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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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