Incipit: ‘Venerabilibus et disc(ernent)is viris doctoribus ...’
[Illuminated frontispiece divided into four scenes. At the upper left, Pope Gregory IX is depicted enthroned, his hands raised to address the people around him. Some cardinals are handing the volume containing his collection of laws to a group of kneeling jurists; on the opposite side are two kneeling laymen and a group of tonsured clerics, all holding a written leaflet. At the upper right, a group of cardinals is handing sealed documents with seals to a group of kneeling men; behind them, a man looks over his shoulder as he handles a cauldron. At lower left is the consecration of a bishop, and at lower right the consecration of an abbot.]
121r
Incipit: ‘De quovultdeo super glossa sed non ...’
[Illuminated frontispiece: A secular judge is depicted enthroned, his left hand holding a scroll and his right index finger pointing to it. Above him is a painted panel depicting the Crucifixion, which serves to visualise the divine delegation received by the judge in administering justice. On either side are some men wearing hats and cloaks, presumably to be identified as jurists, all raising their index fingers and hands to indicate their participation in the legal discussion. In front of the judge’s throne is a chair on which a scribe is writing in a volume. Before him is a desk with an open volume on it and a board with a written leaf on it. At the sides of the desk are two groups of kneeling people, perhaps the two opposing parties and their legal representatives. The man and the woman on the right raise their index fingers (in accusation?), while the two men and the woman on the right gesticulate and produce some written leaflets.]
Paris, Bibliothèque Mazarine Ms. 1331, f. 1r
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BIBLIOGRAPHICAL ANALYSIS
Unitary manuscript
Binding: rebound
Layout: 2 columns
Illustrations: Illuminated frontispieces on ff. 1r and 121r.
Iconclass: pope; insignia of the pope, e.g. tiara; sitting figure; codex; kneeling before a ruler; kneeling on both knees; cardinal; insignia of cardinal, e.g. hat, mantle; monk(s), friar(s); tonsure; scroll - LL - scroll unfolded; seal, stamp; kitchen-utensils: cauldron; archbishop, bishop, etc. (Roman Catholic); insignia of bishop, e.g. mitre, crozier; cell ~ monastery; inauguration, consecration of person(s) ~ church; 'Giudice' (Ripa); sitting on an elevation; scroll; index finger forwards, pointing, indicating; debate, discussion (~ meeting); crucified Christ with Mary and John on either side of the cross; Holy Rood; secretary, scribe; writing boards; writing-table, writing-desk; handwriting, writing as activity; codex - LL - codex open; kneeling figure; accusation (in court); the accused; accusing; judicial duel; 61B2(GREGORYIX); 31A25552(+932) index finger forwards, pointing, indicating (+ addressing); 31A25521(+932) palm of the hand turned up (+ addressing)
Support material: parchment
Measurements: 492x350 mm
SEMANTIC INDEXING
Subject: Law-canon (ius canonicum)
Genre: Commentum (auctoris)
Period: late medieval
Language: Latin
DATA SOURCE & REFERENCES
MS:
Paris, Bibliothèque Mazarine Ms. 1331
Completeness: medium — Source: digital copy, bibliography
