Item Info
Item No: mcac205005
Title: Statuta vetera (Old Statutes)
Script:
Anglicana
Language: Latin
Folio Number: f. 64r
Original Year/Month/Day: 1299-1300
Source: Rare Book Department
Notes: Initial C
Notes: This manuscript contains a collection of English statutes dating from 1235-1299 and a copy of the Magna Carta. The page shown here begins the Statute of Westminster II, which was enacted by Edward I in 1285. The statute included land reform laws, including the important provision "de donis conditionalibus" (on conditional gifts), which made possible the entailment of estates.
Sirsi Catalog Key: 1582841
Country: Country:England
Creation Year (Single Year or Range Begin): 1310
Image Dimensions Width: 82 mm
ShelfMark: LC 14 20.5
Subjects
f. 1r 
f. 64r
f. 159r 
front cover 
back cover