Decree from Strasbourg

Manuscript decree on debt settlement and creditor–debtor regulation. Dated 22 July 1629. Folio, 10 pp. Manuscript in Early New High German, with scattered Latin juridical terms, written in an elegant German chancery script. The document is structured as an official instruction / decree addressed to Strasbourg deputies or appointed civic officials, and concerns the orderly settlement of debts, capital claims, interest, and related obligations. Several sections refer explicitly to creditors, debtors, capital, interest, obligations, and the discretionary role of officials in resolving contested cases. Final leaf dated: “Decretum den 22. Julij Ao 1629.”