Extent: fols. 38; parchment; 293 x 214 (180 x 100) mm bound to 293 x 205 mm (front cover) and 293 x 228 mm (back cover)
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Layout: 1 column, 29 lines Script: Gothic cursiva Decoration: Rubrics in red, chapters numbered in Roman numerals in red (discontinued after "xvi"), occasionaly phrases and words underlined in red, paragraph marks alternating in red and blue Decoration: 2- to 3-line initials alternating in red and blue with pen-flourishing in brown and red, one 24-line puzzle initial with pen-flourishing in red and brown (f. 1) Binding: Original binding of limp parchment Original foliation in Roman numerals in brown ink in the middle of the upper margin, i-xxxvii, modern foliation in pencil, 1-38. Lacking c. 12 leaves. Horizontal catchwords, ruled in lead point and on some leaves in brown ink, prickings in the outer margins. Stains and signs of use, but in overall good condition. Provenance: The chancery script is Parisians and indicates a date around 1330-1340; it can be compared to the chancery script in the Registre du Trésor des chartes for years 1337-1340, Paris, Archives nationales, JJ 07. Provenance: The manuscript was in the Low Countries in the fifteenth century, or at least in the hands of a Dutch speaking person (probably a lawyer), as suggested by the title added in Dutch in the fifteenth century on the lower cover of the book: “Exstrait van eene Deels vanden Rechten ghetrocken vute loix ende ghetranslateirt vanden latine In fra[n]coit”. Pierre de Maucreaux (d. 1340) and Guillaume de Maucreux, Ordonnances de plaidoyer de bouche et par escript. The text was edited by Pillet (2006) from what was then the only known manuscript, Paris, Bibliothèque nationale de France, MS fr. 19832, ff. 1-39. This manuscript ends imperfectly in the chapter "deffense de Retrait." The original foliation, as indicated in the contents list, shows that the manuscript had originally at least 47 foliated leaves, in addition to the two un-foliated leaves in the beginning; the number was probably a regular 50 leaves. This treatise on legal procedures at the Parlement of Paris was written by the lawyer Pierre de Maucreux, and his brother, Guillaume de Maucreux, around 1330. Previous shelfmark: Ordonnances de plaidoyer
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