Gregory IX — 1241; Italian, Modena or Bologna
MS. Lat. th. b. 4
Bodleian Libraries, University of Oxford
Description
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Title
Gregory IX — 1241; Italian, Modena or Bologna
Shelfmark
MS. Lat. th. b. 4
Place of origin
Italian, Modena or Bologna
Date
1241
Language
Latin
Contents
Form
codex
Support
parchment
Physical extent
i + 217 leaves
Decoration
Fine miniatures in colours and gold at the start of the five books (fols. 1r, 54r, 101r, 151v, 168r).
Fine borders.
Fine initials.
Fine red and blue penwork decoration, often extending from two-line initials, includes birds, animals, dragons, human-headed hybrid creatures (see. e.g. fol. 113v), etc.
Binding
Sewn on eight double/split bands and bound in (?)18th-cent. reddish-brown leather over pasteboards; the spine stamped in gilt with foliate ornament, the second and third compartments with matching leather title pieces lettered in gilt 'GREGORII | IX | DECRETALIA || CODEX MSS | IN | MEMBR:'
Acquisition
Bought by the Bodleian from Quaritch, cat. 594, no. 16, 1942
Provenance
Written by Leonardus de Gropius of Modena in 1241
This MS or its exemplar belonged to Dominus Bertrandus
In Spain, 15th century (?)
Richard le Poer-Trench, 2nd earl of Clancarty, his sale, Sotheby's 2 Sept. 1894, lot 95, bought by Leighton for £19 11s.
William Morris (1834–96)
Richard Bennett, sale, Sotheby's 7 Dec. 1898, lot 560, bought by Quaritch for £24
T. De Marinis & Co., Florence, sale cat. X, 1909, no. 231, pl. III
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