Saint Louis University, VFL MS 059

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DS ID:

DS10049

Shelfmark:

VFL MS 059

Title:

Liber] sextus decretalium domini Bonifacii Pape VIII, [single leaves

Author:

Catholic Church. Pope (1294-1303 : Boniface VIII)

Boniface VIII WIKIDATA

Place:

Italy

Italy TGN

Date:

ca. 1325

fourteenth century (dates CE) AAT

Language:

In Latin

Latin WIKIDATA

Physical Description:

Extent: 1 bifolium : parchment, ill. ; 205 x 460 mm.

Note:

Ms. leaves.
Gloss: On fol. a, recto, incipit, "Quia praeposterum est ordo prius humania subsidia petere..." [Glossa ordinarium in librum sextum] / [Giovanni d'Andrea].
Condition: Manuscript waste used for paste-downs to bind another book; leaves are badly damaged and cut down to about half the height of original size. Bifolium represents outer leaves of a quire, probably originally comprised of 10-12 leaves.
Layout: Main text written in double columns of 20-26 lines, surrounded by a gloss of about 50-54 lines.
Script: Gothic textualis rotunda.
Decoration: On fol. a, recto, large illuminated initial embellished with gold and two coats of arms, each charged with a black bear; smaller illuminated initials mark major divisions in text; one small marginal illustration; rubrics in red.
Origin: Written in Italy ca. 1325.
Shelfmark: St. Louis, Saint Louis University, Pius XII Memorial Library, Special Collections, VFL MS 059.
Probably owned originally by a member of the Orso family of Venice, identified by the coats of arms on folio a, recto. Purchased from Boyd Mackus with funds from Saint Louis Library Associates, May 2011.

Keyword:

manuscripts (documents)

illuminated manuscripts

detached leaves

Gothic scripts

Canon law

Manuscripts, Latin (Medieval and modern)

Catholic Church

Institutional Record:

https://libcat.slu.edu/record=b3411335

IIIF Manifest:

https://iiif.archive.org/iiif/3/images_VFLMS059_44/manifest.json

Holding Institution:

Saint Louis University