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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.
Support: parchment; Extent: 361 leaves : 320 x 180 (main text 166 x 88, gloss up to 292 x 165) mm. bound to 339 x 208 mm; 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.
Main text written in two columns of 39 lines, surrounded by two columns of gloss of varying length.
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).
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).
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Ms. codex.
Title supplied by cataloger.
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France
Written in France between 1280 and 1299 (Fogg).
18th-century half calf, spine in six compartments is gilt tooled but very worn (Fogg).
Latin
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.
France
Written in France between 1280 and 1299 (Fogg).
Latin
The name Maistre Jacques Dubon
Sold in the collection of the Rev. James Henthorn Todd
Printed label inside upper cover: A. H. Spencer Pty. Ltd., Melbourne, Australia.
Sold by Sam Fogg
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.
Ms. codex.
Title supplied by cataloger.
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).
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).
For a full list of Decorations in this manuscript please see the Content and Decorations section by clicking on the [i] button in the top left corner of the image viewer above.
These are pages that we pulled aside that disrupted the flow of the manuscript reader. These may be bindings, inserts, bookmarks, and various other oddities.
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