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LJS 35 -  Manuscript leaves from a canon law text

These two leaves here were used as pastedowns from a manuscript of a canon law text, with glosses, written in Germany in the mid-13th century. The leaves were consecutive and contain text and glosses for selected chapters from the Decretals of Gregory IX. The text is written in a Gothic script, while the commentary in marginal glosses is written in a smaller Gothic script. They were written between 1240 and 1260 CE.

LJS 35 - Manuscript leaves from a canon law text

Sometimes even a couple of leaves can tell us so much about the history of the thoughts! Those two had been used as pastedowns from a manuscript of a canon law text written in Germany between 1240 and 1260 CE. The leaves were consecutive and contain text and glosses for selected chapters from the Decretals of Gregory IX. They are in Latin.

LJS 35 Manuscript leaves from a canon law text

This manuscript contains 2 leaves used as pastedowns from a manuscript of a canon law text, with glosses, written in Germany in the mid-13th century. The leaves were consecutive and contain text and glosses for selected chapters from the Decretals of Gregory IX, taken from Book 3, Titles 31 (De regularibus et transeuntibus ad religionem) and 32 (De conversione coniugatorum), which present regulations about men entering religious orders. The main text is written in 2 columns of 41 lines, ruled in lead. Main text is written in a Gothic script; commentary in marginal glosses is written in a smaller Gothic script.