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These statutes govern the community of the Val Divedro, the Alpine valley in the Ossola that leads up to the Simplon pass. Their more than one hundred and twenty chapters begin with procedure in the council: if the consuls and councillors cannot agree, they must vote secretly with beans, and the majority prevails, with a fine of five imperial soldi for anyone who resists. Further chapters regulate attendance at the council when the bell is rung, the summer pastures in the high Alps, the movement of livestock, keeping foreign animals off the common grazing, damage done by beasts, and the work of muleteers who carried goods over the pass.

The statutes are a vivid source for the life of an Alpine community in the late Middle Ages, combining pastoral regulation with the organisation of the transit trade across the Simplon, as the sample’s rules for carriers and their oath at Easter show. They illustrate the strong traditions of local self-government in the valleys of the Ossola. Their date is not stated in the sample, but their language and institutions belong to the late medieval and early modern statutes of the Ossola valleys, which were often revised and confirmed over several centuries.

About this edition. The Latin text comes from ALIM, the Archive of the Latinity of Medieval Italy (edition: Print edition by: G. Alvazzi, Stab. G. Cattaneo, Novara 1943), through Corpus Corporum (University of Zurich). Every word has been analyzed with LatinCy, a neural language model for Latin — click or tap any word for its dictionary form, part of speech, and complete morphology, together with the full entry from Lewis & Short’s A Latin Dictionary.

