page_title: Book of the Consulate of the Sea
section_title: Moliné y Brasés edition of 1914
hierarchical_section_title: Book of the Consulate of the Sea / Editions / Barcelona Edition of 1502 (Foreword by Francisco Celelles) / Moliné y Brasés edition of 1914
caption_attribution_description: English: Title page of the Book of the Consulate of the Sea, 1914 edition, edited by Ernest Moliné y Brasés.
context_page_description: The Book of the Consulate of the Sea or Book of the Consulate of Sea is a compendium of maritime law that governed trade in the Mediterranean for centuries. Of Aragonese origin, it was translated into many languages and served as the basis for current international maritime law.
  When setting the first Consulate of the Sea in Valencia, king Peter III of Aragon decided to apply the maritime customs of Barcelona, called costums de mar, which had not yet been codified, although there did already exist in Barcelona another compilation of maritime rules, called Ordinacions de Ribera, which established norms for policing harbours and coastal waters.
  The merit of the Book of the Consulate of the Sea is that it is the first work to collect the scattered laws and customs of Roman, Greek, Byzantine, Rhodian, Italian, French and Spanish maritime rights.
  Until the publication of the Ordonnance de la Marine in France in 1681, the Book of the Consulate of the Sea was the code of maritime law in force throughout the Mediterranean. In Spain it continued in use until the introduction of the Spanish Commercial Code.
context_section_description: One of the most complete editions is due to Moliné y Brasés of 1914, which contains not only the old customs prior to the first compilation but included all subsequent contributions. Contains:
  The regulations of the consuls of Sea from Valencia. (1 to 45)
  The maritime customs of Barcelona. (46-297)
  The arrangements for armed ships that go along armed and leaving the sea. (298-334)
  The chronicle of enactments.
  Chapters of king Oere Terç. (1 to 40)
  The ordinations of 'consuls' of Barcelona for the Consulate of the Sea of Sicily.
  The ordinations of 'consuls' of Barcelona on maritime events of November 21, 1435.
  Laws and ordinations  Recognoverunt Proceres  on maritime and commercial cases.
  The ordinations of 'consuls' of Barcelona on marine insurance.
  Chapters and ordinations of the General Court of the General Chapter of Barcelona of October 8, 1481.
caption: 1914 edition of the Book of the Consulate of the Sea, edited by Ernest Moliné and Brases.
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