Liber privilegiorum septem comunium montanearum Agri Vicentini

Contributor:

Bartolomeus, de Velo Luxiane (scribe)

Name:

Sette Comuni

Timespan:

To 1797

Date:

1568/1657

Description:

Statutes and privileges of the Sette Comuni. Includes statutes from 1339 to 1568, with some additions to 1657.

Language:

Latin

Provenance:

Accessioned, 1962.

Resource Type:

Text

Form/Genre:

codices (bound manuscripts); statutes; Manuscripts, Latin; Manuscripts, Renaissance; Manuscripts, European; manuscripts (documents)

Physical Description:

119 leaves : paper; 205 x 153 (159 x 112) mm bound to 211 x 154 mm

Geographic Subject:

Sette Comuni (Italy) -- History; Sette Comuni (Italy) -- Privileges and immunities; Sette Comuni (Italy) -- Statutes; Venice (Italy) -- History -- To 1797

Rights:

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

Notes:

Ms. codex.; Sette Comuni was a collective name for the seven villages of Asiago, Enego, Foza, Gallio, Lusiana, Roano and Rotzo, in the Province of Vicenza on the plateau of Asiago (Altipiano d'Asiago) in Italy. Originally settled by Germans, they were ruled by Venice and granted privileges.; Title from title page (f. 1r).; Foliation: Paper, i (contemporary paper) + 119; 1-94, [95-119]; contemporary foliation in ink, modern foliation in pencil, upper right recto.; Script: Written in various cursive scripts by multiple hands, including that of Bartolomeus de Velo Luxiane (f. 1r).; Binding: Contemporary calf. First quire is pulling loose. The paper shows some worm damage and a good deal of water and mildew damage. The edges of many leaves are splitting and crumbling.; Origin: Written in Italy, 1568 (f. 1r)-1657 (f. 91r).; Complete photocopy shelved with the manuscript.; Latin.

Physical Location:

Kislak Center for Special Collections, Rare Books and Manuscripts, Manuscripts, Ms. Codex 52