IDENTITY STATEMENT
Reference code(s): GB 0096 MS 590
Held at: Senate House Library, University of London
Title: Extracts of decisions made by the Dôle Parlement
Date(s): 1518-1599
Level of description: Collection (fonds)
Extent: 1 volume containing 57 leaves
Name of creator(s): Unknown
CONTEXT
Administrative/Biographical history:
Dôle is located in the Franche-Comté region of France, between Dijon and Bescanon.
CONTENT
Scope and content/abstract:
Manuscript volume containing a 'Memoire de plusieurs choses et decisions remarquables tirees des liures de deliberations reposants en la Chambre de la Cour', relating to the Parlement of Dôle, France, and giving extracts of business between 1518 and 1599. The parchment cover of the volume was cut from 16th century book of accounts principally concerning salt, including the 'Vendues des sels de ceste Septembre' (almost complete).
ACCESS AND USE
Language/scripts of material: French and Latin
System of arrangement:
Single item.
Conditions governing access:
Access to this collection is unrestricted for the purpose of private study and personal research within the supervised environment and restrictions of the Library's Palaeography Room. Uncatalogued material may not be seen. Please contact the University Archivist for details.
Conditions governing reproduction:
Copies may be made, subject to the condition of the original. Copying must be undertaken by the Palaeography Room staff, who will need a minimum of 24 hours to process requests.
Physical characteristics:
12˝" x 8". Limp vellum cover, cut from a 16th century book of accounts.
Finding aids:
Collection level description.
ARCHIVAL INFORMATION
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Archival history:
Immediate source of acquisition:
Given by Dr. Geoffrey John de Cusance Mead in 1963.
ALLIED MATERIALS
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DESCRIPTION NOTES
Note:
Archivist's note: Compiled by Sarah Aitchison as part of the RSLP AIM25 Project.
Rules or conventions: Compiled in compliance with General International Standard Archival Description, ISAD(G), second edition, 2000; National Council on Archives Rules for the Construction of Personal, Place and Corporate Names, 1997.
Date(s) of descriptions: Oct 2001