Details

Subjects:

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

Form/Genre:

Codices.
Government records.
Manuscripts, French.
Manuscripts, European.

Language:

Middle French, with a few early records in Latin.

Summary:

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.

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.

Penn 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.

Cited in:

Described in Hirsch, Rudolf. Catalogue of Manuscripts in the Libraries of the University of Pennsylvania to 1800: Supplement A(1). The Library Chronicle, 1969, pp. 23-24 (Ms. French 116).

Cited as:

UPenn Ms. Codex 1012

OCLC:

155927527