Novella in Decretales, by Niccolo di Giacomo di Nascimbene

An image of Illuminated Manuscript. Novella in Decretales. Beginning of Book V, De accusationibus, inquisitionibus et denuntiationibus. Iohannes Andreae (Giovanni d'Andrea). Attrib to Nicolò di Giacomo di Nascimbene. Bartoli, Bartolomeo dei, scribe. Latin. Gothic bookhand (textualis). Parchment, 447 x 275 mm (350 x 192 mm), 2 columns, 74 lines, ruled in plummet. Production Place: Bologna. C.1355-1365.
DECORATION: Column framed miniature showing a cardinal enthroned as a judge and conducting a court hearing on burnished gold background. Two historiated initials formed of pink, grey and red acanthus and zoomorphic motifs for the first two titles: [P, 10 ll.], Bishop reading within the bowl of the letter and a caryatid-like figure supporting his cathedra within the shaft of the letter, which extends down the full length of the text column; [S, 7 ll.], Bust of a doctor of law with a book. ORNAMENTATION: Alternate red and blue penwork initials [2 ll.] with violet or red pen-flourished infill and frames; alternate red and blue paraph signs.

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Illuminated Manuscript. Novella in Decretales. Beginning of Book V, De accusationibus, inquisitionibus et denuntiationibus. Iohannes Andreae (Giovanni d'Andrea). Attrib to Nicolò di Giacomo di Nascimbene. Bartoli, Bartolomeo dei, scribe. Latin. Gothic bookhand (textualis). Parchment, 447 x 275 mm (350 x 192 mm), 2 columns, 74 lines, ruled in plummet. Production Place: Bologna. C.1355-1365. DECORATION: Column framed miniature showing a cardinal enthroned as a judge and conducting a court hearing on burnished gold background. Two historiated initials formed of pink, grey and red acanthus and zoomorphic motifs for the first two titles: [P, 10 ll.], Bishop reading within the bowl of the letter and a caryatid-like figure supporting his cathedra within the shaft of the letter, which extends down the full length of the text column; [S, 7 ll.], Bust of a doctor of law with a book. ORNAMENTATION: Alternate red and blue penwork initials [2 ll.] with violet or red pen-flourished infill and frames; alternate red and blue paraph signs.

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Accession Number: MS 331
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