End flyleaf is paper, probably seventeenth century Binding: Seventeenth-century sprinkled calf, gilt spine, two modern clasps; stamped in gold on spine: DECRETALI GREGORII IX CVM GLOSSIS. MANVSCRIT; spine damaged and fragile Layout: Primary text written in two columns of twenty-four to forty-four lines, 235 x 135 mm, ruled in lead; commentary text written in two columns of up to 118 lines surrounding the primary text, maximum written area 405 x 250 mm, ruled in lead with vertical bounding lines; blank spaces in commentary columns are frequently left unruled; extensive Latin annotation in margins and interlineally Script: Littera bononiensis Decoration: Large miniature (eight to ten lines in height) decorates the opening of each of the five book divisions, with a large illuminated initial (six to eight lines in height) with extensions beginning the text block below (fols. 3r, 74r, 137r, 201v, and 224r); each chapter heading is additionally decorated with a smaller illuminated initial; Illuminated initials with foliate extensions... Related resource: De Ricci, Seymour, with the assistance of W. J. Wilson, Census of Medieval and Renaissance Manuscripts in the United States and Canada, vol. 2 (New York,: H. W. Wilson, 1935-40), p. 2054, no. 158. Related resource: Free Library of Philadelphia, A Descriptive Catalogue of the John Frederick Lewis Collection of European Manuscripts in the Free Library of Philadelphia, compiled by Edwin Wolf, 2nd, with an introduction by Dr. A.S.W. Rosenbach (Philadelphia: The Free Library, 1937), p.84, no. 77. Provenance: John Frederick Lewis, Philadelphia; given by his widow, Anne Baker Lewis, to the Free Library of Philadelphia in 1936; on the inside of the front cover is written, "German, late 13th century," "Gregorius IX Papal Decretorium libri cum glossa. 13 Jhar," and "M.3."
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