Decretum
Author:
Gratian
Author:
Brixiensis, Bartholomaeus
Author:
Semeca, Johannes
Printer:
Schoeffer, Peter
Mainz, Peter Schoeffer, 13 Aug. 1472
Ills: fol.a1r
Parchment, Folio, 482 x 324 mm, 217 fols., traces of old foliations in brown ink
Type: Gothic
BINDING: eighteenth century, Italian red morocco over pasteboards, gold-tooled
CONTENTS
fol.[a1]r Gratian, Decretum, with commentary by Bartholomaeus Brixiensis and Johannes Semeca
DECORATION
Zoomorphic initial [H, 15 ll.] in red and green formed of dragon and acanthus motif, with coiling and floral infill on light blue white-patterned ground, with arms of Simonetta family, azure, a lion rampant surmounted by a crown or, grasping a cross gules, with two putti as supporters, holding cornucopias, on white-patterned magenta ground in lower margin, for the incipit of Decretum (fol.[a1]r).
ORNAMENTATION
Blue or red penwork initials [4-9 ll.] for main text divisions, most with voided ornament, some with grotesque profile, one with penwork infill; red or blue penwork initials [2 ll.] for minor text divisions; blue or red penwork initials [2-4 ll.] for commentary; red or blue paraph marks
ISTC ig00362000; H 7885*; HC 7885 (var); GW 11353; Bod-inc G-180; BMC I 29 (var); IGI 4390; BSB-Ink G-254
History note: Member of the Simonetta family (arms on fol.[a1]r); Count Louis Apponyi (1849-1909); sold at auction of Count Apponyi’s library by Sotheby, Wilkinson & Hodge, London, 10 November 1892, lot 535, to Quaritch for £40. 00s; Frank McClean (1837-1904), bookplate inside upper cover; his bequest in 1904.
Method of acquisition: Bequeathed (1904) by McClean, Frank
Production date: AD 1472-08-13
Accession number: PB 22-2020
Primary reference Number: 240294
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Owner or interested party:
The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department:
Manuscripts and Printed Books
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