tig00369000

Text-inc Id:

tig00369000

Bod-inc Id:

G-184

Headings:

Gratianus Decretum (ed. Gisbert de Stoutenburch).

Subjects:

law-canon

Analysis of content:

1. a1v Gisbert de Stoutenburch: [Dedication letter to canon law students] ‘Ghiisbertus de Stoutenburch omnibus in iure pontificio studentibus salutem plurimam dicens.’ Incipit: ‘[E]tsi antea sepenumero ab egregiis atqe doctissimis viris hic liber emendatus sit . . .’ Explicit: ‘... et in futuro beatam vitam degere possitis feliciter valete, et Gisbertum vestrum diligite.’ [Dated 25 Jan. 1480].
2. a2r Gratianus: Decretum [Edited by Gisbert de Stoutenburch, as stated in the colophon]. [Pars I. Rubric] ‘In nomine sancte et indiuidue trinitatis incipit concordia discordantium Canonum. Ac primum de iure constitutionis nature humane. Rubrica.’ [Textus] Incipit: ‘[H]umanum genus duobus regitur naturali uidelicet iure et moribus . . .’ n2r Explicit: ‘... et de ignoranter a simoniacis consecratis, et de ordinationibus, quæ per pecunias fiunt, contineat.’ See G‑178.
3. a2r Bartholomaeus Brixiensis: [Editorial opening] ‘[Q]uoniam nouis superuenientibus causis nouis est remediis succurrendum ... et ad communem utilitatem omnium studentium in iure canonico.’ [Glossa ordinaria in Decretum]. Incipit: ‘Humanum genus tractaturus Gratianus de iure canonico primo incipit ...’ Z11v Explicit: ‘... et ita erit legitimus quo ad unum forum non tamen quo ad aliud.’ See G‑178.
4. n2v Gratianus: Decretum [Pars II. Causa I-XXXIII] Incipit: ‘[Q]uidam habens filium obtulit eum ditissimo cenobio ...’ U1r Explicit: ‘... debere vel civilis vel naturalis ordo persuadet.’ See G‑178.
5. U1v Gratianus: Decretum [Pars III. De consecratione] ‘[D]e ecclesiarum consecratione et missarum celebrationibus non alibi ... quibus sunt nota ve. et no. testa. precepta.’ Incipit: ‘Tabernaculum enim Moysen domino precipiente fecisse ...’ Z11v Explicit: ‘... non potest a se filius facere quicquam, nisi quod viderit patrem facientem.’ See G‑178.
6. Z11v Colophon: ‘Decretorum codex opera ac liberalitate viri integerrimi Ade de Rotwyl, ex inclyta Alemania originem ducentis Venetiis diligentissime impressus, emendatus per egregium ac generosum virum dominum Ghiisbertum de Stontenburch in utroque iure doctissimum.’

Imprint:

Venice Adam de Rottweil 4° Secundo folio: a3r Quod discipline [not before 25 Jan. 1480]

Collation:

a–e¹² f–h⁸ i¹² k l⁸ m¹² n¹⁰ o–z A–V¹² X⁸ Y¹⁰ Z¹². Spaces left blank for initals, with printed guide letters.

References:

Source: Bodleian ISTC: ig00369000 HC *7882; Goff G‑369; BMC V 250; GW 11361; Pr 4420; BSB‑Ink G‑261; Sheppard 3552; Will 15. LCN: 14553096

Copies:

1. G-184(1) Copy Wanting the blank leaf Z12. Binding: Contemporary German blind-tooled pigskin over bevelled wooden boards, clasps and catches lost; four parchment index tabs. On the upper cover quadruple fillets form a triple frame; within the outer frame a lozenge-shaped pomegranate stamp; within the second frame a circular lamb-and-flag stamp, lozenge-shaped eagle stamp, and an octagonal rosette stamp; the inner rectangle is divided by diagonal triple fillets into four triangular compartments, each with a square stamp with S. Catherine, a fleur-de-lis stamp, and the octagonal rosette stamp. On the lower cover quadruple fillets form an intersecting double frame; within the outer frame a lozenge-shaped foliate stamp at the four corners, the lamb-and-flag and the floral stamps on the sides; the inner rectangle is divided by quadruple fillets into triangular and lozenge-shaped compartments. Title and paper labels on the spine. Title across the upper edge:`Decretum'; across the fore-edge: ‘Distinctiones centum et una', ‘Cause 36', ‘De pe[nitentia] di[stinctiones] 7', ‘De conse[cratione] di[stinctiones] 5.’ Size: 240 × 175 × 75 mm. Size of leaf: 223 × 160 mm. Front pastedown, front endleaf, back endleaf, and back pastedown (the latter now mostly torn away, while an impression of text left on the back board) consists of four mid-thirteenth-century manuscript parchment leaves containing Boethius, De Divisione, with an interlinear gloss; see Margaret T. Gibson, Lesley Smith, and Joseph Ziegler, Codices Boethiani, I (London, 1995), 183 no. 168. On a1r early notes in German; upper left: ‘Quare Lutherus ius canonicum combusserit, habes 2 to[mus] operum M[artini] L[utheri] p. 119 a, Latina edit[ione] anno 62 Wittenb[ergensis]'; middle right: ‘D. Luth[er] 378 b. serm[ones] conui[uales]. Decretum ist ein zusamen gerafft ding, wie ein betlers mantel zuhauff geflikht, von vilen haderlumpen, ein jedlicher theologe soll sie lesen, doch cum judicio. 1 Thes. 5. plura ibi 379 a'; lower portion: ‘Luther. Geistlich recht ist ein shendlich buch, das nach geld stinkht, nim[m] daraus ehrgeitikeit v[nd] geitz, so wird nichts drinnen bleiben von seinem wesen.' Early marginal annotations, mostly extracting key words. On a2r an eight-line initial is supplied in blue edged in green with red pen-work decoration. Other three-, four-, and six-line initials are supplied in blue, some with red pen-work decoration. Provenance: Stuttgart, Württemberg, Augustinian Canons; inscription on a1r: ‘Conventus Stuotgardiensis'. Georg Franz Burkhard Kloß (1787-1854); book-plate on front pastedown; sale (1835), lot 1866. Purchased for £0. 7. 0; see Books Purchased (1835), 12. SHELFMARK: Auct. 3Q 5.5.