Sachgebiete

Beschreibung:

232 S. Originalleinen.

Bemerkung:

Aus dem Nachlass von Michael Richter. Mit Besitzvermerk auf Vorsatz. Einband leicht berieben, sonst gutes und sauberes Exemplar. Beiliegend: Richters handschriftliche Notizen -- maschinenschriftlicher Auszug aus einem Aufsatz zur walisischen Rechtsgeschichte. - Aus der Einführung: "THE documents printed in this volume are preserved in the Public Record Office. They form part of a manuscript book which was originally among the archives of the exchequer: it is now Volume 274 in the series of 'Books' of the treasury of the receipt, but it has long been generally known by the title 'Liber A'. It belongs to a very common species of medieval archive: it is a register of miscellaneous documents which were thought to be of interest and importance to the department concerned. It served much the same purpose as the monastic cartulary or the memoranda books of borough archives: it provided a handy repertory of transcripts which, being collected together in book form, were much easier to refer to than original documents, for the originals would be of various shapes and sizes, and would often be preserved in a number of different receptacles within the department. For specially solemn purposes, of course, the original documents would have to be produced, but for the practical workaday purposes of the department, the transcripts in the register were sufficient, and very much more convenient. Liber A consists of 459 folios of parchment, of approximately 14 inches by 10 inches (36 cm. by 26 cm.), and it has been recently rebound in oaken covers. There is more than one foliation. "