Lettres, memoires, titres, et actes concernans les chanceliers et gardes des seaux de France, leur origine, erections, droits, et honneurs appartenans aux dites charges

Timespan:

Early works to 1800

Date:

1633

Description:

A transcription of records concerning the offices of chancellor and minister of justice (garde des sceaux) in chronological order, from the 13th century to ca. 1633. A table of contents detailing each record precedes the records.

Language:

French, Middle (ca.1400-1600)

Provenance:

Bound for François or Denis I. (fl. 1620-1640) Feydeau de Brou, both affiliated with the Parlement de Paris.; A letter from L. Farjas laid in the book indicates that he gave it as a gift to an unknown recipient.; Purchased, 1964.

Subject:

France. -- Garde des sceaux; France. -- Grande Chancellerie; Justice, Administration of -- France -- Early works to 1800; Politics and government; Justice, Administration of

Resource Type:

Text

Form/Genre:

Codices; Government records; Manuscripts, French; Manuscripts, European

Physical Description:

368 leaves : paper; 299 x 182 (220 x 105) mm bound to 307 x 220 mm

Geographic Subject:

France -- Politics and government -- Early works to 1800; France

Rights:

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

Notes:

Ms. codex.; Title from title page (f. i recto); date based on latest dated records.; Foliation: Paper, v (contemporary paper) + 368 + iv (contemporary paper); [xvi], 1-352; contemporary foliation in ink, upper right recto.; Layout: Written in 22 long lines; frame-ruled in drypoint.; Script: Written in a cursive script by a single hand.; Binding: Contemporary calf with the arms of the Feydeau de Brou family.; Origin: Written in France, after 1633.; Middle French, with a few early records in Latin.

Physical Location:

Kislak Center for Special Collections, Rare Books and Manuscripts, Manuscripts, Oversize Ms. Codex 1012