Illuminated leaf from a manuscript of Gratian’s Decretum with the Glossa ordinaria of Bartolomeo da Brescia

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Illuminated manuscript. Leaf from a manuscript of Gratianâs Decretum with the Glossa ordinaria of Bartolomeo da Brescia. The Marlay Gratian atelier, artist. Gratian, author (Italian, d. by 1159). Brescia, Bartolomeo da, author. Parchment, columns and lines ruled in plummet, running headers, 454 x 283 mm (recto 403 x 243 mm, verso 417 x 246 mm), two text columns of 58 lines and two gloss columns of 99 lines on recto, two text columns of 60 lines and two gloss columns of 99 lines on verso. Illumination, penwork. gold. Production Place: Italy, Bologna. Circa 1320. CONTENTS: Gratian, Decretum, Part II. Causa II (A bishop is accused of fornication; Melnikas 1975, I, 167-92). DECORATION: Marlay cutting It. 3r: One-column miniature: Pope addressed by a petitioner (with scroll) and his companion while the accused bishop and his entourage look on. ORNAMENTATION: Main text: Inhabited initials on gold grounds and extending into acanthus sprays to form partial borders: Marlay cutting It. 3r [Q, 7 ll.] Bearded man holding a glass outside the frame, [Q, 4 ll.] Tonsured head. Gloss: Foliate initials in pink or grey on blue grounds with small acanthus extensions, for major divisions (corresponding to both large and small inhabited initials in the main text); alternate red and blue initials [2 ll.] embedded within column with blue or red pen flourishing for minor divisions (corresponding to pen-flourished initials in the main text); voided paraph marks with alternate red and blue display capitals [2-gloss ll.] with minor flourishing in blue or red (guide letters in upper margin) for quaestiones; alternate red and blue paraph marks; simple geometric line-fillers in brown ink to even up gloss columns at the end of Causae. Inter-column decoration: The space between text and gloss columns is decorated with foliate, acanthus and gold disc partial borders and zoomorphic motifs: Marlay cutting It. 3r Angel with extended wings.
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