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;
Chrétien Dehaisnes, Douai (CGM in-4° 6), Manuscrits 1-1239, 1878 (Catalogue général des manuscrits des bibliothèques publiques des départements. Tome VI (série in-4°)), p. 369;
Dominique Vanwijnsberghe, "Robert Campin and the Tournaisian manuscript painting", in "Campin in Context. Peinture et société dans la vallée de l'Escaut à l'époque de Robert Campin 1375-1445", Valenciennes, Bruxelles, Tournai, Presses universitaires de Valenciennes, Institut royal du Patrimoine artistique - Koninklijk Instituut voor het Kunstpatrimonium, Association des Guides de Tournai, 2007, p. 128 n. 12; fig. 7.
BOOK PRODUCTION
Date: from 1275 to 1300 ca. (attributed)
CONTENT ANALYSIS
1 — Gregorius IX papa, Decretales (sive Liber Extra)
Incipit: ‘Gregorius episcopus servus servorum dei ...’
Incipiunt decretales domini Gregorii pape noni. Liber primus. Rubrica
[Illuminated frontispiece illustrating the papal bull: Pope Gregory IX is depicted enthroned and haloed; he elevates his right hand in a blessing gesture (index and middle fingers raised) and rests his left hand on the volume lying next to him on the bench. The volume is presumably a representation of the Liber Extra, which the Pope legitimises by touching it.]
Explicit: ‘... auctoritate sedis apostolice speciali’
Incipit: ‘Innocentius tertius in concilio generali. Firmiter credimus ...’
Incipit: ‘Gregorius episcopus in huius libri principio ...’
Douai, Bibliothèque Marceline Desbordes-Valmore Ms. 600, f. 3r
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BIBLIOGRAPHICAL ANALYSIS
Unitary manuscript
Binding: rebound
Layout: 2 columns; Textus inclusus (Glossa)
Illustrations: Illuminated frontispiece on f. 3r (illustration of the papal bull "Rex pacificus": Pope Gregory IX enthroned with the book of the Decretales). Ornamental illuminated initials. Flourished initials in red and blue.
Iconclass: pope; insignia of the pope, e.g. tiara; nimbus, halo ~ radiance emanating from persons or things; sitting on an elevation; bishop's throne; codex; index finger and middle finger raised, spread out; V-sign; blessing (either of things or persons), e.g. by anointing; ornament ~ geometric motifs; Canon Law; 'Legge canonica' (Ripa)
