Extent: fols. 1; membrane; 404 x 287 (Main text = 235; Glossed text = 404 x Main text = 144; Glossed text = 252)
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Layout: 4 columns, Main text = 44 lines; Glossed text = 99 lines lines Decoration: 11 2-line initials in main text and 9 2-line initials in glossed text in alternating red and blue with contrasting penwork, 12 1-line initials in main text in alternating red and blue with spare penwork in the contrasting color, numerous 1-line paraph marks in alternating red and blue, and rubrics in red Decoration: On the recto, a 5-line illuminated "P" inhabited by the portrait of a man--possibly a law student--in red and green robes, the initial in pink set on blue and burnished gold grounds highlighted in white; 1 4-line "A" in gray and 1 2-line "A" in pink, both on blue and gold grounds and accented with pink and red. Decoration: On the verso, a 9-line "P" in grey on blue, red, gold, and green grounds with white penwork highlights Ruled in plummet 16th- or 17th-century inscription on verso Reader-added comments in margins Recycled as a binding fragment, with some loss of text at the top and bottom The Sotheby's auction description attributes the illumination to the so-called "Decretals Master". Mackus' description credits the illumination to Lando di Antonio Incipit: verit consuetudine quae legi est contraria Explicit: tantummodo patronatus . Nos autem in Bk. III., Tit. XXII (De fidei ussoribus), Ch. 3-5; Tit. XXIII (De solutionibus), Ch. 1-4; Tit. XXIV (De donationibus), Ch. 1-7, with gloss
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