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305 - FRENCH MANUSCRIPT [Antoine de MARTRES].
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FRENCH MANUSCRIPT [Antoine de MARTRES]. ‘Principles of French Canon Law. Drawn chiefly from the liberties of the Gallican Church as set out in the Pragmatic Sanction, the Concordat and the Royal Ordinances. Compiled by Mr De Martres, Doctor Regius and Royal Professor at the University of Thé [?], and Advocate at the Parliament of Toulouse”. [Toulouse, 1688]; in-16 (17.5 x 12.5 cm). 3 blank folios – 4 folios – 245 pages. 3 blank folios missing at the end of the volume. Contemporary brown calfskin, decorated ribbed spine, gilt title, cap ends worn away, corners rubbed, paper missing from the 1st and 3rd blank folios. Coat-of-arms ex-libris vignette on the upper inside cover: ‘Bibliothèque de Saint-Philippe’. The folios in section D (pp. 73–96) have slightly narrow margins. On the fourth folio is a coded text stating that the manuscript was begun on ‘14 August 1688 by Antoine d’Olivie, a tonsured cleric of the Diocese of Toulouse, son of Olivie, master shoemaker” and completed on 14 November of the same year. (The key to the code is given on the reverse of the previous page). At the end of the text there is a signature, probably added later: ‘Lapujade’. The work is written in very fine, rapid handwriting, and the layout is clear throughout. The student Antoine d’Olivie transcribed the course on canon law taught by the Toulouse jurist Antoine de Martres. The latter was originally from Saint-Lizier in Ariège; he was the son of a lawyer, who served twice as a capitoul. He was awarded a doctorate from the Faculty of Law in Toulouse on 26 May 1662, and went on to enjoy a distinguished career as a lawyer. The Intendant Henri d’Aguesseau took notice of him in 1680 whilst on a mission to reform the University of Toulouse. He was the first holder of the chair of French law at the Faculty of Law in Toulouse, appointed by the king in 1681. His lectures were highly successful, which for a time earned him the animosity of his colleagues. He taught for 14 years and died whilst in office. In 1683. He left no published works, but a number of manuscript lectures, written down under his dictation, have been preserved; these bear witness to the rather innovative nature of his teaching, particularly his relative and evolving conception of law. (Historical Dictionary of French Jurists (12th–20th centuries). Edited by P. Arabeyre, J.-L. Halphérin and J. Krynen. Paris, PUF, 2007).
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