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Leaf from Gregory IX, Decretales
Author: Gregory IX
PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION: Parchment, 305 x 200 mm, four columns (outer columns of gloss severely trimmed), main text in two central columns (220 x 130 mm), 44 lines, ruled in plummet, varying number of lines for the gloss
CONTENTS: Gregory IX, Decretales, Bk V
DECORATION: Small column miniature [11 ll.] within an architectural frame extending into foliate scroll and rods for Bk V of Gregory IX’s Decretales and showing a pope or a bishop receiving a plea from a group of clerics on the right and another one from a lawyer or nobleman accompanied by secular companions on the left.
ORNAMENTATION: Alternate blue and red penwork initials [2 ll.] with red or blue pen-flourished infill and extensions; alternate blue and red one-line penwork initials.
Method of acquisition: Bequeathed (1904) by McClean, Frank
13th Century, third quarter
Circa
1260
CE
-
Circa
1270
CE
Support composed of parchment
Accession number: MS McClean 201.8
Primary reference Number: 178978
Project ID: 1495
Stable URI
Owner or interested party:
The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department:
Manuscripts and Printed Books
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