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Fragmenta Manuscripta 154: Decretals

Medieval manuscript fragment on parchment with two columns of text, written in Gothic script, and with four red and blue initials. Marginalia present on the parchment (recto)
Medieval manuscript fragment on parchment with two columns of text, written in Gothic script, and with four red and blue initials. Marginalia present on the parchment (verso)

Information About This Item

Title

Fragmenta Manuscripta 154: Decretals

Date

1290 - 1310

Description

Contents: Contains letters to bishops.
Two columns with marginal commentary with 48 visible lines, with bounding lines, horizontal lines extending between columns, plus extra vertical lines 2 mm apart under commentary, with lead-point ruling visible only from recto (hair)
Script: Gothic
Condition: Substantial marginal glossing, recto and verso
Decorations: Large initials with flourishing to left of both columns, recto and verso

Relation

M. McC. Gatch, "Fragmenta Manuscripta and Varia at Missouri and Cambridge," Transactions of the Cambridge Bibliographical Society9 (1990) 434-75.

Is Referenced By

Digital Scriptorium: https://search.digital-scriptorium.org/catalog/DS10227

Identifier

Fragmenta Manuscripta 154

Provenance

John Bagford (1650s-1716) to St. Martin-in-the-Fields; sale 1861 to Sir Thomas Phillipps, n.15758; his sale 22 May, 1913, lot 742; Sir Sydney Cockerell (1867-1962) sale Sotheby's 3 April, 1957; William Salloch (Ossining NY) Cat. 258 (1968) to U. Missouri.

Format

Parchment - 180 x 162 mm

Language

Latin

Type

manuscript fragment

Coverage

France

Collection

Fragmenta Manuscripta Collection.

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