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Laws promulgated for Bavaria in 1346 : manuscript, [ca. 1500]

Title
Laws promulgated for Bavaria in 1346 : manuscript, [ca. 1500]
Creator / Contributor
Holy Roman Empire, Emperor (1314-1347 : Ludwig IV)
Place of Origin
Germany
Date
1500
Language
German
Description
Extent: [4], 57 leaves, bound : ill. ; 41 cm.
print
Subjects
Genre
Manuscripts, Medieval-Germany-1450-1500.
Illuminations.
Rules (layout features)
Guide letters.
Straps (fasteners)
Scribal corrections.
Notes
Written in a bâtarde script in long lines by "Johannes Waltpurg de Fridperg" (explicit, f. 57r), with one large historiated initial depicting Christ as Judge (f. 1r) with foliage borders, 19 decorated initials in red, blue and burnished gold with penwork flourishes, and headings and initials in red. Table of contents (ff. i-iv).
Title supplied by cataloger.
Incipit, Der hochgelobt und hochgeporñ Kayser Ludwig von Rom und seine hochgeporne kind Marggraff Ludwig von prandenburg und Stephan Ludwig und Wilhalm pfallentzgraffen pey dem Rein und hertzogen in paỹrn ...
Bound in original blind-tooled brown calf, with brass bosses and one strap.
In a tray case, 42 cm.
MS Ger 142. Houghton Library, Harvard University.
Also available in an electronic version.
Electronic reproduction. Cambridge, Mass. : Harvard College Library Digital Imaging Group, 2008. (Digital Medieval Manuscripts at Houghton Library). Copy digitized: Houghton Library: MS Ger 142
Series
Digital Medieval Manuscripts at Houghton Library
Repository
Houghton Library, Harvard University

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