Leobschützer law book
The Leobschützer Rechtsbuch is an illuminated manuscript written in German . It contains a collection of documents relating to the former Moravian town of Leobschütz .
history
As early as 1253, the Leobschütz ( Lubschicz ) , founded by the Bohemian King Ottokar I Přemysl , was the upper court of numerous Moravian towns and villages that received the Leobschütz law, which in turn was derived from Magdeburg law . Probably because of the politically troubled times before the Hussite Wars , the so-called “Leobschützer Rechtsbuch” was written in 1421 on behalf of the Leobschützer Council. It was compiled and written by Nikolaus Kurz ( Nicolaus Brevis ; Nicolaus (Joannis) de Lubschiz ), who comes from Leobschütz and works in Krakow . As far as the documents used were Latin texts, he translated them into German. The illumination of the legal book in the style of the Prague book decoration was created by Johannes von Zittau.
The legal book is a parchment code with the format 39 × 29.5 cm in a historicizing cover, presumably from the 19th century. It is assigned to the Saxon-Magdeburg legal system and includes the following documents:
- Document of the Bohemian King Ottokar II Přemysl from April 7, 1265 about a donation of the forest
- Document of the same dated September 1, 1275 about the renewal of the hand festivals for Leobschütz
- Register of the Leobschützer arbitrary right
- Granting of privileges to the Troppau Duke Nicholas II on June 16, 1325
- Meissen Law Book
- Declaration by the Leobschützer Ratmannen about the priority position of the Meissen legal code
Until the end of the Second World War, the original manuscript of the legal book was in the Leobschütz city archive. After the transition from Silesia to Poland, it was considered lost in 1945. After it reappeared in private ownership in 2002, it is now part of the holdings of the Opole State Archives ( Opole, Archiwum Panstwowe, Akta miasta Glubczyc sygn. 208 ).
literature
- Winfried Irgang (ed.): The Leobschützer law book . Edited and introduced by Gunhild Roth. Sources for the history and regional studies of East Central Europe Volume 5, Marburg 2006, ISBN 978-3-87969-327-6 .
- Ludwig Petry (ed.): History of Silesia. Volume 1: From prehistoric times to 1526. 5th revised edition. Thorbecke, Sigmaringen 1988, ISBN 3-7995-6341-5 , p. 419
- Hugo Weczerka (Hrsg.): Handbook of the historical places . Volume: Silesia (= Kröner's pocket edition . Volume 316). Kröner, Stuttgart 1977, ISBN 3-520-31601-3 , pp. 275f.
Web links
- Early Medieval Studies, Volume 35, p. 468
- Upper Silesia News 8/2006 (PDF; 199 kB)
- Publications on the Leobschützer Rechtsbuch in the Opac der Regesta Imperii