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Statuta Vallis Diverii
Anonymous · I. – de Divisione Fabae · every word parsed
BookI. – de Divisione FabaeII. – de Venendo ad CredentiamIII. – de Bestiis Forensium Non DucendisIV. – de Eundo ad AlpesV. – de Eundo et Descendendo in Alpes et in MontesVI. – de Non Dimittendo Bestias in Montibus TensatisVII. – de Non Faciendo DamnumVIII. – de Faciendo Damnum cum BestiisIX. – de Pignoribus IncantandisX. – de Servitiis et Gratiis Non FaciendisXI. – de Non Dando Lignamen ForensibusXII. – de Obediendo ConsulibusXIII. – de Non Ruscando Aliquod BuschumXIV. – de Non Faciendo Damnum in GaziisXV. – de Non Ponendo Coria in Rido de VarzioXVI. – de Bestiis PignorandisXVII. – de Non Faciendo Fossata in Strata et Stendendo Aliquid Supra Tecto…XVIII. – de Non Manendo in Curto de AldrosoXIX. – de Coherentiis post Sanctum BartholomeumXX. – de MolinariisXXI. – de Montibus TensatisXXII. – de Glolis et AgnisXXIII. – de Bestiis ad PratumXXIV. – de Pigneribus Ponendis ad Canepam ComunisXXV. – de Vetantibus PigneraXXVI. – de Forensibus PignorandisXXVII. – de Bestiis Non Ducendis Nisi per StratamXXVIII. – de Non Accipiendo AquamXXIX. – de Festivitatibus CelebrandisXXX. – de Taleis ColligendisXXXI. – de Utilitatibus Non Dandis ForensibusXXXII. – de Non Capiendo Nec Aedificando super Territorio ComunisXXXIII. – de Poenis Partitorum BallarumXXXIV. – de Parte Danda Campariis ComunisXXXV. – Incipiunt Statuta Ballarum Debentium SolvereXXXVI. – de Quibus Ballis Debeat Fieri Solutio pro Sosta et Ire pro PartitaXXXVII. – de Volta Ballarum in Intus Non AmittendaXXXVIII. – de Labore StrataeXXXIX. – de Horis Caregandi BallasXL. – de Ballis Non Dimittendis in Aliquibus PartibusXLI. – de Ballis Non Dimittendi in ForisXLII. – de Ballis Non Amittendis Causa Eundi BrigamXLIII. – de Pondere Ballarum et de Numero RuborumXLIV. – de Ballis Non Ducendis per ForensesXLV. – de Fardellis Non PortandisXLVI. – de Festis CelebrandisXLVII. – de Ballis Non Portandis Sine DanariisXLVIII. – de Signis Faciendis super BallisXLIX. – de Ballis CernendisL. – de Ballis Non Dimittendis Sine LicentiaLi. – de Fardellis Non Portandis a ColleriisLII. – de Ballis Portandis Sine DenariisLIII. – de Marcatoribus AntecedendisLIV. – de Gratiis Non FaciendisLV. – de Gratiis Non PetendisLVI. – de Cambio FaciendoLVII. – de Sacramento FaciendoLVIII. – de Ballis Non Capiendis in ValleLIX. – de Ballis Non Ducendis a XVIII Rubis SupraLX. – de Ferramentis Non DucendisLXI. – de Ballis Non Tenendis in DomibusLXII. – de Ballis Non Portandis Nisi per Homines Domini Novariensis EpiscopiLXIII. – de Fardellis Non Portandis a Portatoribus ad DorsumLXIV. – de Divisione BallarumLXV. – de Ballis Non Dandis Portatoribus ad DorsumLXVI. – de Solutione Somarum Transeuntium per Vallem Diverii Tam in Intus…LXVII. – de Pondere Ballarum et Numero RuborumLXVIII. – quod Victurales Non Perdant Voltam SuamLXIX. – quod Pedagiarius Possit Dare Sacramentum Conducenti SomasLXX. – de Talpis CapiendisLXXI. – Quid Solvatur Pedagiario pro Qualibet BestiaLXXII. – de Transeuntibus Sine Solutione et PedagioLXXIII. – de Statutis Legendis VicturalibusLXXIV. – de Credentia Non FaciendaLXXV. – de Ballis Portandis cum Licentia et pro SolutioneLXXVI. – de MensurisLXXVII. – de Letamiis et Laboribus FaciendisLXXVIII. – de Tenso post Festum Sancti MichaelisLXXIX. – de Ballis Non Portandis Locatis a PartitoreLXXX. – de Non Habendo Nisi Unam Ballam pro Qualibet VoltaLXXXI. – de Plantis Plantandis super Territorio ComunisLXXXII. – de Feno VendendoLXXXIII. – de Tenso Nemorum Infrascriptorum LocorumLXXXIV. – Item quod Sit Tensum a LavancaloLXXXV. – Item quod Sit Tensum Omne Lignamen VirideLXXXVI. – Item quod Sit Tensum Omne Lignamen LareciumLXXXVII. – Item in Nemore de CognaLXXXVIII. – Item in Brochio EtcLXXXIX. – Item in MogneriisXC. – Item in Silva PlanaXCI. – de Tenso Montis NembriXCII. – de Non Colligendo RaspamXCIII. – de Non Dando Habitaculum Colligentibus RaspamXCIV. – quod Nemus Sigetii Sit TensumXCV. – quod Nemus Tulliage Sit TensumXCVI. – de Tensione CugleXCVII. – de Tenso Plaziorum de CalandraXCVIII. – de Vino et MensurandoXCIX. – de Bestiis Non Depellendis Nisi Fuerit TensumC. – de Tenso Nemoris quod est Retro SolaCI. – de Nemore Tensando Retro Pratum de BuschoCII. – de Bestiis Non Dandis in Cura Extra Territorium Vallis DiveriiCIII. – de Instrumentis Comunis ReponendisCIV. – de Montibus TensatisCV. – de Tenso post Festum Sancti MichaelisCVI. – de Licentia ConsulumCVII. – de Nemoribus Tensatis in Loco TrasqueraCVIII. – de Tenso in OvigoCIX. – de Libertate Consulum Faciendi Fieri CassinasCX. – de Creandis Officialibus Dicti ComunisCXI. – de Nemore Tensato in Ruinis de LincioCXII. – de Tenso GaziiCXIII. – de Tenso Plani Comunis Vallis DiveriiCXIV. – de Tenso de SigezioCXV. – de Non Colligendo Aliquam DecimamCXVI. – de Tenso Nemoris Viridis EtcCXVII. – quod Laborantes Aliquas Terras ad Fictum Solvant Taleas Fodra et…CXVIII. – quod Consules Debeant Incipere Incantum SostaeCXIX. – quod Incantantes Sostam Comunis Teneantur Facere Bonum DepositumCXX. – de Censo Solvendo de Incantu Sostae et PedagiiCXXI. – de Ballis Signandis per PartitoremCXXII. – in Quo Loco Debeat Colligi PedagiumCXXIII. – de Nemore TensatoCXXIV. – de Non Colligendo Lignamen in Culmine RuptaCXXV. – de Tenso Buschi BigliaghaeCXXVI. – de Deposito Faciendo per PedagiariumCapitolo Aggiunto
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In primis statuerunt et ordinauerunt quod si aliqua discordia nasceretur inter consules credentiarios et consiliarios facientes officium praedictae comunitatis et simul non corcordarent quod incontinenter, per suum sacramentum, debeant ponere fabam occulte et ad diuisionem fabae esse et manere concordes simul per suum sacramentum ubi maior pars erit totius credentiae in concordia et omnia alia uerba et diuisiones non ualeant, nec teneant. Et qui contrafecerit uel uenerit det et soluat pro qualibet persona et qualibet uice comunitati dictae uallis Diuerii pro pena et banno soldos quinque imperiales. Et nihilominus suprascriptum statutum sit firmum et incontinenti dicti consules et credentiarii et consiliarii teneantur et debeant exigere dictam poenam et bannum antequam recedant a consilio.
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Text: Perseus Digital Library, licensed CC BY-SA. Dictionary: Lewis & Short (Perseus, CC BY-SA). Morphology: LatinCy — machine parsing, corrected against the AGDT & PROIEL treebanks and Morpheus.
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