Remarques faites sur plusieurs articles de la coutume Artois et sur quelques question[s] de droit et de pratique

Name:

Hebert, Guislaume François, active 1695-1704

Date:

1731

Description:

After a brief introduction, the work consists of 201 articles of customary law, almost all of which are followed by commentary. A subject index begins on p. 715. Subjects include property, inheritance, debt, marriage, and the legal status of women and nobles.

Language:

French

Provenance:

Note on title page: Appartenant au Sr. Le Fran, greffier de l'abbaye de St. Vaast (p. iii).; Purchased, 1959.

Subject:

Customary law -- France -- Artois; Property -- France; Property; Customary law

Resource Type:

Text

Form/Genre:

codices (bound manuscripts); commentaries; customaries; Manuscripts, French; Manuscripts, European; manuscripts (documents)

Physical Description:

385 leaves : paper; 329 x 203 (258-273 x 130) mm bound to 334 x 213 mm

Geographic Subject:

France; France -- Artois

Rights:

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

Notes:

Ms. codex.; Title from caption title (f. 3r); other title, Hebert sur Artois, is from title page (f. 2r); date based on the latest date in the work (1731, p. 67) and a date in marginalia (1744, p. 569).; Pagination: Paper; [iv], 1-53, 52-721, [xxxvi]; contemporary pagination in ink, upper center.; Layout: Written in 26-29 long lines; margins pressed into paper.; Binding: Contemporary calf (Zacour-Hirsch).; Origin: Written in France after 1731.; French.

Physical Location:

Kislak Center for Special Collections, Rare Books and Manuscripts, Manuscripts, Oversize Ms. Codex 945