[Decretales Gregorii IX]

Contributor:

Raymond, of Peñafort, Saint, 1175?-1275 (compiler); Bottoni, Bernardo, -1266 (commentator for written text)

Name:

Catholic Church

Timespan:

Early works to 1800

Date:

1280

Description:

Compilation of canon law made by Raymond of Peñafort by order of Pope Gregory IX, with gloss by Bernardo Bottoni, concerning jurisdiction, civil legal processes, clerics and regulars, marriage, and criminal procedure.

Language:

Latin

Provenance:

The name Maistre Jacques Dubon (?) appears among notes in 15th- and 16th-century French on the added leaf at the end of the volume.; Sold in the collection of the Rev. James Henthorn Todd (1805-1869), Regius Professor of Hebrew and Librarian at Trinity College, Dublin, by John Fleming Jones, Dublin, 1869; purchased by Sir Thomas Phillipps(1792-1872); Phillipps ms. 23022 (inside upper cover and f. 1).; Printed label inside upper cover: A. H. Spencer Pty. Ltd., Melbourne, Australia.; Sold by Sam Fogg (London), 2007.; Todd, James Henthorn, 1805-1869, former owner.; Phillipps, Thomas, Sir, 1792-1872, former owner.

Relation:

The Lawrence J. Schoenberg and Barbara Brizdle Manuscript Initiative Fund Home Page: http://hdl.library.upenn.edu/1017.12/366278

Subject:

Canon law -- Early works to 1800; Canon law

Resource Type:

Text

Form/Genre:

manuscripts (documents); codices (bound manuscripts); commentaries; decretals; glosses (annotations); Manuscripts, Latin; Manuscripts, Medieval

Physical Description:

361 leaves : parchment; 320 x 180 (main text 166 x 88, gloss up to 292 x 165) mm bound to 339 x 208 mm

Rights:

http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/NoC-US/1.0/

Notes:

Ms. codex.; Title supplied by cataloger.; Table of contents: 1. f.3-88: Liber I, De iudice.; Table of contents: 2. f.88-157: Liber II, De iudiciis.; Table of contents: 3. f.158-240: Liber III, De vita et de honestate clericorum.; Table of contents: 4. f.241-261: Liber IV, De sponsalibus et matrimoniis.; Table of contents: 5. f.261v-262v: Tractatus de consanguinitate.; Table of contents: 6. f.262v-356: Liber V, De actionibus et inquisitionibus et denunciatoribus.; Collation: Parchment, v + 355 + i; 1² 2-12¹² 13⁸ 14¹⁵ (+15) 15-18¹² 19¹⁴ 20¹² 21⁹ (+9) 22-30¹² 31²; f. iv-v are a later bifolio inserted in the middle of the bifolio forming f. 1-2.; Layout: Main text written in two columns of 39 lines, surrounded by two columns of gloss of varying length.; Script: Written in a gothic bookhand with the glossing script smaller and slightly less formal; annotations in a 14th-century English hand which also added cadels (as on f. 2-21, for example).; Decoration: Four penwork title panels and five large flourished initials (f. 3, 88, 158, 241, 262, no penwork panel on f. 241) in red and blue at the opening of the five books; two diagrams in red and black concerning consanguinity and affinity (f. 261v, 262r); running heading of book number in alternate letters of red and blue, paragraph marks in red and blue, one-line initials in red or blue stroked red, two-line initials of blue flourished red; small informal drawings of pointing hands, faces, or animals; some lightly glossed pages have gloss formed in patterns (as on f. 48r, 58r, 246r, 255v).; Binding: 18th-century half calf, spine in six compartments is gilt tooled but very worn (Fogg).; Origin: Written in France between 1280 and 1299 (Fogg).; Lawrence J. Schoenberg & Barbara Brizdle Manuscript Initiative.; Latin.

Physical Location:

Kislak Center for Special Collections, Rare Books and Manuscripts, Manuscripts, Oversize Ms. Codex 1059