"An Institute of the feudal law, very useful to students in the common law of England; unto which is subjoined a treatise touching the ancient constitution of the English government, the rise of tenures among us, and what they are in themselves." By John Ayliffe, LL. D., fellow of New College, Oxford, 18th century
Unfinished.
At the beginning and end are many fly-leaves consisting of fragments of the books of Deuteronomy, Joshua, and Judges, from an early edition [Strasburg, circa 1485–90?] of the Latin Bible.
Dates
- Creation: 18th century
Extent
22 Leaves
Language of Materials
- English
Shelfmark
MS. Rawl. C. 303
Other Finding Aids
William D. Macray, Catalogi codicum manuscriptorum Bibliothecae Bodleianae partis quintae fasciculus primus viri munificentissimi Ricardi Rawlinson, J.C.D., codicum classes duas priores, ad rem historicam praecipue et topographicam spectantes, complectens (Oxford, 1862), no. C. 303.
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. III, no. 12160.
Physical Facet
On paper, in quarto
Repository Details
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