Collection items

Decorated copy of Gratian’s Decretum

Manuscript Created date: 1171–1180

The Decretum, an encyclopedia of Church or canon law compiled by the Bolognese scholar, Gratian, in around 1140, became...

English illustrated copy of Church law

Manuscript Created date: 4th quarter of the 12th century

This illustrated copy of Church or canon law features the distinctive layout common to medieval legal manuscripts. The m...

French illustrated copy of Gratian’s Decretum

Manuscript Created date: 4th quarter of the 12th century

The Decretum, meaning a series of decrees, was the first of six volumes of the laws of the Church, known as canon law. S...