Incipit: ‘Gregorius episcopus servus servorum dei ...’
Incipit prohemius
[Illuminated frontispiece illustrating the papal bull: Pope Gregory IX is depicted seated on a throne with drapery. With his right hand he grasps (or perhaps hands over) a scroll offered to him by a kneeling tonsured friar, with his left hand, he grasps (or, again, perhaps hands over) a volume bound with a tie on the fore-edge offered to him by a kneeling man in secular clothes (a lawyer/jurist?). The two kneeling men may represent the groups of people to whom the compilation of Canon Law is addressed, namely the clergy and the university community.]
Incipit: ‘Rex pacificus pia miseratione ...’
De summa trinitate et fide catholica
Incipit: ‘Firmiter credimus et simpliciter confitemur ...’
62v
Incipit liber secundus de iudiciis
Incipit: ‘Ex concilio affricano. De Quovultdeo ...’
[Historiated initial illustrating book II: A pope acting as a judge is depicted seated, his right index finger raised to address a bishop in front of him. Along with the bishop is a bearded man. An angel (?) is descending from the upper part of the image.]
125r
Incipit liber tertius de vita et honestate clericorum
Incipit: ‘Ex concilio maguntino. Ut laici secus altare ...’
[Historiated initial illustrating book III: A priest is depicted raising the Host with both hands to perform the ritual of the Eucharist. Behind him are two people, a kneeling tonsured cleric and a man wearing a hat (?), perhaps a layman.]
190r
Incipit liber quartus de sponsalibus et matrimonio
Incipit: ‘Ex concilio triburiense. De Francia ...’
208v
Incipit liber quintus de accusationibus inquisitionibus et denunciationibus
Incipit: ‘Felix papa. Si legitimus non fuerit accusator ...’
[Historiated initial illustrating book V: A pope acting as a judge is depicted seated, his left hand holding a volume, a visualisation of the laws he enforces (in this case, those contained in the Liber Extra), and his right index finger pointing (in accusation?) at the bishop in front of him. The latter turns his back and looks back at the judge raising his hand, perhaps in defence. Between them is also a tonsured cleric. ]
264v
Explicit: ‘... facere quis homagium compellatur. Amen. Amen. Amen’
2 — Bernardus Parmensis, Glossa ordinaria. Gloss to Gregorius IX's Decretales
Incipit nove constitutiones pape Gregori X edite in generali concilio lugdunense
Incipit: ‘Gregorius episcopus servus servorum dei ...’
283v
Explicit: ‘... kalende novembris pontificatus nostri anno tercio’
BIBLIOGRAPHICAL ANALYSIS
Unitary manuscript
Binding: rebound
Layout: 2 columns; Textus inclusus (Glossa)
Illustrations: Illuminated frontispiece on f. 1r (illustration of the papal bull: Presentation of the Decretales to Pope Gregory IX). Historiated initials on ff. 62v (illustration of book II, "De iudiciis": Judgement scene with pope), 125r (illustration of book III, "De vita et honestate clericorum": Celebration of the Eucharist), 190r (illustration of book IV, "De sponsalibus": Wedding ceremony), 208v (illustration of book V, "De accusationibus, inquisitionibus et denunciationibus": Judgement scene with pope). Flourished initials at the beginning of the tituli, simple initials and paragraph signs alternatively supplied in red and blue.
Iconclass: pope; insignia of the pope, e.g. tiara; bishop's throne; velum (hangings and drapery); sitting figure; codex; scroll - LL - scroll unfolded; kneeling figure; kneeling before a ruler; monk(s), friar(s); tonsure; lawyer, attorney at law; Canon Law; 'Legge canonica' (Ripa); 'Giudice' (Ripa); archbishop, bishop, etc. (Roman Catholic); insignia of bishop, e.g. mitre, crozier; angels; priest (Roman Catholic); the Eucharist ~ the fourth of the seven sacraments; 'elevatio', showing the Sacred Host and Chalice; bread, Host; kneeling on both knees; head-gear: cap; marriage, married couple, 'matrimonium'; diadem, tiara; gripping someone by the hand or the wrist; clasped hands; exchange of rings ~ marriage; wedding ring; head-gear: hood; looking over the shoulder; 61B2(GREGORYIX); 31A25551(+932) index finger upwards (+ addressing); 41D221(CAP)(+43) head-gear: cap (+ fur used for clothes); 41D2121(+43) coat (+ fur used for clothes); 31A25552(+932) index finger forwards, pointing, indicating (+ addressing); 31A25552(+9211) index finger forwards, pointing, indicating (+ accusing); 31A25521(+923) palm of the hand turned up (+ defending oneself)
