Illuminated leaf from a manuscript of Gratian’s Decretum with the Glossa ordinaria of Bartolomeo da Brescia
Artist:
The Marlay Gratian atelier
Author:
Gratian
Author:
Brescia, Bartolomeo da
PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION: Parchment, columns and lines ruled in plummet, running headers. 4 443 x 294 mm (recto 308 x 232 mm, verso 416 x 249 mm), two text columns of 36 lines and two gloss columns of 75 lines on recto, two text columns of 32 lines and two gloss columns of 103 lines on reverse (original recto).
CONTENTS: Gratian, Decretum, Part II. Causa VII (A bishop recovers from illness after a successor has been appointed; Melnikas 1975, I, 275-303)
DECORATION: Marlay cutting It. 4r: One-column miniature: Bishop (without any attributes) lies in his sick bed while a lawyer addresses a couple of bystanders.
ORNAMENTATION:
Main text: Inhabited initial with half-length portrait, letter painted in graded pink or grey on gold grounds and extending into acanthus sprays to form partial borders, for Causae: Marlay cutting It. 4r [Q, 8 ll.] Sleeping woman, [Q, 3ll.] Head; Marlay cutting It. 4v [Q, 4 ll.] 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. 4r Reclining man.
Method of acquisition: Bequeathed (1912) by Marlay, Charles Brinsley
14th Century, Early#
Production date:
circa
AD 1320
Support composed of parchment
Accession number: Marlay cutting It. 4
Primary reference Number: 178726
Project ID: 1362
Stable URI
Owner or interested party:
The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department:
Manuscripts and Printed Books
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