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AM 8 8vo

Danish Legal Manuscript ; Denmark, most probably Jutland, 1550-1599

Indhold

1 (2r-6r)
Rules of the Law
Rubrik

Her begyndis

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2 (6v-7v)
List of Cases
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2.1
Kiöns neffn
Rubrik

Kiöns neffn

Tekstklasse
2.2
frennders eedt
Rubrik

frennders eedt

Tekstklasse
2.3
herrits neffnn
Rubrik

herrits neffnn

Tekstklasse
3 (7v)
On the Duties of the Judges
Bemærkning

Quotations from the Old Testament

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4 (8r-157r)
The Provincial Law of Jutland
Bemærkning

Fol. 11v has a quotation from the Bible concerning the right use of the law, written in the younger hand.

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5 (158r-180v)
Articles by the Clerc Thord
Rubrik

Tord degen

Bemærkning

62 chapters

After chapter 62 the younger hand has added some notes on weights and measures with an index for Articles by the Clerc Thord.

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6 (181r-202r)
The Law of the Kingdom
Rubrik

Riigens ʀeth

Incipit

Huo Riigens diele will føllige

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7 (203r-215r)
The Manorial Court Law
Rubrik

Gordtz Retth

Bemærkning

Expanded with the twenty-fifth article from Christian II's Copenhagen Recess, 1537

On f. 202v a younger hand wrote an index.

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8 (217r-222v)
Kong Frederik II's Københavnske skik og ordning af år 1569 om stævninger mm
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9 (223r-263r)
The Kolding Recess, 1558
Bemærkning

Provided with an elaborate title.

Cotaining an index.

The originally blank fol. 263v contains the beginning of an index which was later crossed out.

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10 (264r-276v)
King Frederik II's Coronation Charter, 1559
Rubrik

Konningh Frederichs den Andens Handfestning, wdgiffuen 1559

Bemærkning

Supplied with an index.

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11 (278r-307v)
King Frederik II's Maritime Law, 1561
Bemærkning

Supplied with index. Elaborated title.

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12 (308r-v)
Quotation from the Old Testament
Bemærkning

Admonitions to conversion.

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13 (325r-v)
Annalistic Notes Concerning Denmark
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14 (326r-327v)
Register of the Law
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14.1
Cases with a Penalty of Forty Marks
14.2
Cases with a Penalty of Three Marks
15 (328r)
An Explanation of the Danish Coat of Arms
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16 (328v-329r)
Enn herlig werdenns statut
Rubrik

Enn herlig werdenns statut

Bemærkning

Listing social conditions and immoralities causing the ruin of a kingdom.

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17 (329r-331r)
Formulae
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17.1
Letter Formula for a Letter for Kieler Umschlag, 1573
Bemærkning

Kieler Umschlag was a annual trading fair and money market.

17.2
Letter Formula for an Interest Rate Letter, Aalborg 1595
Bemærkning

Written by an aristocrat.

18 (340r-344r)
A Christian Alphabet
Rubrik

Itt Christeligt a-b-c colli|gerit aff thenn gamle |Philosophiske Schrifft wdi |huilckenn er beschreffwen |och optegnit mannge Christe|lige Lerdom och wnderwis|ning som hwer Christ|en well fornödenn |er att wide

Bemærkning

Each letter opens a moral verse in six lines.

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Fysisk Beskrivelse / Kodikologi

Materiale

Paper.

Antal blade
345, f. 125bis included. Fols 215v-216v, 217v, 277r-v, 278v, 309r-324v, 331v-332r and 340v-341r are blank. 142 mm x 98 mm
Tilføjelser

At the fly-leaf, now foliated as f. 1, apothegms occur in Latin, German and Greek.

Indbinding

Blind tooled leather binding. The fitting and the clasps are of metal.

Historie og herkomst

Herkomst

The main part of the manuscript is written in Denmark, most probably Jutland, in the second half of the sixteenth century. According to a note on f. 263r, 276v and 302r the younger additions are written on the manor Vang, near Aalborg, Northern Jutland in 1595. Fol. 38 is written in a third hand in 1646.

Proveniens

The fly-leaf carrying the date 1593 has Johannes Vincentij f. Medendorphius on the top page. At the bottom page Benedictus Heliæ filius claims himself as owner, he paid 1 1/2 rigsdaler for the book. At the pastedown the following note is found: Ex dono Nobilissimi Domini IOHANNIS CONRADI WULFFEN Summi Archiatri Regii possidet Fridericus Rostgaard. november 1704 .

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