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Detailed record for Egerton 269
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| Title |
Fragments from Law codices (Lex Saxonum, Lex Ripuariorum, Lex Salicam, Legis Alamannorum, Legis Burgundionum, etc.) |
| Origin |
Germany |
| Date |
2nd half of the 9th century |
| Language |
Latin |
| Script |
Caroline minuscule |
| Decoration |
Large and small initials in brown, a few with simple penwork decoration. Rubrics in red. |
| Dimensions in mm |
250 x 180 (180 x 115) |
| Official foliation |
ff. 17 ( + 5 unfoliated paper flyleaves at the beginning and at the end) |
| Form |
Parchment codex |
| Binding |
BM/BL in-house. |
| Provenance |
E. P. J. Spangenberg of Celle, legal scholar.
Bought by the British Museum in 1834, using the Bridgewater fund (£12,000 bequeathed in 1829 by Francis Henry Egerton, 8th Earl of Bridgewater (b. 1756, d. 1829) |
| Notes |
ff. 1-2 are paper flyleaves with a description of the manuscript.
Part of this manuscript is Egerton 2832 and Paris, BN latin MS 4633. |
| Select bibliography |
Catalogue of Additional Manuscripts 6666-10018; Catalogue of Egerton Manuscripts 1-606 (unpublished catalogue available in the British Library Manuscripts Reading Room), p. 109.
H. Mordek, Bibliotheca capitularium regum Francorum manuscripta Uberlieferung und Traditionszusammenhang der frankischen Herrschererlasse (Munich, 1995), pp. 226-31. |
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