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Konrad von Soltau on the Sentences; canon law; papal formularies. Germany, presumably Erfurt, early 15th century.

MS. Hamilton 23

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Title

Konrad von Soltau on the Sentences; canon law; papal formularies. Germany, presumably Erfurt, early 15th century.

Shelfmark

MS. Hamilton 23

Place of origin

German, presumably Erfurt

Italy (?)

English

Date

15th century, early (contents, watermarks)

13th century, second half

14th century

Language

Latin

Contents

On the upper pastedown is a fifteenth-century table of contents, including as the first item, now missing, 'Priuilegia studii Erfordensis'
1. (fols. 1ra–163va) Konrad von Soltau Quaestiones on Peter Lombard's Sentences
Fol. 163v originally blank; added in a different hand:
Confirmation by John XXII of an indulgence of 30 days granted by Urban IV.
2.1. (fols. 165ra–188vb) Giovanni Calderini De interdicto ecclesiastico
2.2. (fols. 188vb–191va) Index
3. (fols. 192ra–245ra) Arnoldus de Augusta Arengae
4. (fols. 245va–252va) ⟨Tituli legum ciuilium⟩
Incipit: Nota quinque sunt casus in quibus licet plus recipere pecunia mutuata
(fol. 253r) Diagrammatic notes on the canon law of marriage, frequently referring to Gratian, Decretum.
5. (fols. 253va–285vb) ⟨De modo procedendi in curia Romana⟩
(fols. 253va–254ra) ⟨De terminis causarum in curia Romana⟩
(fols. 254ra–260r) Rubric: Processus per audientiam litterarum contradictarum
(fols. 260r–263va) ⟨Innocent IV⟩ ⟨Summa exceptionum⟩
(fol. 263va–264ra) Rubric: Notabilia quedam circa(?) iudicia superius non expressa
(fols. 264rb–265ra) Incipit: Si lite pendente per alteram parcium aliquid in partibus
(fol. 265ra) Incipit: Ad cognoscendum publicum instrumentum octo requiruntur scilicet annus domini Indicio
(fols. 265rb–266va) Short formulary
(fols. 266va–b) Incipit: Nota quod si pars post conclusionem iura producere velit
(fol. 266vb) Incipit: De conclusionibus faciendis. Si decernatur remissio ad partes tunc post decretum
(fols. 267va–273vb) Novae constitutiones audientiae contradictarum in curia romana promulgatae A.D. 1375
(fols. 273vb–275ra) Rubric: Obseruancie audientie causarum sacri pallacii apostolici
(fols. 275ra–va) Rubric: Constituciones procuratorum penitentorie
Rubric: (fol. 275va–276rb) Taxaciones penitentiarie
(fol. 276va–278ra) John XXII Constitution 'Qui exacti'
(fols. 278ra–285vb) Manual of the papal penitentiary
(fols. 278ra–282ra) Benedict XII Constitution 'In agro domenico'
(fols. 282ra–285vb) Tax-roll of Benedict XII
6. (fols. 285vb–286vb) Bernard Silvestris Epistola rei familiaris
7. (fols.287r–295r) Wilhelm Horborch Decisiones nouae rotae Romanae
8. (fols. 295v–323r) Regulae cancellariae Apostolicae
(fols. 295v–298v) Boniface IX Regulae cancellariae (Constitutio 'Intenta salutis', 1402)
(fols. 299r–323r) Regulae cancellariae Apostolicae, John XXII-Boniface IX
(fol. 323v) Rubric: Constituciones pape Johannis xxiij
MS. Hamilton 23 - upper pastedown
Liber sextus with gloss of Johannes Andreae (?) (textus inclusus) and later annotations
Liber sextus decretalium
Johannes Andreae Apparatus ad Sextum
MS. Hamilton 23 - lower pastedown
Canon law

Form

codex

Support

Paper, folded in folio. Watermarks: (fols. 1–164 except quires 7, 8, 13), bull's head with 6-pointed star; (quires 7, 8, 13) bull's head with 5-petalled flower, resembles WZIS DE4620-PO-65005 (1410); (fols. 165–78) fleur-de-lis with 6-petalled flower; (fols. 189–323) fleur-de-lis with 8-pointed star.

Physical extent

ii (modern paper) + 323 + ii (modern paper). Loose fragments between fols. 36/7, 152/3, 263/4, and 298/9

Hands

Fols. 1r-163r, 165r-245r, 246v-323r: informal cursive apparently by one hand; fols. 163v, 245v-246r, a second hand; fol. 323v, added by a third hand.

Decoration

Art. 1, fols. 1r-163r: little decoration: initial in red with simple decoration, fol. 1r; rubrication unfinished.

Elsewhere red initials with simple penwork decoration in red.

Binding

Fifteenth-century binding of whittawed skin over boards, sewn on four double/split bands; 4+1 bosses lost on each board; two clasps, fastening on the front board, lost. Rebacked and repaired.

Acquisition

Presented to the Bodleian Library by his sons and received in 1857.

Provenance

Presumably written at Erfurt, on the evidence of the missing first item.

Erfurt, Benedictine monastery of St Peter: 'Liber Bibliothecae regalis Monasterij S. Petri Erfordiae', 18th (?) century, fol. 1r.

Friedrich Gottlieb Julius von Bülow: probably identifiable as no. 116 in the 1836 sale catalogue ('CONR. SOLTONIS Quaestiones in librum 1. sententiarnm. - JOA, CALDERINI Tract. de .ecclesiastico interdicto'; cf. note on fol. 1r, 'Quaest. M. Conradi Soltonis in 1. Sententiarum').

Sir William Hamilton, 1788–1856

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  • Bernard Silvestris

  • Arnoldus de Augusta, fl. 1311

  • Bülow, Friedrich Gottlieb Julius von, 1760-?1831

  • Konrad, von Soltau, 1350-1407

  • Calderinus, Joannes, -1365

  • Innocent, IV, Pope, approximately 1200-1254

  • John XXII, Pope, -1334

  • Giovanni d'Andrea, approximately 1270-1348

  • Dietrich, von Nieheim, approximately 1340-1418

  • Augustine, Saint, Bishop of Hippo

  • Benedict, XII, Pope, -1342

  • Bernard, of Clairvaux, Saint, 1090 or 1091-1153

  • Boniface, IX, Pope, approximately 1355-1404

  • John XXIII, Antipope, 1370?-1419

  • Horborch, Wilhelm, 1320?-1384

  • Hamilton, William, Sir, 1788-1856

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