Headings: Gregorius IX, Pont. Max. — Decretales (sive Liber extra)
Heading remarks: Corpus iuris canonici editio Lipsiensis secunda post Aemilii Ludovici Richteri curas ad librorum manu scriptorum et editionis romanae fidem recognovit et adnotatione critica cur. Aemilius Friedberg, Graz Akademische Druck-U. Verlagsanstalt 1955-1995 vol. I: Decretum Gratiani (1995) vol. II: Decretalium collectiones (1955), vol. II pp. 6-927;
Repertorium fontium historiae medii aevi primum ab Augusto Potthast digestum, nunc cura collegii historicorum e pluribus nationibus emendatum et auctum 11 voll., Roma (1984), vol. V pp. 231-2;
Compendium Auctorum Latinorum Medii Aevi (500-1500) cur. Michael Lapidge - Gian Carlo Garfagnini - Claudio Leonardi - Francesco Santi et al., Firenze (2013), vol. IV 4 p. 430;
Auguste Molinier, Angers (CGM 31), Manuscrits 1-1928, 1898 (Catalogue général des manuscrits des bibliothèques publiques de France), p. 322-323;
Charles Samaran (ed.), Robert Marichal (ed.), Catalogue des manuscrits en écriture latine portant des indications de date, de lieu ou de copiste, tome VII, Ouest de la France et Pays de Loire, Paris, CNRS, 1984, p. 553;
Jacques Mallet, Saint-Aubin d'Angers du VIe au XXe siècle, Exposition, Angers, ancienne abbaye de Saint-Aubin, 1er juin-1er septembre 1985, Angers, Impr. H. Siraudeau & Cie, 1985, p. 88, fig. p. 89;
Jean-Michel Matz, « Le calendrier et le culte des saints, L'abbaye Saint-Aubin d'Angers (XIIe-début XVIe siècle) », Revue Mabillon, n. s., 7 (t. 68), 1996, p. 139 n. 44;
Alison Stones, Gothic Manuscripts c. 1260-1320, Part Two, London, Harvey Miller, 2014 (A survey of manuscripts illuminated in France, 3, 2), p. 252-253.
BOOK PRODUCTION
Date: from 1301 to 1350 ca. (expressed)
CONTENT ANALYSIS
1 — Gregorius IX papa, Decretales (sive Liber Extra)
Illustrations: F. 2r: Pope Gregory IX is depicted seated, his right hand extended in a blessing gesture and his left reaching towards a volume bound with a tie on the fore-edge (both hands have little red crosses on them). The volume is offered to him by a kneeling young man; behind him are a cardinal and a Benedictine friar, who holds another volume. The cardinal addresses the Pope with his right hand and introduces the kneeling man to him by placing a hand on his shoulder.
F. 109r: a hooded man, presumably a judge, is depicted seated in a frontal position between two men. The judge questions the man on the left by turning towards him and pointing to him; in turn, the man bares his left hand (he is holding a glove in his right hand) and raises it, perhaps swearing to be truthful. On the other side, the man representing the opposite party raises his left hand, maybe to deny an accusation or to object to what his rival is stating.
F. 231v: a priest is standing in front of an altar, on top of which is a chalice partly covered with a cloth; he raises both his hands while celebrating the ritual of the Eucharist. Behind him are two kneeling men, both with their hands joined in prayer.
F. 320r: a priest is standing between a man and a woman, officiating their marriage. His right hand is elevated in a blessing gesture (raised index and middle finger), his left hand holds a volume bound with a tie on the fore-edge. The bride and groom join their respective right hands (dextrarum iunctio), and the groom raises his left hand to express his consent to the marriage.
F. 354r: a bishop is depicted seated, his left hand raised to address the people in front of him and his right hand pointing to a scroll, presumably a document of indictment. The scroll is offered to him by a kneeling Benedictine friar, behind whom stands an abbot. The abbot, recognisable by the crozier, raises his left hand, probably rejecting the accusation presented by the friar.
Iconclass: pope; beard; insignia of the pope, e.g. tiara; sitting on an elevation; blessing (either of things or persons), e.g. by anointing; index finger and middle finger raised, spread out; V-sign; the cross ~ symbols of Christ; codex; kneeling figure; cardinal; insignia of cardinal, e.g. hat, mantle; laying the hand on another person's shoulder; gripping someone by the shoulder; monastic orders, monastic life: Dominicans; tonsure; coat; Canon Law; 'Legge canonica' (Ripa); 'Giudice' (Ripa); head-gear: hood; index finger forwards, pointing, indicating; gloves, mittens, etc.; judicial duel; lawyer, attorney at law; court session (court of justice); plea, defence; priest (Roman Catholic); chalice; altar-cloths, e.g. veil covering the altar at Lent; altar; palm of the hand turned up - AA - both arms or hands; the Eucharist ~ the fourth of the seven sacraments; hands folded with fingers knit; shaking hands, 'dextrarum junctio'; couple before the priest ~ marriage; the consent (of marriage); insignia of bishop, e.g. mitre, crozier; archbishop, bishop, etc. (Roman Catholic); monk(s), friar(s); scroll - LL - scroll unfolded; abbot; accusing; the accused; marriage, married couple, 'matrimonium'
Support material: parchment
Measurements: 432x274 mm
Extent (leaves): 442
SEMANTIC INDEXING
Subject: Law-canon (ius canonicum)
Genre: TEXTUS (Can)
Period: late medieval
Language: Latin
DATA SOURCE & REFERENCES
MS:
Angers, Médiathèque Toussaint Ms. 376
Completeness: medium — Source: bibliography, digital copy
