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ff. 1-7v. [Index to statutes from Counterple de voucher to Christien court]. French. Alphabetical subject index to statutes from Counterple de voucher to Christien [for the letter X] court, citing earlier statutes not copied in this volume, from Magna Carta on; text begins defectively and is misbound, with the 2 center bifolia in exchanged order. ff. 8-10, 10v-12, 12v-195v; f. 196r-v blank. [Statuta nova]. Latin; French. f. 10r-v. [La patent de perambulacion fait de bou des forestes = Perambulation of forests]. Incipit: Le Roy a touz as queux cestes lettres viendront salutz. Sachez que come la bone memorie seignur Edward iadys Roy D'engleterre nostre aiel iadys ent assigne ces foialx a le puraillez en ces forestes. Explicit: a Westm. le xiiie iour de march l'an du nostre regne primer. Rubric: La patent de perambulacion fait de bou des forestes. French. See Calendar of Patent Rolls. . .Edward III, A.D. 1327-1330 (London 1891) p. 39, membr. 15. f. 12. [Iste particulus erat Norhamptoun editus eodem Anno Revocacio brevium de audiendo et terminando]. Incipit: Accorde est par le Roy et soun Counseille a cest parlement de Norhampton que toutz les oiers et terminers grauntez countre fourme de l'estatut fait en temps le Roy E. aiel le Roy que ore est. Explicit: n'est pas mys en estatut einz est baille de la Chauncelrie par bille. Rubric: Iste particulus erat Norhamptoun editus eodem Anno. French. This text also in HM 906, f. 125r-v, HM 19920, f. 165 and EL 9 H 10, ff. 55v-56. Title from printed catalog. Contains statutes from the reign of Edward III (1327-1377) through Henry V (1413-1422) Support: Parchment. Script: Secretary; Anglicana; Bastard anglicana. Layout: 1⁸(-1) 2¹²(-1) 3¹² 4-6⁸ 7⁸(-7, after f. 60) 8⁸(-8, after f. 68 with loss of 3 lines of text, apparently due to eyeskip) 9² 10-13⁸ 14⁴(-4, after f. 105 without loss of text) 16-17⁸ 18⁴ 19⁸(-1 after f. 132 with loss of text) 20⁸ 21⁸(-4, after f. 150 with loss of text) 22-26⁸ 27². Catchwords in inner lower margin, 2 in brown ink frames; no catchwords at end of quires 1-2, 8-9, 14, 18. 37-42 long lines, ruled in lead, with top and bottom 2 lines full across, and with an additional double rule in the outer margin for chapter numbers and in the upper margin for running headlines; slash prick marks in the 3 outer margins, frequently cropped. Other Decoration: 4- and 3-line gold initials on white-patterned blue/maroon grounds; the initial on f. 127 with a spray of blue and maroon leaves; paragraph marks alternating gold with ink flourishing and blue with red. Running headlines across the opening, omitted on ff. 9v-20v; chapter numbers in the outer margins; marginal notes in the hands of the scribes. Opening leaf for the abridgment of statutes and for each king's statutes excised, except for that on f. 71, where the opening initial has been cut away and the hole repaired with blank parchment. Assigned Date: s. XV2/4. Input into Digital Scriptorium by: C. W. Dutschke, 1/29/2012. Cataloged from existing description: C. W. Dutschke with the assistance of R. H. Rouse et al., Guide to Medieval and Renaissance Manuscripts in the Huntington Library (San Marino, 1989). Bound, s. XIXin, in English diced russia, rebacked with corners reinforced; marbled endpapers; on red leather label on the spine "Statuta" stamped in gold. HM 930. Huntington Library, San Marino, CA.
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