A treatise on Sorcery, in French, with special reference to the decisions of the Parlement de Rouen and the king's supersession of them, apparently in about 1675, written in the last quarter of the 17th cent.
The work, which is in three parts and written in several hands, is freely corrected apparently by the author, and is not quite perfect. The first chapter beg. 'La difference qu'il y a entre le parlement de Paris.' The author may be 'magister Leger doctor medicus' (p. vi, cf. 690v: possibly Antoine Léger who died in 1719): some copies of independent documents on the same subject follow at p. 631.
Dates
- Creation: written in the last quarter of the 17th cent.
Extent
716 pages
Language of Materials
- French
Shelfmark
MS. Douce 143
Other Finding Aids
Falconer Madan, et al., A summary catalogue of western manuscripts in the Bodleian Library at Oxford which have not hitherto been catalogued in the Quarto series (7 vols. in 8 [vol. II in 2 parts], Oxford, 1895-1953; reprinted, with corrections in vols. I and VII, Munich, 1980), vol. IV, no 21717
Our best descriptions for medieval items in this collection are in Medieval Manuscripts in Oxford Libraries under MSS. Douce.
Physical Facet
On paper
Dimensions
9 7/8 × 8 in.
Repository Details
Part of the Bodleian Libraries Repository
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