Stabilimenta Rhodiorum militum - French version

The revised statutes of the Order of the Hospital of St John of 1489/1493

© Jyri Hasecker, Hamburg / Jürgen Sarnowsky, Hamburg (2007/2022)

Though Delaville has edited many of the rules, statutes and customs of the Order of the Hospital of St John up to 1310, there is still no modern edition of the stabilimenta of the Order. The medieval manuscripts up to 1489 are quite confusing, adding the statutes by chapters general, and early modern (printed) collections of the statutes are not easily available.

In 1489, the chapter general succeeded to arrive at a modified – systematic – version of the statutes which was revised by the vice-chancellor, Guillaume Caoursin, and others. This version was then confirmed by the pope, Innocent VIII, and by the chapter general of 1493. Though there are printed versions of the text (in Latin and French), there is also a good and early (Latin) manuscript in the National Library of Malta in Valletta (NLM Libr. 244).

These pages were originally compiled for the project "Kritische Edition der revidierten Statuten des Johanniterordens von 1489/93" (University of Hamburg, Faculty of Humanities, Department of History) which was financed by a grant of the Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (DFG) [2004-2007]. The focus of the project was on the French version of the new redaction of the statutes of the Hospitallers, known under the name Stabilimenta Rhodiorum militum, The first result of the project was the critical edition of the original Latin text edited by Jyri Hasecker and Juergen Sarnowsky which appeared in Print in 2007, with a scientific introduction and a comparison between the revised legislation and the older statute tradition.

The digital edition focused on the contemporary French translation also made under the direction of Caoursin. The textual basis is the edition probably printed by Pierre Le Dru in Paris between 1493 and 1495 (cf. e.g. Pellechet 3221). This edition was originally presented in a synoptic form since 2007 provided by the open source content management system MyCoRe, but since no update was possible, the texts are now transferred into simple HTML and presented in the context of the Hospitaller Sources.

The aim is to provide a first cut through the history of the statute production of the Hospitallers from the beginnings of the Order in the Holy Land until the loss of Rhodes (1522/1523). The project is located at the "Arbeitsstelle für die digitale Edition mittelalterlicher Quellen" at the Centre "Geisteswissenschaften in der digitalen Welt" of the University of Hamburg.

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Contents

Prohemium / Exordium / Index / Primordium

Reigle 1 / Reigle 2 / Reigle 3 / Reigle 4 / Reigle 5 / Reigle 6

Reception 1 / Reception 2 / Reception 3 / Reception 4 / Reception 5 / Reception 6 / Reception 7 / Reception 8 / Reception 9 / Reception 10 / Reception 11 / Reception 12 / Reception 13 / Reception 14 / Reception 15 / Reception 16 / Reception 17 / Reception 18 / Reception 19 / Reception 20 / Reception 21 / Reception 22 / Reception 23

Eglise 1 / Eglise 2 / Eglise 3 / Eglise 4 / Eglise 5 / Eglise 6 / Eglise 7 / Eglise 8 / Eglise 9 / Eglise 10 / Eglise 11 / Eglise 12 / Eglise 13 / Eglise 14 / Eglise 15 / Eglise 16 / Eglise 17 / Eglise 18 / Eglise 19 / Eglise 20 / Eglise 21 / Eglise 22 / Eglise 23 / Eglise 24 / Eglise 25 / Eglise 26 / Eglise 27 / Eglise 28 / Eglise 29 / Eglise 30 / Eglise 31 / Eglise 32 / Eglise 33 / Eglise 34 / Eglise 35 / Eglise 36 / Eglise 37 / Eglise 38 / Eglise 39 / Eglise 40 / Eglise 41 / Eglise 42

Hospitalite 1 / Hospitalite 2 / Hospitalite 3 / Hospitalite 4 / Hospitalite 5 / Hospitalite 6 / Hospitalite 7 / Hospitalite 8 / Hospitalite 9 / Hospitalite 10 / Hospitalite 11 / Hospitalite 12 / Hospitalite 13 / Hospitalite 14 / Hospitalite 15 / Hospitalite 16 / Hospitalite 17 / Hospitalite 18 / Hospitalite 19 / Hospitalite 20 / Hospitalite 21

Tresor 1 / Tresor 2 / Tresor 3 / Tresor 4 / Tresor 5 / Tresor 6 / Tresor 7 / Tresor 8 / Tresor 9 / Tresor 10 / Tresor 11 / Tresor 12 / Tresor 13 / Tresor 14 / Tresor 15 / Tresor 16 / Tresor 17 / Tresor 18 / Tresor 19 / Tresor 20 / Tresor 21 / Tresor 22 / Tresor 23 / Tresor 24 / Tresor 25 / Tresor 26 / Tresor 27 / Tresor 28 / Tresor 29 / Tresor 30 / Tresor 31 / Tresor 32 / Tresor 33 / Tresor 34 / Tresor 35 / Tresor 36 / Tresor 37 / Tresor 38 / Tresor 39 / Tresor 40

Chappitre 1 / Chappitre 2 / Chappitre 3 / Chappitre 4 / Chappitre 5 / Chappitre 6 / Chappitre 7 / Chappitre 8 / Chappitre 9 / Chappitre 10 / Chappitre 11

Conseil 1 / Conseil 2 / Conseil 3 / Conseil 4 / Conseil 5 / Conseil 6 / Conseil 7 / Conseil 8 / Conseil 9 / Conseil 10 / Conseil 11 / Conseil 12 / Conseil 13 / Conseil 14 / Conseil 15 / Conseil 16 / Conseil 17 / Conseil 18 / Conseil 19 / Conseil 20 / Conseil 21

