Initial U with Gregory IX surrounded by a group of Dominican friars This leaf is from a copy of the Decretals of Pope Gregory IX (ca.1145-1241). Decretals are collections of papal statements regarding canon law, or the ecclesiastical law of the Catholic Church. In 1230, Pope Gregory commissioned the Dominican friar Raymond of Pennafort to compile a new collection that would gather together and streamline earlier decretals. Gregory's Decretals supplanted the... This leaf can be dated to ca. 1325. Script: Gothic bookhand
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