Article on second Old Frisian fragment from Vienna published

Last year, the existence of a collection of manuscript fragments was made public that lies in the National Library of Austria. The second Old Frisian fragment from this collection has now been published by the team from the Fryske Akademy and Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam that has been working together for many years in the field of Old Frisian law of the 15th century: Prof Hylkje de Jong (Vrije Universiteit), Dr Han Nijdam (Fryske Akademy) and Dr Marvin Wiegand are the authors of the article, assisted by em. Prof Jan Hallebeek (Vrije Universiteit) and Dr Oebele Vries.

Frisian Excerpta Legum tradition

The article 'A new fragment of the 15th century Frisian Excerpta Legum tradition. Edition, translation, and commentary' was published in the academic journal The Legal History Review (publisher De Gruyter Brill) and is available in Open Access:

de Jong, H., Nijdam, J. A., Wiegand, M., Hallebeek, J., & Vries, O. (2025). A new fragment of the 15th century Frisian Excerpta Legum tradition. Edition, translation, and commentary. Tijdschrift voor rechtsgeschiedenis / Revue d'histoire du droit/The Legal History Review, 1-19. doi.org/10.1163/15718190-20250102