Esgard 1 / Esgard 2 / Esgard 3 / Esgard 4 / Esgard 5 / Esgard 6 / Esgard 7 / Esgard 8 / Esgard 9 / Esgard 10 / Esgard 11 / Esgard 12 / Esgard 13 / Esgard 14 / Esgard 15 / Esgard 16 / Esgard 17 / Esgard 18

Maistre 1 / Maistre 2 / Maistre 3 / Maistre 4 / Maistre 5 / Maistre 6 / Maistre 7 / Maistre 8 / Maistre 9 / Maistre 10 / Maistre 11 / Maistre 12 / Maistre 13 / Maistre 14 / Maistre 15 / Maistre 16

Baillifz 1 / Baillifz 2 / Baillifz 3 / Baillifz 4 / Baillifz 5 / Baillifz 6 / Baillifz 7 / Baillifz 8 / Baillifz 9 / Baillifz 10 / Baillifz 11 / Baillifz 12 / Baillifz 13 / Baillifz 14 / Baillifz 15 / Baillifz 16 / Baillifz 17 / Baillifz 18 / Baillifz 19 / Baillifz 20 / Baillifz 21 / Baillifz 22 / Baillifz 23 / Baillifz 24 / Baillifz 25 / Baillifz 26 / Baillifz 27 / Baillifz 28 / Baillifz 29 / Baillifz 30 / Baillifz 31 / Baillifz 32 / Baillifz 33 / Baillifz 34 / Baillifz 35 / Baillifz 36 / Baillifz 37 / Baillifz 38 / Baillifz 39 / Baillifz 40 / Baillifz 41 / Baillifz 42 / Baillifz 43 / Baillifz 44 / Baillifz 45 / Baillifz 46 / Baillifz 47

Prieurs 1 / Prieurs 2 / Prieurs 3 / Prieurs 4 / Prieurs 5 / Prieurs 6 / Prieurs 7 / Prieurs 8 / Prieurs 9 / Prieurs 10 / Prieurs 11 / Prieurs 12 / Prieurs 13 / Prieurs 14 / Prieurs 15 / Prieurs 16 / Prieurs 17 / Prieurs 18 / Prieurs 19 / Prieurs 20 / Prieurs 21 / Prieurs 22 / Prieurs 23 / Prieurs 24

Freres 1 / Freres 2 / Freres 3 / Freres 4 / Freres 5 / Freres 6 / Freres 7 / Freres 8 / Freres 9 / Freres 10 / Freres 11 / Freres 12 / Freres 13 / Freres 14 / Freres 15 / Freres 16 / Freres 17 / Freres 18 / Freres 19 / Freres 20 / Freres 21 / Freres 22 / Freres 23 / Freres 24 / Freres 25 / Freres 26 / Freres 27 / Freres 28 / Freres 29 / Freres 30 / Freres 31 / Freres 32 / Freres 33 / Freres 34 / Freres 35 / Freres 36 / Freres 37 / Freres 38 / Freres 39 / Freres 40 / Freres 41 / Freres 42 / Freres 43 / Freres 44 / Freres 45 / Freres 46 / Freres 47 / Freres 48 7 Freres 49 / Freres 50 / Freres 51 / Freres 52 / Freres 53 / Freres 54 / Freres 55 / Freres 56 / Freres 57 / Freres 58 / Freres 59 / Freres 60 / Freres 61 / Freres 62 / Freres 63 / Freres 64 / Freres 65 / Freres 66 / Freres 67 / Freres 68 / Freres 69 / Freres 70 / Freres 71

Elections 1 / Elections 2 / Elections 3 / Elections 4 / Elections 5 / Elections 6 / Elections 7 / Elections 8 / Elections 9 / Elections 10 / Elections 11 / Elections 12 / Elections 13 / Elections 14 / Elections 15 / Elections 16 / Elections 17 / Elections 18 / Elections 19 / Elections 20

Collations 1 / Collations 2 / Collations 3 / Collations 4 / Collations 5 / Collations 6 / Collations 7 / Collations 8 / Collations 9 / Collations 10 / Collations 11 / Collations 12 / Collations 13 / Collations 14 / Collations 15 / Collations 16 / Collations 17 / Collations 18 / Collations 19 / Collations 20 / Collations 21 / Collations 22 / Collations 23 / Collations 24 / Collations 25 / Collations 26 / Collations 27 / Collations 28 / Collations 29 / Collations 30

Alienations 1 / Alienations 2 / Alienations 3 / Alienations 4 / Alienations 5 / Alienations 6 / Alienations 7 / Alienations 8 / Alienations 9

Arrendemens 1 / Arrendemens 2 / Arrendemens 3 / Arrendemens 4 / Arrendemens 5

Statuts1493-Index / Statuts1493-Prologue / Statuts1493-Tresor 1 / Statuts1493-Tresor 2 / Statuts1493-Tresor 3 / Statuts1493-Tresor 4 / Statuts1493-Tresor 5 / Statuts1493-Tresor 6 / Statuts1493-Tresor 7 / Statuts1493-Chappitre 1 / Statuts1493-Esgard 1 / Statuts1493-Freres 1 / Statuts1493-Freres 2 / Statuts1493-Elections 1 / Statuts1493-Elections 2 / Statuts1493-Collations 1 / Statuts1493-Collations 2 / Statuts1493-Collations 3 / Statuts1493-Collations 4 / Statuts1493-Alienations 1