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Detailed record for Royal 11 D IX
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| Author |
Gratian, glossed by Bartholomew of Brescia |
| Title |
Decretum, with the glossa ordinaria |
| Origin |
France, Central or S. |
| Date |
Last quarter of the 13th, or 1st quarter of the 14th century |
| Language |
Latin |
| Script |
Gothic |
| Decoration |
39 miniatures in colours and gold, at the beginning of each causa, and parts I and II (distinctio 1 and De consecratione) (ff. 6, 90, 112, 130v, 138, 140v, 143, 146, 152, 155v, 158, 161v, 173, 183v, 188, 191, 195, 207v, 210v, 212v, 213v, 216, 218, 226, 248, 259v, 263, 269v, 270, 279, 282v, 284, 288, 290v, 302v, 334, 335, 341, 342). Puzzle initials in red and blue with red and blue pen-flourishing, at the beginning of major gloss divisions. Initials in blue with red pen-flourishing, or in red with blue pen-flourishing. |
| Dimensions in mm |
425 x 260 (270 x 160) |
| Official foliation |
ff. i + 371 (+ 3 unfoliated modern paper flyleaves at the beginning and at the end, and 1 unfoliated medieval parchment flyleaf attached to a modern paper flyleaf at the beginning; ff. i, 2-5, 370 are medieval parchment flyleaves, f. 371 is a medieval parchment flyleaf attached to a modern paper flyleaf) |
| Form |
Parchment codex |
| Binding |
BM/BL in-house. Rebound in 1995. |
| Provenance |
Added lectures: on causa ii, qu. I, cap. 19, beginning 'Lecturus sum capitulum 'Si peccaverit quod a Gratiano'; on causa xxiii, qu. Iv, cap. 22-23, beginning 'Lecturus sum cap. 'Nabugodonosor quod est insertum'; and a sermon on Genesis 12: 2, beginning 'Benedicam tibi', early 14th century (ff. 2-3).
Added sermon on Psalm 70, 17, beginning 'In nomine patris...Deus docuisti me', early 14-th century (f. 269r-v).
Added note entitled 'Discordancia canonistarum et theologorum', early 14th century (f. 269v).
Added discussion of a case of the martyrdom of Thomas of Canterbury, 14th century (f. 370v).
Thomas Aylysbyry, archdeacon of St Albans in 1336: inscribed 'Iste liber est de speciali p[ro]visione fr[atr]is Thome de Aylesberi monachi monasterii / s[anc]ti Albani doctoris dec[re]to[rum] ad usu[m] perpetu[um] monasterii predicti' (f. 5v]; another book given by him to St. Albans is 10 E VIII.
Roger of Salisbury, given by him to the Benedictine abbey of St Albans in 1336: inscribed, 'Anno d[omi]ni mill[es]simo trescentesimo t[re]cesimo sexto mag[iste]r. Roger[u]s de Sar[esburia] sacre theologie / p[ro]fessor dedit hunc libru[m] deo et eccl[es]ie s[anc]ti Albani. Quem qui ab eadem eccl[es]ia / alienaverit vel titulu[m] fraudulent[er] delev[er]it indignati[on]em dei et b[eat]i. Albani se / nov[er]it incursurum. Anima d[ic]ti mag[i]s[tr]I Rog[er]I et omnium b[e]n[e]facto[rum] p[re]dicte eccl[es]ie / requiescant in pace amen', 14th century (f. 5v).
Inscribed 'Iohannes Waytt of Sudbere...', 15th century (f. 4v).
The Old Royal Library (the English Royal Library): Westminster inventory number 'no. 1380' (f. 6), acquired by the Upper Library at Westminster after the inventory of 1542; probably in the catalogue of 1666, Royal Appendix 71, ff. 9, 9v, or 10; and in the 1698 catalogue of the library of St James’s Palace (see [Edward Bernard], Catalogi librorum manuscriptorum Angliae et Hiberniae (Oxford: Sheldonian, '1697', but 1698?), no. 8373, or 8386).
Presented to the British Museum by George II in 1757 as part of the Old Royal Library. |
| Notes |
Catchwords and bifolium signatures; lemmas underlined in ink and yellow; instructions for a display script in the lower margins. |
| Select bibliography |
George F. Warner and Julius P. Gilson, Catalogue of Western Manuscripts in the Old Royal and King’s Collections, 4 vols (London: British Museum, 1921), I, p. 358.
Stephan Kuttner, Repertorium der Kanonistik, 1140-1234: Prodromus corporis glossarum (Citta` del Vaticano, 1937), p. 106.
Medieval Libraries of Great Britain: A List of Surviving Books, ed. by N. R. Ker, 2nd edn, Royal Historical Society Guides and Handbooks, 3 (London: Royal Historical Society, 1964), p. 167.
Roger E. Reynolds, 'The Isidorian Epistula ad Leudefredum: An Early Medieval Epitome of the Clerical Duties', Medieval Studies, 41 (1976), 252-330 (p. 303).
English Benedictine Libraries: The Shorter Catalogues, ed. by R. Sharpe and others, Corpus of British Medieval Library Catalogues, 4 (London: British Library, 1996), p. 558.
The Libraries of King Henry VIII, ed. by J. P. Carley, Corpus of British Medieval Library Catalogues, 7 (London: The British Library, 2000), H2.1380. |
| Last revised: 22 September 2009 |
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f. 6
King dictating the law |
f. 6
King dictating the law |
f. 90
Boy received into a monastery |
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f. 90
Boy received into a monastery |
f. 112
Accused bishop |
f. 138
Layman accusing a bishop |
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f. 138
Layman accusing a bishop |
f. 140v
Accused bishop |
f. 143
Bishop and two lay accusers |
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f. 146
Bishop before the pope |
f. 152
Dying bishop |
f. 155v
Bishop ordaining clerics |
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f. 158
Bishop and laymen |
f. 161v
Two bishops before a judge |
f. 173
Dying clerk making a will |
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f. 183v
Layman attending a mass |
f. 188
Bishop and litigants |
f. 191
Bishop and pleaders |
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f. 195
Institution of a monk |
f. 207v
Sick clerk proposing to become a monk |
f. 210v
Bishop and monks |
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f. 212v
Two clerks before a bishop |
f. 213v
Novice returning to the world |
f. 216
Clerk and bishop before a secular judge |
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f. 218
Bishop and a clerk before a bishop |
f. 226
Bishops and laymen before the pope |
f. 248
Bishop excommunicating priests |
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f. 259v
Bishop, pope, and king |
f. 263
Bishop excommunicating a priest |
f. 269v
Matrimonial litigants |
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f. 270
Matrimonial litigants |
f. 279
Monk enthroned |
f. 282v
Matrimonial litigants |
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f. 284
Judge separating husband and wife |
f. 288
Marriage |
f. 290v
Marriage |
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f. 302
Matrimonial litigants |
f. 334
Pilgrim reclaiming his wife |
f. 335
Matrimonial litigants |
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f. 341
Man and woman at a feast |
f. 342
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f. 342v
Two priests |
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