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Gregorius IX, Decretales

Liber II, Titulus XX, Cap. L-LI with commentary

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Antwerpen, Erfgoedbibliotheek Hendrik Conscience, Fragm. 421

Elize Van Opstal, Vlaamse Erfgoedbibliotheken, 2022. (Born Digital)

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Additional remarks by Roos in't Velt, Vlaamse Erfgoedbibliotheken, 2023.

General Information

Title Gregorius IX, <i>Decretales</i>
Shelfmarks Antwerpen, Erfgoedbibliotheek Hendrik Conscience, Fragm. 421
Material Parchment
Date of Origin 15th century
Script, Hands

Northern gothica textualis libraria, in two sizes (commentary written in a smaller size than main text).

Original Condition

Page Height at least 110 mm
Page Width at least 183 mm
Height of Written Area at least 107 mm
Width of Written Area at least 58 mm
Number of Columns 2
Width of Columns 58 mm
Number of Lines at least 32
Line Height 3 – 4 mm
Ruling Full lead-point ruling
More about the Condition

The original width is estimated with the procedure of J.P. Gumbert’s statistical research on page dimensions of manuscripts. He has shown that the ratio of height to width generally lies between 0.60 and 0.80. The estimated minimum width is 183 mm.

The original manuscript probably contained 2 columns per leaf.

Current Condition

Extent 1 strip
Dimensions 110 x 82 mm
More about the Current Condition

Fragment contains inscription ('C. 91.', fol. [1]v) of later date.

Fragment was heavily trimmed. The original manuscript probably contained 2 columns per leaf; the current fragment only contains 1, which was also trimmed in half.

Book Decoration and Musical Notation

Description

Pen-flourished initials and versals, alternately in red and blue ink. Paraphs alternately in red and blue ink. Red colour stroking and red underlining.

Content

  • Content Item
    • Persons Pope Gregorius IX
    • Text Language Latin
    • Title <i>Decretales</i>
    • Content Description

      Fragment contains part of Decretales, Liber II, Titulus XX ('De testibus et attestationibus'), alongside unidentified commentary.

      • Fol. [1]r: Titulus XX, Cap. L ('Attestationes receptae per arbitrum fidem faciunt in iudicio...')
      • Fol. [1]v, Titulus XX, Cap. LI ('Non creditur testi etiam religioso, qui sine iuramento deponit')
    • fol. [1]r
    • Edition https://www.intratext.com/IXT/LAT0833/_PHI.HTM

Host Volume

Title Q. Horatius Flaccus, <i>Epistolarum libri duo. Sermonum sive satyrarum libri duo, ad Mecoenatem. Ars poetica</i>
Date of Origin/Publication 1545
Place of Origin/Publication Antwerpen
Shelfmark Antwerpen, Erfgoedbibliotheek Hendrik Conscience, C 1334:bis
Persons Q. Horatius Flaccus (author of host volume); Jan van der Loe (printer of host volume)
Remarks

The fragment was used in the binding of Q. Horatius Flaccus, Epistolarum libri duo. Sermonum sive satyrarum libri duo, ad Mecoenatem. Ars poetica by published by Jan van der Loe in 1545 in Antwerp.
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