This beautiful volume came into the possession of the Foundation from a private individual in Pécs, which contains summaries in Latin of civil, divorce and criminal cases concluded at the Seven-Person Board – the court of appeal of the curia – in 1816. The manuscript volume, which includes three sessions and 279 extracts from the proceedings, is not truly special because of its content – the Hungarian National Archives preserve a catalogue with the same content from 1816 – but because of its presentation: while the archival copy is a soft-bound volume intended for court use, the copy that has just been discovered has a much more ornate presentation, with half-leather binding on the outside, gold lettering on the spine, lined pages on the inside, ornate chapter titles, and flawless, beautiful handwriting. Compared to the archival copy, it is also an advantage that it is also provided with an index. It is not ruled out that the Curia sent this volume to Vienna, to the Royal Chancellery, which, when returned from there, did not go to the court, but to a judge, and then to his estate. There is no record of the volume’s former owners. The Foundation donated the volume to the Hungarian National Archives, which placed it in the Curia’s archive fund (MNL OL Court Archives, Curia archives, Royal Curia, O 46. Series causarum septemviralium).
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Table of contents of the source
Series causarum civilium, divortialium et criminalium cum extractu motivorum sub termino Epiphaniali anno 1816o per Tabulam Septemviralem revisarum et terminatarum pp. 1–87.
Civilium (59 tétel) pp. 1–65.
Divortialium (8 tétel) pp. 65–68.
Criminalium (39 tétel) pp. 68–87.
Series causarum civilium, divortialium et criminalium cum extractu motivorum sub termino Sancti Stephani per Tabulam Septem-viralem revisarum et terminatarum pp. 88–141.
Civilium (42 tétel) pp. 88–116.
Divortialium (16 tétel) pp. 117–121.
Criminalium (41 tétel) pp. 121–141.
Series causarum tabularium et appellatarum civilium, divortialium et criminalium sub generalium regni iudiciorum Sancti Martini termino anno 1816 per excelsam Tabulam Septem-viralem revisarum et terminatarum cum extractu motivorum 142–180. old.
Civilium (25 tétel) pp. 142–163.
Divortialium (12 tétel) pp. 164–167.
Criminalium (37 tétel) pp. 167–180.
Index causarum huius protocolli ad ordinem alphabeticum redactus iuxta numerum paginarum pp. 181–186.
Civilium pp. 181–184.
Divortialium pp. 184–185.
Criminalium pp. 185–186.