[Collection of privileges].

Abstract:

Copies of privileges, letters, and confirmations concerning the Heemrad van Rijnland, the water board in charge of canals, dikes, and sluices for the region of the Netherlands containing Amsterdam, the Hague, and Gouda. The source documents, each with an introductory paragraph, date from the 13th through the 17th centuries.

Timespan:

Rijnland (Netherlands); Netherlands.

Date:

1700

Identifier:

9936639753503681; (OCoLC)ocn155928999; (OCoLC)155928999; (CStRLIN)PAUR05-B20; (PU)3663975-penndb-Voyager

Language:

Dutch; Flemish; Dutch, Middle (ca.1050-1350); Latin

Provenance:

Purchased, 1961.; Bookplate in color with coat of arms (f. 1v): Dr. H.T. Habbema van Nieuwveen en Uiterbuurt; stamp with some elements of the bookplate coat of arms (f. 1v): Ambachtsheerlijke 10, Nieuwveen Rijnl.

Publisher:

[Leiden?], [between 1700 and 1725?]

Subject:

Dikes (Engineering) -- Netherlands -- History.; River engineering -- Netherlands -- History.; Sluices -- Netherlands -- History.; Privileges and immunities -- Netherlands.; Privileges and immunities.; Sluices.; Dikes (Engineering); River engineering.; History.; Codices.; Legal instruments.; Manuscripts, Dutch.; Manuscripts, European.

Form/Genre:

Manuscripts

Physical Description:

112 leaves : paper; 259 x 208 mm bound to 272 x 218 mm

Corporate Name:

Hoogheemraadschap van Rijnland (Netherlands), addressee.

Rights:

https://rightsstatements.org/page/NoC-US/1.0/?

Notes:

Title supplied by cataloger.; Origin: Probably written in Leiden, early 18th century (Zacour-Hirsch).; Ms. codex.; Collation: Paper, iii + 112 + ii; 1-14⁸; [1-112]; modern foliation in pencil, upper right recto.; Binding: Contemporary calf with gilt arms of Rijnland on upper and lower covers (Zacour-Hirsch).; Script: Written in two different scripts used for introductions and document copies.; Layout: Introductory paragraphs written in shorter lines, with a wide left margin; document copies written in 27 long lines.; Dutch, with some earlier document texts in Middle Dutch and one text in Latin.

Physical Location:

Oversize Ms. Codex 984