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. 323-324.
BOOK PRODUCTION
Date: from 1250 to 1275 ca. (attributed)
CONTENT ANALYSIS
1 — Gregorius IX papa, Decretales (sive Liber Extra)
De summa trinitate et fide catholica. Liber primus
[Bulla "Rex pacificus"]
[Illuminated frontispiece illustrating the papal bull: Pope Gregory IX is depicted enthroned, his right hand pointing ahead and his left hand grasping a volume. The volume is offered to him by a kneeling man, behind whom stands another figure. The latter lays their hand on the shoulder of the kneeling man to introduce him to the Pope. The scene takes place within an architectural structure with columns and trefoil arches.]
Incipit: ‘Episcopus servus servorum dei dilectis ...’
Explicit: ‘... auctoritate sedis apostolice speciali.’
Incipit: ‘Firmiter credimus et simpliciter confitemur ...’
[Illuminated frontispiece illustrating book I: Representation of the Trinity: God the Father and Christ are depicted sitting on a bench, the first elevating his right hand in a blessing gesture (raised index and middle finger) and the second pointing at the dove of the Holy Ghost, who descends from above and flies between them.]
[Illuminated frontispiece illustrating book II: A secular judge is depicted seated between two groups of people, who should be identified with the defendant (on the left) and the plaintiff (on the right) with their respective lawyers. The judge points at the plaintiff’s lawyer to interrogate him; the lawyer points at the defendant to accuse him while his client stands behind him, laying a hand on his arm. The defendant also grabs his lawyer’s arm and whispers something into his ear while his representative lawyer turns back to listen to him and simultaneously raises his right hand to object.]
104r
De vita et honestate clericorum
Incipit: ‘Ut laici secus altare ...’
[Illuminated frontispiece illustrating book III: A priest is standing in front of the altar, on which a chalice covered by a cloth is placed; the priest holds the host, in preparation for the ritual of the Eucharist. Behind him, an acolyte stands on the threshold of the sacred space, indicated by an high-arched triumphal arch. He is pushing away a layman, who is not allowed to witness the celebration.]
153r
De sponsalibus et matrimoniis
Incipit: ‘De Francia quidam quidam [sic] nobilem ...’
[Illuminated frontispiece illustrating book IV: A priest is standing between a man and a woman, officiating their marriage. He holds the wrists of their right arms, joining their hands to make their union official (dextrarum iunctio). The groom holds the glove he took off his right hand with his free hand (to be official, the oath must be taken with bare hands). He is escorted by two men, one of which grabs the other’s arm and whispers something into his ear. On the opposite side, among the bridal party, a man stands behind the bride and places his hand on her free hand (could it mean that the bride is unfaithful, thus being the topic of the other mens’ private remarks, or perhaps it is just her father?).]
169r
De accusationibus...
Incipit: ‘Si legitimus non fuerit accusator ...’
[Illuminated frontispiece illustrating book V: An enthroned pope acting as a judge is depicted on the left, his right index finger raised as an indication that he is pronouncing a verdict. In front of him are three kneeling Dominican friars and an abbot, recognisable by his crozier. Two of the friars point towards the abbot, accusing him.]
2 —
Content Analysis:
1r
[Beginning of Bernardus Parmensis' glossa, barely readable.]
Angers, Médiathèque Toussaint Ms. 379, f. 1r
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BIBLIOGRAPHICAL ANALYSIS
Unitary manuscript
Binding: rebound
Layout: 2 columns; Textus inclusus (Glossa)
Illustrations: Illuminated frontispieces on ff. 1r (illustration of the papal bull "Rex pacificus": Pope Gregory IX receiving the book of the Decretales; illustration of book I, "De summa Trinitate et fide catholic": The Trinity), 56r (illustration of book II, "De iudiciis": Court scene with secular judge), 104r (illustration of book III, "De vita et honestate clericorum": Preparation of the Eucharist and expulsion of the laity from the altar space), 153r (illustration of book IV, "De sponsalibus": Celebration of a marriage) and 169r (illustration of book V, "De accusationibus, inquisitionibus et denunciationibus": Judgment scene with enthroned pope, friars and abbott). Flourished initials in red and blu throughout the text.
Iconclass: pope; throne; codex; kneeling before a ruler; kneeling on both knees; laying the hand on another person's shoulder; gripping someone by the shoulder; coat; arch, archivolt ~ architecture; landscape with tower or castle; battlement, crenellation ~ fortified city; Canon Law; 'Legge canonica' (Ripa); sitting on an elevation; God the Father as bearded old man, usually with crown or tiara or sceptre and/or globe; adult Christ together with others (non-narrative representations); index finger forwards, pointing, indicating; Holy Ghost represented as a dove (in flames); cross-nimbus; Trinity in which God the Father and Christ are represented as persons, the Holy Ghost as dove; 'Giudice' (Ripa); gripping someone by the arm; lawyer, attorney at law; accusing; whispering; ears; plea, defence; the accused; court session (court of justice); judicial duel; priest (Roman Catholic); bread, Host; chalice; altar-cloths, e.g. veil covering the altar at Lent; altar; the Eucharist ~ the fourth of the seven sacraments; threshold; triumphal arch; acolyte, chorister, lector, ostiarius, etc. ~ functionaries in Roman Catholic church; pushing something; gripping someone by the shoulder; shaking hands, 'dextrarum junctio'; gripping someone by the hand or the wrist; clasped hands; couple before the priest ~ marriage; gloves, mittens, etc.; bad wife; adultery; insignia of the pope, e.g. tiara; index finger upwards; judicial verdict; monk(s), friar(s); monastic orders, monastic life: Dominicans; abbot; the accused
Support material: parchment
Measurements: 360x233 mm
Writing: Littera textualis
SEMANTIC INDEXING
Subject: Law-canon (ius canonicum)
Genre: TEXTUS (Can)
Period: late medieval
Language: Latin
DATA SOURCE & REFERENCES
MS:
Angers, Médiathèque Toussaint Ms. 379
Completeness: minimum — Source: bibliography, digital copy
