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AM 5 4to

Legal Manuscript ; Denmark, 1547

Contents

1 (2r-86v)
The Provincial Law of Jutland
Rubric

FORTALEN

Incipit

MEth löff schall land bygges End | wille hwer mand myges mett siitt | eggett Och lade andre nydhe | iaffnett

Explicit

bode fore thendtt ther secther | och saa for byscopenn

Bibliography

Kolderup-Rosenvinge, Samling af gamle danske Love III p. 2-427 Ed. G

Skautrup, Danmarks gamle Landskabslove III p. 205-359 Text 4. Ed. C2

Final Rubric

Her endis den Jydske Lowbog.

Note

Final rubric in later hand.

This section includes the preface and The Chapter on Sorcery (Trolddomskapitlet).

Language of Text
Danish
Text Class
2 (87r-102r)
Articles by the Clerk Thord
Rubric

Tordh deggens forklaring stadfest aff konning voldemar och danmarckis rigis rodt etc.

Incipit

Hoo ther felder vand

Explicit

hans slects bleff hanom fraa-|tagghenn

Bibliography

Bruus, Danmarks gamle Landskabslove IV (Tillæg) p. 163-189 Ed. A3

Final Rubric

Her haffuer Thord Deignis | Bog ende,

Note

Final rubric in later hand.

Language of Text
Danish
Text Class
3 (103r-108r)
The Manorial Court Law
Rubric

Koning erickis handfestning som kallis gordzrett etc.

Incipit

Hwilcken mand anden yhielslaar | och worder greben mett ferscke | gierninger

Explicit

hoffsinger Ridder | och suene ære [?]

Language of Text
Danish
Text Class
4 (108v-114v)
Overview of the Contents of the Law
Rubric

Ithem her stande alle xl marckis sager Som y logen stander etc.

Incipit

Først om thend mandtt komer | bortt ther siitt liiff schall | myste bøde xl marck bonden | och saa kongen

Explicit

Item for hwsffredtt och gaardfredtt

Final Rubric

Stadsretthen her y danmarck y kiøbstederne brugis som her eptherfyllger

Language of Text
Danish
Text Class
5 (115r-137v)
King Christoffer's Municipal Law
Rubric

Stads retthen

Incipit

Wy Chriistoffer mett gudz naade etc.

Explicit

danmark kyøben-|haffn aar etc. MCdxliij | wnder wortt signet

Language of Text
Danish
Text Class
6 (139r-217r)
King Christian III's Coronation Charter and Recesses from 1537, 1539 and 1540, as well as a Decree concerning Field Reefing
Incipit

Wy Chriistian mett gudz naade

Explicit

aar etc. | mdxlvj wnder wortt signet

Language of Text
Danish
Text Class
7 (217v-244v)
King Christian III's Copenhagen Recess, 1547
Incipit

Wy Christian mett gudz | naade danmarck norgis | wendis och gottis konings

Explicit

Aar etc. | Tusenn femhundrett fyrgetyuffue paa | then syuendhe

Note

Added later in an other hand.

Language of Text
Danish
Text Class

Physical Description

Support

Paper.

No. of leaves
244. Fols 1, 138 and most of fol. 102 were originally blank. 192 mm x 137 mm.
Foliation

The manuscript is foliated on the bottom left-hand corners.

Layout

Written in one column with 20 to 27 lines to the page. There are running titles on the top of the pages (except for King Christian III's Copenhagen Recess, 1547) and indication of chapters in the margin. Initials are in red and blue, rubrics in red.

Script

The manuscript is written in the same hand as AM 6 4to.

Additions

There are notes, names and scribblings throughout the manuscript.

History

Origin

Written in Denmark in 1547.

Provenance

  • According to the marginal notes, the manuscript belonged
  • in 1557 to Jacob Juell of Rydegaard, born in Haderslev, South Jutland (natus Hadersleuie, fol. 1r);
  • later, to a Jacob Olufsen (fols 26v, 102r and 138v);
  • in 1611 to Hans Pederssøn Sten (fols 27r, 92r and 138v);
  • in 1612 to Rasmus Pedersen (fol. 138r);
  • August 04, 1612 to Bartholomæus Hagensen (fols 12v, 102v and 138r), the bailiff at Vallø, who gave it to
  • Laurids Jensen as a gift on December 27, 1619 (fols 138r and 1r). He in turn gave it to
  • the baker's apprentice, Rasmus Nielsen (fol. 3v).

Additional

Record History

Catalogued March 05, 2002 by EW-J

Custodial History

Lent to The State and University Library (Statsbiblioteket), Århus, 28 April 1938 to 19 May 1958

Lent to The Royal Library (Det kongelige Bibliotek), Copenhagen, for the use of Aage Andersen 23 March to 2 December 1986.

Bibliography

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