Details

Subjects:

Anabaptists -- Germany -- Early works to 1800.
Anabaptists.
Cologne (Germany) -- Church history.
Germany.

Form/Genre:

Codices.
Church records.
Government records.
Laws (documents)
Manuscripts, German.
Manuscripts, European.

Language:

German, except for work 1, which is entirely in Latin; and frequent Latin phrases in work 4.

Summary:

Collection of copies of documents related to ecclesiastical law and civil governance for the archbishopric of Cologne, which included the region around Cologne and Bonn, in what is today the western part of the German state of North Rhine-Westphalia (Nordrhein-Westfalen); and areas in the northern part of the German state Rhineland-Palatinate (Rheinland-Pfalz). Work 1 apparently concerns a reform, or reorganization, of ecclesiastical law in the archbishopric of Cologne; it is divided into part 1 (end indicated on f. 36v) and part 2 (rubric, f. 37r). Work 2 conveys the constitution, or framework of law enforcement (Polliceij undt Landts-Ordtnung) of the archbishopric under Ernest of Bavaria. It begins with a prefatory statement (f. 52r-52v) and a table of contents (f. 53r-53v), followed by 39 titled sections, covering such topics as blasphemy of various sorts (Gottslesterung, Gottsschweren, Gottsschwüren; f. 54r-57r); Anabaptists (Wiederteufferen; f. 57r); Sacramentists (Sacramentireren; f. 57r); printers and booksellers (f. 58r); usury (wucherlichen Contracten; f. 60r); beggars and idlers (f. 61v); conspicuous spending (unordentlicher Kostlichkeit, Unkosten; f. 62r-64v); wood regulations (Holzordnungen; f. 68r); unauthorized emigration (muthwilligen Ausstretten der Underthanen; f. 71v); gypsies (Ziegeineren oder Heijden; f. 72r); brawls (Schlegereij; f. 73v); and fines (Brüchten; f. 74r). Work 3 contains a set of decrees (Rechts-Ordnung) promulgated by Maximilian Heinrich. It consists of a prefatory statement and 16 titled sections, covering various aspects of inheritance (Erbschafft, Erbung, Erbfolgung, Einkundtschafft; sections 1-10, f. 82r-103v); as well as property issues, such as guardianship (Vormunderschafft; f. 104r), mortgages (Pfandschafften; f. 106r), and leases (Pfachtungen; f. 107r). Appended to work 2 are two sections not included in the table of contents: 1. a decree issued by Emperor Charles V against the Anabaptists (Constitution oder Mandat wieder [sic] die Wiederteuffer; f. 75r-77r); and 2. an edict of Ernest of Bavaria concerning the imposition of taxes on grain crops, wine and other farm produce (Edictum auff die Gültverschreibung auff Korn, Wein und andere Getreidt gerichtet; f. 77r-79v). Work 4 is a decree (Ordtnung) issued by Ferdinand concerning the prosecution of transgressions (Brüchtenverhör). The verso of the front flyleaf bears a contemporary listing of the contents of the volume, with brief titles of the 4 works. The inside back cover bears two or three notes, one of which concerns a Jew by the name of Jacob and is dated 2 July 1715.

Contents:

1. f.1r-50r: Reformatio jurisdictionis ecclesiasticae archiepiscopalis curiae Coloniensis jussu et authoritate r[everendis]s[i]mi et serenissimi principis ac domini d. Ernesti electi et confirmati archiepiscopi Coloniensis, sacri Romani imperij per Italiam archicancellarij principis electoris, episcopi Leodiensis, administratoris episcopatuum monasterien Hildesheimen et Frisingensis, principis in stablo, comitis palatini Rheni, superioris et inferioris Bavaris, Westphalis, Angaris et Boullionis ducis, marchionis Francimonten legatij natij conscripta et edita, Monasterij Westphalia excudebat Lambertus Raesfelt anno MDXCIIII [1594; copy dated 1695, f. 50r] / Ernest of Bavaria, Archbishop and Elector of Cologne.
2. f.51r-79v: Des Ertzstiffts Cöllen Polliceij undt Landts-Ordtnung, durch den hochwürdigst-, durchleuchtigsten undt hochgebohrnen in Gott Fursten und Herren Herren [sic] Ernsten, Ertzbischoften zu Cöllen undt Churfürsten, Bischoften zu Luttig, Administratorum der Stifft Münster, Hildessheims undt Freijsing, Fürsten zu Stabel, Pfaltzgraffen beij Rhein, in Ober- und Nieder Baijernn, Westpfahlen, Engernn undt Bullion Hertzognn, Marggraftnn zu Franchmondt, auffgerichtet; getruckt zu Münster in Westpfahlen beij Lamberten Raessfeldt anno MDXCVI [1596], mit Churfl. Gnad undt Freijheit nicht nach zu trucken / Ernest of Bavaria, Archbishop and Elector of Cologne.
3. f.80r-110v: Erztstiftts Cöllnische Rechts-Ordnung dess Maximiliani Henrici / Maximilian Heinrich, Archbishop and Elector of Cologne.
4. f.111r-115v: Ordtnung des Brüchtenverhör[s] unser Ferdinand von Gottes Gnaden [dated Bonn, 25 August 1616] / Ferdinand, Archbishop and Elector of Cologne.

Notes:

Ms. codex.
Title supplied by cataloger.
Foliation: Paper, i + 115 + i; contemporary pagination in ink, upper mid page, in work 1 (1-92); and work 2 (1-26). Modern foliation in pencil, lower right recto. Back flyleaf is a partial leaf. Two leaves have been torn out between f. 110 and 111.
Script: Written in several German cursive hands. Work 1 signed by scribe (E.A. Call--?; f. 50r).
Decoration: Titles of works and section rubrics generally written in a more formal book script; opening lines of archbishops' statements in a calligraphic hand (f. 52r, 77r, 81r). Catchwords on both recto and verso f. 2-3, 15-16, 23-25, 27-34, 36-49, 54-78, and 112-114; on the recto only of f. 10, 26, 52, 79, and 111; and on the verso only of f. 11-14, 17-20, and 22.
Binding: Contemporary parchment (Zacour-Hirsch) over boards.
Origin: Written in Westphalia (Westfalen), ca. 1695 -1715.

Penn Provenance:

Sold by William Salloch (Ossining, N.Y.), 1962.

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. 87 (Ms. German 45).

Cited as:

UPenn Ms. Codex 1132.

Contributor:

Ernest, of Bavaria, Archbishop and Elector of Cologne, 1554-1612.
Maximilian Heinrich, Archbishop and Elector of Cologne, 1621-1688.
Ferdinand, Archbishop and Elector of Cologne, 1577-1650.
Charles V, Holy Roman Emperor, 1500-1558.

OCLC:

206905881

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