The James Catalogue of Western Manuscripts

O.3.52

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Shelfmark O.3.52
Manuscript Title

Henry de Bracton,De legibus et consuetudinibus Angliae
Alternative Title

Breton.
James Number 1224
Century 14th
Physical Description

45 lines to a page. Closely written.
Provenance

Part of the Gale collection, given to T.C.C. by Roger Gale in 1738. B. 49. No. 115. On a flyleaf: Edmundus Griffithe me jure possidet 1639.
Donor Gale, Roger (1672-1744), Antiquary
Size (cm) 24.5 x 16
Folio 276 + 8 ff.
Material Parchment
Language LatinMiddle French
Collation

4 flyleaves. 18-88 (6-8 canc.) 98-148 156 (wants 6) 166 176 188-218 (+ a slip) 228-248 2512 (11, 12 canc.) 2610 (10 canc.) 2712 (11, 12 canc.) 288-328 336 348 (1 canc.) 358 | 364 four flyleaves.
Notes

Some flyleaves are uncut.
IIIF Manifest URL https://mss-cat.trin.cam.ac.uk/Manuscript/O.3.52/manifest.json

Contents

1. f.1 Breton de legibus Angliae
Regalem potestatem non solum armis set legibus.
A part of a page left blank, f.61b (and filled in with notes in law French), marks a gap in the text.
Ends f.113b per constitucionem vltim. Westm. Capitulo iiij.
Hic finit Breton.
f.114 Capitula (176) follow

2. In another hand.
Hic inc. Paruum hengham.

3. f.120 Cum sit necessarium

4. f.123 Le Estatut de Karlil

5. f.124b Dies communes in Banco

6. f.125 Stat. Westm. III.

7. f.126 Hic inc. Kalendar. Breton
(Capitula.)
f.127 Hic inc. liber Breton
Edward par la grace de deu.
f.160 Liber II.
f.206 Liber III.
f.264 Liber IV.
Ends in c. ix.

There are three pages of law notes among the flyleaves the end.

Bibliography

Kantorowicz, E., 'The Prologue to "Fleta"and the School of Petrus de Vinea', Speculum 32 (1957), 231-49

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