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;
J. Quicherat, Arras (CGM in-4° 4), Manuscrits 1-1139, 1872 (Catalogue général des manuscrits des bibliothèques publiques des départements. Tome IV (série in-4°)), n. 9;
Frédérique Cahu, "Un témoin de la production du livre universitaire dans la France du XIIIe siècle: la collection des «Décrétales» de Grégoire IX", Turnhout, Brepols 2013 (Bibliologia. Elementa ad librorum studia pertinentia 35), pp. 400-1.
BOOK PRODUCTION
Date: from 1253 to 1275 ca. or from 1275 to 1300 ca. (attributed)
CONTENT ANALYSIS
1 — Gregorius IX papa, Decretales (sive Liber Extra)
[The text is incomplete at the beginning: the prologue, book I and the beginning of book II are missing. ]
2r
Incipit: ‘iuris ordine predicta ecclesia spoliata ...’
43v
Incipit liber tertius de vita et honestate clericorum impomunli(?)
Incipit: ‘Ut laici secus altare quando ...’
[Illuminated frontispiece illustrating book III: A priest is depicted standing in front of an altar, on top of which is a chalice partially covered by a cloth; he joins his hands in prayer and prepares to celebrate the Eucharist. Behind him, an acolyte grabs the hand of a layman and pushes him away from the sacred space, admonishing him with a finger, as he is not allowed to witness the ritual.]
109v
Explicit liber tertius. Incipit quartus de sponsalibus et matrimoniis. Rubrica
Incipit: ‘Ex concilio triburiensi. De Francia ...’
[Illuminated frontispiece illustrating book IV: 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 is placed on top of the joined hands of the spouses, making their union official (dextrarum iunctio, even though they are joining their left hands). The bride holds her right hand on her chest, while the groom raises his right hand to express his consent. He is escorted by a companion, who holds his right hand on his chest.]
134v
Incipit liber quintus de accusationibus et inquisitionibus et denunciationibus
Incipit: ‘Felix papa. Si legitimus non fuerit ...’
[Illuminated frontispiece illustrating book V: A pope acting as a judge is depicted enthroned, his left hand laying on a volume, a symbol of the laws he enforces. He raises his index finger and turns towards the right, where a bishop kneels with his hands joined in prayer, and a man raises his right hand to address the pope. The latter should be probably identified as the bishop’s defence lawyer. On the opposite side stand two more men, who represent the prosecution; one of them raises his left hand and his right index finger to object to the lawyer’s plea.]
Incipiunt constitutiones nove domini Gregori X edite in generalis consilio lugdunensis
Incipit: ‘Gregorius episcopus servus servorum dei ...’
201v
Explicit: ‘... per remensis provinciam publicatum’
Arras, Médiathèque de l'Abbaye Saint-Vaast Ms. 802, ff. 43v-44r
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BIBLIOGRAPHICAL ANALYSIS
Unitary manuscript
Binding: rebound
Layout: 2 columns; Textus inclusus (Glossa)
Illustrations: Illuminated frontispieces on ff. 43v (illustration of book III, "De vita et honestate clericorum": Exclusion of the laity from the celebration of the Eucharist), 109v (illustration of book IV, "De sponsalibus": Marriage ceremony with priest) and 134v (illustration of book V, "De accusationibus, inquisitionibus et denunciationibus": Judgment scene with enthroned pope).
Iconclass: priest (Roman Catholic); hands with finger-tips against each other; the Eucharist ~ the fourth of the seven sacraments; altar-cloths, e.g. veil covering the altar at Lent; chalice; altar; acolyte, chorister, lector, ostiarius, etc. ~ functionaries in Roman Catholic church; pushing something; gripping someone by the shoulder; strife of laity and clergy; marriage, married couple, 'matrimonium'; blessing (either of things or persons), e.g. by anointing; index finger and middle finger raised, closed; shaking hands, 'dextrarum junctio'; gripping someone by the hand or the wrist; clasped hands; couple before the priest ~ marriage; the consent (of marriage); arm or hand held in front of the chest; witnesses; insignia of the pope, e.g. tiara; pope; 'Giudice' (Ripa); index finger upwards; sitting on an elevation; codex; kneeling figure; archbishop, bishop, etc. (Roman Catholic); insignia of bishop, e.g. mitre, crozier; the accused; lawyer, attorney at law; postures and gestures of the palm of the hand; plea, defence; index finger upwards
Support material: parchment
Measurements: 450x230 mm
Extent (leaves): 201
Writing: Gothic rotunda
SEMANTIC INDEXING
Subject: Law-canon (ius canonicum)
Genre: TEXTUS (Can)
Period: late medieval
Language: Latin
DATA SOURCE & REFERENCES
MS:
Arras, Médiathèque de l'Abbaye Saint-Vaast Ms. 802
Completeness: medium — Source: bibliography, digital copy
