Statuta nova (New Statutes)

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Statuta nova (New Statutes)

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Item No: mcac090502
Title: Statuta nova (New Statutes)
Script: Anglicana
Language: Anglo-Norman
Folio Number: ff. 65v-66r
Source: Rare Book Department
Notes: Decorated initials
Notes: The manuscript has been dated to ca. 1470. Two illuminators worked on this manuscript. The first painted the court scenes on fols. 46, 104v, 167r, 182r, and 245r; the second artist painted the scene on fol. 147r.
Notes: The Nova statuta contain the English legal statutes beginning with the reign of Edward III (ruled 1327-1377). In this manuscript, the statutes end in the eighth year of the reign of Edward IV (ruled 1461-1483), although pages were left blank at the end of the manuscript for the addition of future statutes. This opening, from the statutes enacted during the reign of Edward III, shows the type of decorated initials that appear throughout the manuscript.
Sirsi Catalog Key: 1582839
Country: Country:England
City/Town/Township:London

Creation Year (Single Year or Range Begin): 1499
Image Dimensions Width: 365 mm
ShelfMark: LC 14 9.5

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