Pope or a bishop receiving a plea from a group of clerics, leaf from Gregory IX, Decretales

An image of Illuminated manuscript. Cutting. Leaf from Gregory IX, Decretales. Gregory IX, author. Production Place: Italy, Bologna. Parchment, gold, 305 x 200 mm, four columns (outer columns of gloss severely trimmed), main text in two central columns (220 x 130 mm), 44 lines, ruled in plummet, varying number of lines for the gloss, circa 1260 to circa 1270.
CONTENTS: Gregory IX, Decretales, Bk V. DECORATION: Small column miniature [11 ll.] within an architectural frame extending into foliate scroll and rods for Bk V of Gregory IX’s Decretales and showing a pope or a bishop receiving a plea from a group of clerics on the right and another one from a lawyer or nobleman accompanied by secular companions on the left. ORNAMENTATION: Alternate blue and red penwork initials [2 ll.] with red or blue pen-flourished infill and extensions; alternate blue and red one-line penwork initials.

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Illuminated manuscript. Cutting. Leaf from Gregory IX, Decretales. Gregory IX, author. Production Place: Italy, Bologna. Parchment, gold, 305 x 200 mm, four columns (outer columns of gloss severely trimmed), main text in two central columns (220 x 130 mm), 44 lines, ruled in plummet, varying number of lines for the gloss, circa 1260 to circa 1270. CONTENTS: Gregory IX, Decretales, Bk V. DECORATION: Small column miniature [11 ll.] within an architectural frame extending into foliate scroll and rods for Bk V of Gregory IX’s Decretales and showing a pope or a bishop receiving a plea from a group of clerics on the right and another one from a lawyer or nobleman accompanied by secular companions on the left. ORNAMENTATION: Alternate blue and red penwork initials [2 ll.] with red or blue pen-flourished infill and extensions; alternate blue and red one-line penwork initials.

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Accession Number: MS McClean 201.8
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