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Book/Printed Material I[n]cipiu[n]t Flores s[ive] Decreto[rum] [com]pilat[i]o[n]es : elega[n]tiora uidelic[et] dicta s[ecundum] ordine[m] toti[us] libri

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Title

  • I[n]cipiu[n]t Flores s[ive] Decreto[rum] [com]pilat[i]o[n]es : elega[n]tiora uidelic[et] dicta s[ecundum] ordine[m] toti[us] libri

Names

  • Henry, of Avranches, active 13th century
  • Gratian, active 12th century

Created / Published

  • [126-?]

Headings

  • -  Gratian,--active 12th century--Manuscripts
  • -  Canon law--Manuscripts
  • -  Manuscripts, Latin (Medieval and modern)--Washington (D.C.)

Notes

  • -  Ms.
  • -  An otherwise unreported anonymous epitome of Gratian's Decretum, with a set of mnemonic verses for each "causa" of its second part; the verses are known from elsewhere as Versus de Decretis cum sentenciis eorumdem, by Henry of Avranches. Cf. Rigg, A.G. A history of Anglo-Latin literature 1066-1422.
  • -  Text proper (after the incipit) begins: Humanu[m] gen[us] duob[us] modis regit[ur]. Ius nat[ur]ale e[st] ...
  • -  Date 1260 used in a form letter on leaf 11a instead of Gratian's 1105.
  • -  Written in England (the ancient diocese of Rochester in West Kent is named on leaf 11a), entirely by one monastic scribe, in a utilitarian gothic of three systematically used small sizes.
  • -  Two columns, 49 lines.
  • -  Post-medieval foliation (1-50) in ink. Older numbering on leaf versos (liiij-ciij) shows the ms. was at one time part of a larger codex. Leaves 1-42 are also paginated (i-lxxxiiij), and the columns numbered (1-169, due to one omission).
  • -  Rubricated in red and blue.
  • -  Ricci, S. de. Medieval and Renaissance mss. (suppl.), p. 114, F6
  • -  Library of Congress. Medieval and Renaissance ms. bks., MS 101
  • -  Purchased by LC in 1947 from H.P. Kraus (LL 5452F13).
  • -  Former owners: John Sprint (d. 1590; inscribed); Edward Hailstone (d. 1890; ownership label).
  • -  Cataloged as manuscript, vj04 6mar95. A fuller description, with transcription of the mnemonic verses, has been readied for v. 2 of the catalog Medieval and Renaissance manuscript books in the Library of Congress, and placed in an envelope shelved with the codex.

Medium

  • 50 leaves (leaves 45-50 blank), bound : parchment ; 21 cm.

Call Number/Physical Location

  • KBR1363
  • LAW

Digital Id

Library of Congress Control Number

  • 95123451

Online Format

  • pdf
  • image

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Chicago citation style:

Henry, Of Avranches, Active 13Th Century, and Active 12Th Century Gratian. Incipiunt Flores sive Decretorum compilationes: elegantiora uidelicet dicta secundum ordinem totius libri. [126-?, 1260] Pdf. https://aj.sunback.homes/item/95123451/.

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Henry, O. A. & Gratian, A. 1. C. (1260) Incipiunt Flores sive Decretorum compilationes: elegantiora uidelicet dicta secundum ordinem totius libri. [126-?] [Pdf] Retrieved from the Library of Congress, https://aj.sunback.homes/item/95123451/.

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Henry, Of Avranches, Active 13Th Century, and Active 12Th Century Gratian. Incipiunt Flores sive Decretorum compilationes: elegantiora uidelicet dicta secundum ordinem totius libri. [126-?, 1260] Pdf. Retrieved from the Library of Congress, <aj.sunback.homes/item/95123451/>.