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;
Henri Omont, "Bourges (CGM 4), Manuscrits 1-400", 1886 (Catalogue général des manuscrits des bibliothèques publiques de France), p. 47;
François Garnier, "Le langage de l'image au Moyen âge", 2, "Grammaire des gestes", Paris, Le Léopard d'or, 1989, p. 113 (D.144, D.145), 405 (ill. 189-190);
Jacques Dalarun (ed.), François Boespflug, Patrick Boucheron, Patrick Gautier Dalche, Christian Heck, Robert Jacob, Didier Lett, Perrine Mane, Michel Pastoreau, Daniel Russo, Jean-Claude Schmitt, Jean-Baptiste Lebigue, Olivier Legendre, Odile Lepinay, Claudia Rabel, Patricia Stirnemann, "Le Moyen Age en lumière, Manuscrits enluminés des bibliothèques de France", Paris, Fayard, 2002, p. 110, 393;
"Jeanne de France (1464-1505), duchesse de Berry, fondatrice de l'ordre de l'Annonciade", [Exposition], 19 septembre - 16 novembre 2002, Bibliothèque municipale de Bourges, [Paris], FFCB, 2002 ((Re)Découvertes, 69), p. 50 cat. 32, 80-84 notice.
BOOK PRODUCTION
Date: from 1250 to 1275 ca. (attributed)
CONTENT ANALYSIS
1 — Raymundus de Pennaforti, Summulae de arbore consanguinitatis et de arbore affinitatis (?)
Incipit: ‘Gregorius episcopus servus servorum dei ...’
Explicit: ‘... auctoritate sedis apostolice speciali’
[Illuminated frontispiece illustrating the papal bull: Pope Gregory IX is depicted enthroned, his right hand grasping (or delivering) a volume offered to him by a tonsured friar, who perhaps could be identified with Raymond de Peñafort. The latter is accompanied by two more friars, one of whom places a hand on his chest.]
De summa trinitate et fide catholica
Incipit: ‘Innocentius tertius in concilio generalis. Firmiter credimus ...’
70v
Incipit liber secundus de iudiciis
Incipit: ‘Idem ex concilio affricano. De quo vult deo ...’
[Illuminated frontispiece illustrating book II: A pope acting as a judge is depicted seated, his right hand elevated in a blessing gesture (index and middle fingers raised) and his left hand holding a volume, a symbol of the laws he enforces (in this case, those contained in the Liber Extra). In front of him are two bishops, one wearing a blue coat and the other wearing a red one and holding a crozier. The bishop in blue points to the other to accuse him of something; the latter places a hand on his chest to deny the accusation. The scene takes place under two arches supported by a column; the architectural structure could be a representation of a courtroom.]
130r
De vita et honestate clericorum. Liber tertius
Incipit: ‘Ex concilio maguntino. Ut laici secus ...’
[Illuminated frontispiece illustrating book III: A priest is depicted standing in front of an altar on which is a chalice partially covered by a cloth. His left hand is raised and his right hand is blessing the chalice (index and middle fingers raised), as he prepares to celebrate the Eucharist. Behind him are two acolytes: one raises an aspergillum, the other admonishes a group of three laypeople by pointing a finger at them and pushes one of them away from the altar, as they are not allowed to witness the ritual. The man who is being pushed raises both his hands in a sign of acquiescence. The threshold of the sacred space is marked by a column supporting an arch.]
189r
Inicipit liber quartus. De sponsalibus et matrimoniis
189v
Incipit: ‘De Francia quidam nobilem mulierem ...’
[Illuminated frontispiece illustrating book IV: A priest is standing between a man and a woman, officiating their marriage. He holds them by their right wrists, preparing to join their hands to make their union official (dextrarum iunctio). The groom, on the left, raises his right hand to express his consent to the marriage. Behind the spouses stand the members of their respective parties (three people each).]
207v
Incipit liber quintus. De accusationibus inquisitionibus et denunciationibus
Incipit: ‘Felix papa. Si legitimus non fuerit accusator ...’
[Illuminated frontispiece illustrating book V: A pope acting as a judge is depicted enthroned, his right hand raised to address the people in front of him and his left hand holding a ferula (the papal staff). Before the pope stand a Dominican abbot and a bishop (?), both holding croziers. The abbot points at the bishop, accusing him, while the bishop raises his hand to deny the claim.]
[The text is incomplete, there are only some excerpts. The beginning is missing, the text starts from book I, titulus III, capitulus II.]
De rescriptis
Incipit: ‘Innocentius quartus in concilio lugdunensis. Cum in multis iuris ...’
260v
Explicit: ‘... quisquam de cetero sibi tanquam [sic]’
[The text terminates towards the end of book II, titulus XIV, capitulus II.]
Bourges, Bibliothèque des Quatre Piliers Ms. 189, ff. Iv-IIr
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BIBLIOGRAPHICAL ANALYSIS
Unitary manuscript
Binding: rebound
Layout: 2 columns; Textus inclusus (Glossa); Running titles/rubrics; Leaf Nr
Illustrations: Illuminated arbores consanguinitatis and affinitatis on ff. Iv and IIr. Illuminated frontispieces on ff. 1r (illustration of the papal bull "Rex pacificus": Pope Gregory IX receiving the book of the Decretales), 70v (illustration of book II, "De iudiciis": Judgment scene), 130r (illustration of book III, "De vita et honestate clericorum": Celebration of the Eucharist and expulsion of the laity from the sacred space), 189v (illustration of book IV, "De sponsalibus": Marriage cerimony) and 207v (illustration of book V, "De accusationibus, inquisitionibus et denunciationibus": Judgement scene with pope). Flourished initials in red and blue.
Iconclass: pope; insignia of the pope, e.g. tiara; sitting on an elevation; throne; codex; monk(s), friar(s); tonsure; arm or hand held in front of the chest; Canon Law; 'Legge canonica' (Ripa); 'Giudice' (Ripa); blessing (either of things or persons), e.g. by anointing; index finger and middle finger raised, closed; archbishop, bishop, etc. (Roman Catholic); insignia of bishop, e.g. mitre, crozier; index finger forwards, pointing, indicating; accusing; accusation (in court); the accused; court-room; arch, archivolt ~ architecture; column, pillar ~ architecture; priest (Roman Catholic); the Eucharist ~ the fourth of the seven sacraments; chalice; altar-cloths, e.g. veil covering the altar at Lent; altar; acolyte, chorister, lector, ostiarius, etc. ~ functionaries in Roman Catholic church; other utensils used in the church; pushing something; gripping someone by the shoulder; palm of the hand turned up - AA - both arms or hands; strife of laity and clergy; marriage, married couple, 'matrimonium'; priest (Roman Catholic); shaking hands, 'dextrarum junctio'; gripping someone by the hand or the wrist; clasped hands; couple before the priest ~ marriage; palm of the hand turned up; the consent (of marriage); witnesses; members of bridal party; archbishop, bishop, etc. (Roman Catholic); insignia of bishop, e.g. mitre, crozier; abbot; the accused
Support material: parchment
Measurements: 386x268 mm
Extent (leaves): 261
Writing: Gothic rotunda
SEMANTIC INDEXING
Subject: Law-canon (ius canonicum)
Genre: TEXTUS (Can)
Period: late medieval
Language: Latin
DATA SOURCE & REFERENCES
MS:
Bourges, Bibliothèque des Quatre Piliers Ms. 189
Completeness: medium — Source: bibliography, digital copy
