Manuscript leaf from a collection of papal decretals, 1300s

Contributor:

Schoenberg, Lawrence J. (former owner)

Name:

Catholic Church; Catholic Church. Pope (1159-1181 : Alexander III); Catholic Church. Pope (1181-1185 : Lucius III); Catholic Church. Pope (1185-1187 : Urban III)

Timespan:

Early works to 1800

Date:

1300

Description:

Part of a leaf, used in a binding, of a canon law manuscript, containing papal decretals of Lucius III, Alexander III, and Urban III. The manuscript, written in a Gothic script in France in the 14th century, was written in 2 columns of 46 lines, surrounded by 2 columns of commentary. This fragment shows the outer column of main text and most of the outer column of commentary, with the rubrics De sententia et re iudicata on the recto and Iure iurando on the verso in the main text. 2 decretals on the recto are listed in Jaffé's Regesta pontificum Romanorum (Quia indicante abbate Cessano monasterii Sancti Petri, v. 2, no. 14106; Dilecti filii nostri abbas et fratres monasterii Sancti Ebulsi, v. 2, no. 13729). 3-line initials at the beginning of the decretals alternate between red with blue filigree and blue with red filigree; 1-line initials for the popes cited alternate between red and blue.

Language:

Latin

Provenance:

Gift of Lawrence J. Schoenberg and Barbara Brizdle, 2011.

Relation:

The Lawrence J. Schoenberg and Barbara Brizdle Manuscript Initiative Fund Home Page: http://hdl.library.upenn.edu/1017.12/366278; Digital facsimile for download (OPenn): https://openn.library.upenn.edu/Data/0001/html/ljs119.html

Subject:

Canon law -- Early works to 1800; Canon law

Resource Type:

Text

Form/Genre:

Fragments (object portions); Commentaries; Decretals; Manuscripts, Latin; Manuscripts, Medieval

Physical Description:

1 item (1 leaf) : parchment; 210 x 116 mm

Rights:

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

Notes:

Lawrence J. Schoenberg & Barbara Brizdle Manuscript Initiative.; In Latin.

Physical Location:

Kislak Center for Special Collections, Rare Books and Manuscripts, Manuscripts, LJS 119

Collection:

Lawrence J. Schoenberg Collection (University of Pennsylvania)