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Brief Description of the Manuscript
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MS 1 is an Italian manuscript, probably originating from Bologna,
with a date of pre-1278, based on the 1278 dating of a letter
of Pope Nicholas III (1277-1280) which was added to the front
flyleaf after the main text had been written. It was donated to
the Syracuse University Library, Department of Special Collections
by John M. Crawford. The manuscript consists of 269 leaves (267
folios + 2 flyleaves) in parchment. The text appears in two columns
of 40 rows of text flanked by marginal glosses and is written
in Latin in Littera Bononiensis script (Bolognese legal hand).
The texts include the Novellae of Pope Innocent IV, glossed by Bernardus Compostellanus Junior,
and the Decretales of Pope Gregory IX, glossed by Bernardus Parmensis (also known
as Bernard of Parma, Bernard Botone, Bernard Bottoni) and edited
and compiled by Raymond of Penafort. Comments were later added
in the margins by lawyers to reflect the changing opinions and
interpretations of canon law from 1280 to 1400.
Minor decoration in the manuscript consists of decorative and
historiated initials, foliage from initials extending into the
margins, and marginalia added by users of the manuscript. Five
elaborately illuminated miniatures ornamented with gold leaf precede
each book of decretals and depict scenes in which the pope is
actively involved.
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f.2r, Council of Leon & accompanying text
f.2r, Council of Leon & accompanying text (closeup)
f.2r, Council of Leon (detail)
f.79r, Pope hearing a petition & accompanying text
f.79r, Pope hearing a petition & accompanying text (closeup)
f.79r, Pope hearing a petition (detail)
f.137r, Elevation of the Body of Christ & accompanying text
f.137r, Elevation of the Body of Christ & accompanying text (closeup)
f.137r, Elevation of the Body of Christ (detail)
f.193v, Marriage Ceremony & accompanying text
f.193v, Marriage Ceremony & accompanying text (closeup)
f.193v, Marriage Ceremony (detail)
f.213r, Pope judging a case & accompanying text
f.213r, Pope judging a case & accompanying text (closeup)
f.213r, Pope judging a case (detail)
f.230v, Text, Initials, Marginal Designs
f.239r, Historiated & Decorative Initial
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