Toulouse, Private Collection, Decretum Gratiani
| Library | Toulouse, Private Collection |
|---|---|
| Shelfmark | Decretum Gratiani |
| Century | saec. XIIIex |
| Provenance | ? |
| European region of origin | Southern France |
| Collection | Gratian, Concordia discordantium canonum |
| Digital Images | christies.com (one image) |
| Description at | christies.com |
| Author | Giovanna Murano |
The manuscript, a complete illuminated copy of Gratian with Ordinary Gloss, was part of the library of the château de Merville in the 18th century. Its last known owner was a private collector in the Toulouse region who owned it in the early 1950s. In 2011 it was sold at Christies (6 Jul 2011 – The Arcana Collection, part III).
Description
Membr.; 392 ff. ; 375 × 245; Bologna (testo e app.); Francia (Toulouse o Montpellier, dec.); sec. XIII ex.; miniato, decorato e rubricato. Al principio del Decretum è presente una doppia miniatura. Nella sezione superiore è raffigurato un monaco che dona il proprio libro al pontefice; in quella inferiore è raffigurato il re con la spada alzata mentre detta la Legge ad un monaco-scriba (Graziano).
Contents
Decretum cum Gl. ord.
Literature
P. Ourliac, Un manuscrit à miniature du Décret de Gratien conservé dans une collection privée. In: Studia Gratiana 1 (1953) 303-321 e Tavola XXXVI, Tavola XXXVII, Tavola XXXVIII. – Melnikas, Corpus vol. 1, fig. 58 (f. 3), p. 151 fig. 26 (f. 108), p. 181 fig. 24 (f. 127). – Stickler, Ursprung 354. – Rouse, Rouse, Manuscripts II 20. - G. Murano, The Life and Iconography of Gratian: A “Mise au Point” (Part II). Saeculum Christianum, 32,2 (2025), p. 12.
