Book Title: Ordonnances et edicts royaux de France depuis le Roy S. Loys IX. en l'an 1226, iusques au Roy Charles neusieme à present regnant 1565. : Le tout assemblé en tieres, & rubriques à la façon des pandectes du droit Romain, auec annotations necessaires pour l'intelligence des lieux les plus difficiles / par Pierre Rebuffi, docteur en droict, & aduocat en Parlement ; on y a depuis adiosté plusieurs arrests donnez es Cours souueraines, fondez sur la teneur des ordannances : auec deux tables, l'une des rubriques, l'autre des principales matieres qui y sont contenues

Author: Rebuffi, Pierre, 1487-1557, ed

Image Title: Coins of Europe

Description: This page contains images of coins which circulated in Europe during the sixteenth century. Many of the coins are called carolus, probably after Holy Roman Emperor Charles V (r. 1519-1556). A few of the coins have their values, which vary by weight, printed above them. The text that accompanies the top left coin begins on a different page, but the coin is identifiable as a carolus of Lorraine; on one side, a crowned rounded shield appears, emblazoned with the arms of Lorraine and Bar. Below this coin is another Lorraine carolus, minted under Nicolas of Lorraine, Count of Vaudémont; the sword on this coin is crossed with a horizontal band of three eagles, from the House of Lorraine's arms. On the next coin, this band of eagles appears with the arms of the Duchy of Lorraine; the opposite side contains a double-barred “Cross of Lorraine.” Two versions of the Vic-sur-Seille carolus appear next; each features the martyr Stephen, and the upper form also includes the arms of Cardinal Robert de Lenoncourt, bishop of Metz (d. 1561). The column's final coin, one of Vic-sur-Seille features Stephen and the arms of the diocese of Metz.

The right column includes several forms of the carolus used in Savoy. The basic carolus appears in two forms: one with the Duchy of Savoy's crowned arms, the other with the arms of Savoy's Duke Emmanuel Philibert (r. 1553-1580). Next appear two forms of the more valuable quatre carolus, and of these only the upper form is unique: it modifies the clover cross of other Savoyard coins by adding four letters K in the regions between the cross's arms, marking the reign of Duke Emmanuel's predecessor, Charles (Karolus in Latin) III (r. 1504-1553). Finally, the page concludes with liards from Bern, Solothurn, Fribourg, and Franche-Comté, each of whose arms appear on the right coin face.

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