Extent: 332, i leaves : parchment, illustrations ; 470 x 300 (270-275 x 160) mm bound to 480 x 320 mm.
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Ms. codex. Title from caption above incipit (fol. 3a). Following the colophon: An incomplete transcription of a constitution of 1251 "Cum in concilio Lugduniensi" by Pope Innocent IV (fol. 331r); Table of contents listing distinctiones and causae in all three parts of the Decretum Gratiani (fol. 331v-332r) and a 2-column listing of the Seven Sacraments, Seven Cardinal Virtues, Articles of the Faith, Seven Gifts of the Holy Ghost, and others. In a... Collation: Parchment ; fols. i + 332 + ii ; contemporary catchwords in red ink at the center of final folios of each quire, except for a catchword in a banderole (fol. 107v) ; contemporary quire marks in all quires ; modern foliation in pencil. Layout: 2 columns of 56–57 lines surrounded by systematic gloss Decoration: Italian Gothic. Thirty-eight folios include column miniatures, figured initials, bas-de-page illustrations, and other forms of significant decoration. Lesser divisions marked with 4-line initials in blue, pink, vermillion, gold, and white; 3-line red or blue initials with penwork of the opposite color. See the entry in Medieval & Renaissance manuscripts in the Princeton University... Early provenance unknown. Late medieval owners or users of the manuscript added glosses on fols. 2r-3r and inscriptions “decreto” and “michael” on fol. 2v. Robert Garrett (1875-1961), of Baltimore, Maryland, Class of 1897, purchased the manuscript on 15 July 1925 from Quaritch. Garrett's gift to the Princeton University Library, 1942.
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