Manuscripts, Latin
Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
Scope Note: Manuscripts entirely or partially in Latin.
Found in 1 Collection or Record:
MS 159: Book of Swedish Laws, 15th century
Item
Identifier: MS 159
Scope and Contents
This manuscript is a 15th-century book of law from Linköping, Sweden. It comprises the royal and municipal law of Sweden, laws of marriage, inheritance, land, buildings, commerce, navigation, magistracy, oaths, loyalty, murder, homicide, premeditated assault [?], theft, estate law and church law. There are also rules to be observed by those about to receive the Eucharist, with some other liturgical material.Two fly-leaves of vellum are fragments of a noted breviary of the 13th...
Dates:
15th century