Details

Subjects:

France. Chambre des comptes (Paris, France).
Finance, Public -- France -- Early works to 1800.
Politics and government.
Finance, Public.
France -- Politics and government -- Early works to 1800.
France.

Form/Genre:

Codices.
Registers (lists)
Manuscripts, French.
Manuscripts, European.

Language:

French.

Biography/History:

The Chambre des Comptes was established in France in 1320 as an independent chamber for the oversight and administration of the country's finances. Its officers included presidents, counsellors, auditors, and prosecutors. These officials audited the king's financial agents, created some early fiscal policy, administered the crown lands, and handled litigation concerning the king's accounts.

Summary:

Brief comments on the history of the Chambre des Comptes, followed by numerous chronological lists of the men holding each of the positions in the Chambre, including premier president, other presidents, maîtres, correcteurs, auditeurs, avocat général, procureur général, and greffiers. Indexes at the end are arranged by name within job categories.

Notes:

Ms. codex.
Title from title page (f. 1r).
Foliation: Paper, ii (contemporary paper) + 266 + ii (contemporary paper); f. [i], 2-3, p. 4-40, [v], 46-158, [vii], 166-226, [vii], 262-418, [vii], 426-556, [i], contemporary foliation and pagination in ink, upper outer corners; [1-532], modern pagination in pencil, upper outer corners. Some numbers have been trimmed.
Layout: Most pages divided into either three or four columns in red ink, but the columns are not strictly observed.
Decoration: The overall title page (f. 1r) and the title page for the index (p. 424) are decorated with elaborate pen-and-ink borders in red.
Binding: Contemporary calf; decorated with gold on spine; leather disintegrating at cover edges.
Origin: Written in Paris in 1756-1759 (Zacour-Hirsch); written by Gerardin (title page).

Penn Provenance:

Acquired from Dorbon-Ainé, 1955.

Cited in:

Described in Zacour, Norman P. and Hirsch, Rudolf. Catalogue of Manuscripts in the Libraries of the University of Pennsylvania to 1800 (Philadelphia: University of Pennsylvania Press, 1965), p. 58 (Ms. French 25).

Cited as:

UPenn Ms. Codex 935

OCLC:

155925524