At the beginning is a bit of a Postilla on the Psalms, and at the end a bit of a Canon Law MS., both of cent. xiv.
On f.1 at the top is a xvth cent. title
de legibus et consuetudinibus normanorum.
Preface
f.1 Por ceu que nostre entencion est a esclerier en ceste oure au miez que nos porron les drois et les establissemenz etc.
The chapters: i de droit - cxvii de loi apparissant.
f.1b Text
(De droit.) Por ceu que la malice de couuetise auoit si ardamment en lacie en lumain lignage.
The last chapter catalogued in the table (De loi apparissant) is on f.50b. It seems to end
cil qui firent celes deuant idoiuent estre present.
There are no more rubrics. Text continues
f.51b deus freres furent dont .I. vendi son heritage
from ff.52b to 56b are a number of examples of cases heard between 1207 and 1218 at the eschiquier de Faleise.
The last ends imperfectly.
On the early editions see Brunet II.375
The James Catalogue of Western Manuscripts
| Shelfmark | O.1.3 |
|---|---|
| Manuscript Title | Customs of Normandy |
| Alternative Title | Customs of Normandy |
| James Number | 1027 |
| Century | 13th |
| Physical Description | Double columns of 36 lines. |
| Provenance | Part of the Gale collection, given to T.C.C. by Roger Gale in 1738. B.62. No. 128. |
| Donor | Gale, Roger (1672-1744), Antiquary |
| Size (cm) | 22 x 16 |
| Folio | 56 ff. |
| Material | Parchment |
| Language | LatinMiddle French |
| Collation | 18-78. |
| IIIF Manifest URL |  https://mss-cat.trin.cam.ac.uk/Manuscript/O.1.3/manifest.json |
| Online Since | 07/09/2017 |
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