Title supplied by cataloger. Grand coutumier de Normandie and the Charte aux Normands written in France in the second half of the fourteenth century. Span folios: ff. 1-284v. Support: Parchment. Layout: 18 210(-9, cancelled by the scribe) 3-88 98(-7, cancelled by the scribe) 10-138 148(-3, cancelled by the scribe) 15-198 206(-1, cancelled by the scribe) 218(with a catchword also on f. 162v, the 6th leaf) 22-368. Catchwords in lower right corner in flourished red frames. 16-17 long lines ruled in ink with single bounding lines; the top line... Decoration: Opening page, f. 1, 6-line, parted red and blue initial with blue filigree infilling, and a C-shaped border of red and blue cascade motifs. Secondary initials, 2-line, alternating red and blue with tendrils of the other color; alternating red and blue paragraph marks; initials within the text slashed in red; red rubrics; chapter list alternates 1-line red and blue initials. Input into Digital Scriptorium by: C. W. Dutschke, 8/20/2012. An early owner (16th century?) , has signed f. 283v "Le [M?]oulins." Purchased by the Huntington Library from Dawson's of Pall Mall, Cat. 102 (1960) item 4.
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