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2 Legal Miscellanea 1 (2005)

handle is hein.journals/legmisca2 and id is 1 raw text is: A LEGA L OF THE JACOBBuRNs LAW LIBRARY MI SCE,, ELLANEA VOLUE , r-1uI--NUMBR-n D1 oSPR ,i 200 SPECIJALTE AMA-CACTONO FOCUS .NELW AT0 S Scott B. Pagel, Director of the Law Library and Professor of Law he Jacob Burns Law Library has developed an exceptional collection The American Museum (1787-1792) of works on the turbulent history of church-state relations, a superb resource for scholars exploring the controversial bonds and power ,, Une of the Law Library's liveliest and struggles between secular and religious institutions. While the library most intellectually invigorating acqui- has acquired materials from several countries, focused acquisition efforts sitions is the entire run in twelve volumes of have produced a strong and varied collection reflecting the compelling histo- Mathew Carey's The American Museum, Or ry of relations between church and state in France. Repository of Ancient and Modern Fugitive Perhaps the most significant document in the history of relations between c ,co ,: -H Pieces, Prose and Poetical [Philadelphia, 1787- France and the Catholic Church is the Pragmatic Sanction of Charles VII t; ii: ¢> : ( 17921. Less familiar to modern readers than (also known as the Pragmatic Sanction of Bourges). Issued in July, 1438, this TtepgL rgf it might be, The American Museum is consid- decree adopted the controversial declarations of the Council of Basel, which Sanction en Franco)s ered the first literary journal in America, and limited the powers of the Pope and granted new powers to the King and cler- (1508). Gift of Ridha the leading magazine of the founding era. gy of France, including a major role in bestowing benefices and church offices. & Diane Cummins. Its appeal for 2 1st-century legal scholars Although the decree later was annulled by the Concordat of 1516 between Francis I and Pope Ie is that in its pages first appeared The Federalist, it is considered a major event in the development of Gallicanism and the French struggle for ind as well as an assortment of federal govern- pendence from the Catholic Church vis-a-vis its internal affairs. ment documents. Among its many eminent Through the generosity of two of the library's best friends, Richard and Diane Cummins, the contributors and subscribers were George Law Library recently acquired a very rare book symbolic of this struggle for power. Printed in Ia WashnoronBenaminFrakli, Jmesin 1508, La Pragmatique Sanction en Francoys is a treasure both for its content and its physicalc 0 acteristics. The title page (above) is a masterpiece of late medieval printing which exemplifies fh MaioAedr HaitnadToa Maine andefersonmiot onadpeoasi design often found in hand-drawn manuscripts and rubricated printed works of the 1400s. Its Pine. Toagefes, rtonotny e edi n colophon identifies the book as the presswork of Gaspard Philippe, and a handsome engraving its age, bt owed he ntir seies Inthe final leaf indicates that it was published by Martin Alexandre. The text of the Pragmatic 1787 pulictio byTheAmeica Mueum Sanction is printed in the center of each page with a gloss or commentary fitted around it. Wh! of the U.S. Constitution marked an early the text of the Sanction is brief, and available from many sources, it is the commentary that mak, print debut of this document. this work so important as a contemporary interpretation of the decree and a window to the tho How did this innovative publication come and analysis of that era. Printing the document and commentary in French (en Francoys) rath to lip? Tts creator, Mathew ATCanrey (1 761839, ), h aI nelcsadeeaeefort o mke-heextaccssile o1tecmmoIma .Anwhe FtBnai Faki' Frs FnPss.Ffe retunin to relnd ad fcinglibl chrgF spakedbyhisvocl ntiEnlis stnc, CrF set ail or meria, herehis irs cretiF wasvivin into the mid-2th century in the U.S. and Treasury and the sitting Vice-President. Duels in France. It is seen today in stylized derivatives such Europe were fought mostly by royals and noble- Lafayette's gift of $400 financed Carey's fledg- as fencing and Jousting. At first duelling was a men. But one recorded duel in late medieval ling printing venture, and The Pennsylvania D legal means of resolving disputes between inivid- France could be the most extraordinary: that F uls thejdical ue),Evovi fom hejudI- between a nobleman and a dopc (visit our exhibit ontinued on

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