Miniature from a copy of Gratian's Decretum, Bolognese School

An image of Illuminated Manuscript. Cutting. Miniature from a copy of Gratian, Decretum. Parchment, 102 x 182 mm, text in two columns on reverse, circa 1325-1330. Production Place: Italy, Bologna.
Fragmentary text from Gratian’s Decretum, De poenitentia, Dist. I, c. 7, inc. Sin autem aliquid quoquo modo in quadam machinatione on reverse. Two-column framed miniature showing a bishop preaching to a congregation and a Dominican friar hearing a woman’s confession. Second Master of the San Domenico Choir books also known as the B 18 Master

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Illuminated Manuscript. Cutting. Miniature from a copy of Gratian, Decretum. Parchment, 102 x 182 mm, text in two columns on reverse, circa 1325-1330. Production Place: Italy, Bologna. Fragmentary text from Gratian’s Decretum, De poenitentia, Dist. I, c. 7, inc. Sin autem aliquid quoquo modo in quadam machinatione on reverse. Two-column framed miniature showing a bishop preaching to a congregation and a Dominican friar hearing a woman’s confession. Second Master of the San Domenico Choir books also known as the B 18 Master

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Accession Number: MS 400-2000
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