Golden Bull of Charles IV
Medieval Manuscripts
Item Info
Item No: mca0640011
Title: Golden Bull of Charles IV
Additional Title: Collection of legal texts
Script:
Gothic
Language: German
Folio Number: f. 1r
Source: Rare Book Department
Notes:
The Golden Bull of Charles IV (1316-78), promulgated at the diet of Nuremberg on January 10, 1356, provided a set of rules for the election of German kings. Charles IV was crowned King of Bohemia in 1347 and Holy Roman Emperor in 1355.
Notes:
This manuscript also contains a letter written by the Holy Roman Emperor Frederick III (1415-1493), dated Frankfurt, Assumption Day, 1442, and a series of laws governing business transactions.
Notes:
This manuscript has been dated to ca. 1450.
Notes:
Title page
Country: Country:Germany
Creation Year (Single Year or Range Begin): 1460
Image Dimensions Width: 312 mm
ShelfMark: Lewis E 64
f. 1r
ff. 30v-31r