IDENTITY STATEMENT
Reference code(s): GB 0096 MS 681
Held at: Senate House Library, University of London
Title: Decretals of Gregory IX (English)
Date(s): Late 13th century
Level of description: Collection (fonds)
Extent: Single leaf
Name of creator(s): Unknown
CONTEXT
Administrative/Biographical history:
The decretals are canonical epistles, written by the pope alone, or by the pope and cardinals, at the instance or suit of some one or more persons, for the ordering and determining some matter in controversy, and have the authority of a law in themselves. Pope Gregory IX (1143-1241) ordered the first complete and authoritative collection of papal decretals, the Corpus Iuris Canonici.
CONTENT
Scope and content/abstract:
Single vellum leaf, formerly a pastedown, containing Lib.II, 20, 17-26, of the Decretales Gregorii IX, on testimonies in court. Includes a gloss and extensive interlineal and marginal annotations. The fragment is probably English, written in the late 13th century.
ACCESS AND USE
Language/scripts of material: Latin. The annotations are written in several 13th and 14th century hands.
System of arrangement:
Single item.
Conditions governing access:
Access to the items in the collection is unrestricted for the purpose of private study and personal research within the controlled environment and restrictions of the Library's Palaeography Room. Access to archive collections may be restricted under the Freedom of Information Act. Please contact the University Archivist for details.
Conditions governing reproduction:
Copies may be made, subject to the condition of the original. Copying must be undertaken by the Palaeography Room staff, who will need a minimum of 24 hours to process requests.
Physical characteristics:
11" x 8". The manuscript is worm-eaten. It is written in 2 columns and contains 42 lines of text; initials are of red and blue with dark blue and red ornament; there are red and blue capitals and blue paraphs.
Finding aids:
See R. Watson, 'Descriptive list of fragments of medieval manuscripts in the University of London Library' (1976).
ARCHIVAL INFORMATION
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Accruals:
Archival history:
Immediate source of acquisition:
Given by Miss W. Myers in 1963.
ALLIED MATERIALS
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DESCRIPTION NOTES
Note:
Archivist's note: Compiled by Sarah Aitchison as part of the RSLP AIM25 Project.
Date(s) of descriptions: Oct 2001