Decretals of Gregory IX (fragment) [manuscript], ca. 1250.

Decretales Gregorii IX. $k Selections
Bible. New Testament. Greek. 1527.

2 leaves ; 324-328 x 230-236 mm

Manuscript on vellum.

Contains chapters from Pope Gregory IX's Decretals Book IV, Titles IV to VIII. Heavily annotated with commentary, also in Latin. There is no apparent gap in the text from the two leaves.

In Latin.

Manuscript fragments.
Title devised by cataloger.
Layout: Written in 2 columns of 41 lines for text, 76 lines for annotations (dimensions of written space: 172 x 120 mm; including annotations 229 x 215 mm); ruled in lead.
Script: Main text written in Gothic Book-hand; annotations written in Gothic Glossing script.
Decoration: Pen flourished initials in red and blue ink.
Origin: Probably written in France, ca. 1250.
Two leaves removed in 1975 from the binding of Folger BS1901 1527 Cage pt.1-2 (...Novum testamentum, ex Erasmi Roterodami recognitione.... Basileae : [Johannes Froben], anno 1527).
Shelfmark: Washington, D.C., Folger Shakespeare Library, MS X.d.506 (1-2).

Formerly owned by the library of Wakefield School.

Acquired in 1972.

Digital image(s) of Folger Shakespeare Library X.d.506 (1)
Digital image(s) of Folger Shakespeare Library X.d.506 (2)

France.

X.d.506 (1-2)

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