. The manual, probably based on a much larger work, contains informal notes and instructions, written in Venetian dialect, to help professionals deal with the most common occurrences in trials at the Corte del Proprio. In some cases, there are also suggestions on how to deal with certain situations without going to court, using a kind of mediation that allowed for a quicker resolution of the case.
Language:
Italian
Provenance:
Formerly in the collection of Frederick North, Earl of Guilford, vt2/4/18 (bookplate, inside upper cover).; Formerly in the collection of Giuseppe Martini (bookplate, front flyleaf recto).; North, Frederick, Earl of Guilford, 1766-1827, former owner.; Martini, Giuseppe, 1870-1944, former owner.
Subject:
Trials -- Italy -- Early works to 1800; Civil law -- Italy; Civil law; Trials; Inheritance and succession -- Italy; Inheritance and succession
Resource Type:
Text
Form/Genre:
codices (bound manuscripts); Manuscripts, Italian; Manuscripts, Renaissance; manuscripts (documents)
Physical Description:
56 leaves : paper; 157 x 108 (114 x 77 mm), bound to 162 x 115 mm
Geographic Subject:
Italy
Rights:
https://rightsstatements.org/vocab/NoC-US/1.0/
Notes:
Ms. codex.; Spine title.; Foliation: Paper, ii (paper) + 56 + i (paper); 1-47, [48], 49-50, [51-56]; contemporary foliation in ink, modern foliation in pencil, upper right recto.; Layout: Written 18 long lines in a text block outlined in ink. Marginalia and other miscellaneous notations are also present.; Script: Written in a cursive script.; Decoration: Ornamental border with geometric decoration in ink (f. 1r).; Binding: Half calf (Zacour-Hirsch) with marbled boards and gilt on spine.; Origin: Probably written in Venice between 1500 and 1550.; Italian, in the Venetian dialect.
Physical Location:
Kislak Center for Special Collections, Rare Books and Manuscripts, Manuscripts, Ms. Codex 1470