Lanndtafel dess Fürstenthümbs Obern und Nidern Bairn

Description
Register (Landtafel) of jurisdictions within the localities forming administrative units of the principalities of Upper and Lower Bavaria in 1557. Under each locality are listed its subunits, including noble and church properties, often designated as constituting a Hofmarch (Hofmark); and, where applicable, the names of individuals who hold privileges over that property. Each locality listing begins with a list of offices (without names); the following terms occur: Pfleger, Zollner, Mautner, Richter, Gerichtsschreiber, Gegenschreiber, Cästner (Kastner?), Ungelter.
Form
manuscripts (documents)
codices (bound manuscripts)
government records
Manuscripts, German
Manuscripts, Renaissance
Date
1557
Language
German
Geographic Subject
Bavaria (Germany) -- History -- Sources
Extent
210 leaves : paper ; 202 x 153 mm bound to 206 x 160 mm
Notes
Ms. codex.
Title from title page (p. 1).
Pagination: Paper, iv + 199 + xviii; [1-2], 3-398; modern pagination (1832; p. 398) in ink, upper outer corners.
Script: Written in a German cursive script.
Decoration: Initials of rubrics (localities) sometimes with flourishes (especially p. 49, 63, 153, 178, 277, 313 and 331).
Binding: Contemporary vellum; sheet from earlier missal (Zacour-Hirsch). With clasp straps (on the lower cover only stubs remain).
Origin: Written in Bavaria in 1557 (p. 1).
German.
Related works
Digital facsimile for browsing (Colenda)
Also listed in
Penn Libraries Catalog
Physical Location
Kislak Center for Special Collections, Rare Books and Manuscripts, Manuscripts, Ms. Codex 1117
Provenance
Formerly owned by Jo. Otho of Taufkirchen ("Jo. Otho à Taufkhirch"), in 1610 (p. 1).
Formerly owned by Föring, in 1832 (front flyleaf; p. 398).
Sold by V. A. Heck (Vienna), 1958.
Otho, J., former owner.
Rights
http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/NoC-US/1.0/
Resource Type
Text

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