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ff. 1-33. Utriusque iuris methodus. Incipit: Tria occurrunt legenda in utroque iure, textualia, glose ordinarie, et doctorum scripta. Explicit: ad iudicem iustissimum regnaturi cum eo in perpetuum. Amen. Methodus utriusque iuris finit feliciter. Latin. ff. 33-36. Digest, abbreviated. Incipit: Totius iste liber digestorum in septem partes dividitur principaliter. Explicit: de gradibus et glo. In capitulum finalem. De sacramentis iterandis vel non. Et sic finis habetur huius conpendiosi et iuvenibus utriusque iuris scolaribus utilis opusculi. Amen.". Latin. ff. 36-41v. Ignorantia facti non iuris excusat. [Ignorance of the Law]. Incipit: Scribitur de re iuris c. ignorantia li. vi [i.e. Liber sext] In quibus verbis breviter tanguntur duo articuli principales. Explicit: post decretales ille constitutiones sunt compilate. Et tamen de hoc opusculo. Amen. Rubric: Ignorantia facti non iuris excusat. Latin. ff. 42-121v. Secuntur modo tituli utriusque iuris tam canonici quam civilis. Incipit: Quoniam volentem in iure incipere opere precium est utriusque iuris titulos primum memorie commendare. Explicit: De consuetitudinibus et constitutionibus contra libertatem ecclesie introductis. Et sic est finis. Deo gratias. Rubric: Secuntur modo tituli utriusque iuris tam canonici quam civilis. Latin. List of the tituli of law books (Decretales, Institutiones, Digestum vetus, Infortiatum, Digestum novum, Codex, Novellae). ff. 122-137v. Offices of the Virgin Mary and of Sts. Gervase and Protase. Latin. Each office with 9 lessons at matins: "Diebus sabbatis officium beate marie Ad vesperas super psalmos antiphona. Sancta dei genitrix virgo semper maria . . ."; f. 132, "In natalis sanctorum martirum gervasii & prothasii ad vesperas antiphona. Edidit quoque angelus sanctis martiribus gervasio et prothasio ..."; f. 133, "Incipit revelacio sanctorum martirum geruasii et prothasii beato ambrosio ostensa. Lectio prima. Ambrosius servus christi fratribus per omnem Italiam in domino salutem. In divinis voluminibus ...". Title supplied from printed catalog. Support: Parchment. Script: Formal gothic script. Layout: Produced in two parts, quires 1-16 (through f. 121) and 17-20, as three codicological units: quires 1-5 (through f. 41) have vertical catchwords and traces of leaf signatures; ff. 23v and 24v both have catchwords; f. 26 has two leaf signatures, vertical catchword only on f. 115v preceding the singleton f. 116; quires 17-20 have no surviving catchwords or leaf signatures. Quires 1-16 ruled in pale red ink for a single column of 24 lines of text; quires 17-20 ruled for two columns of 20 lines of text. Other Decoration: One 4-line initial formed of a dragon against a square blue ground (f. 1, smudged); one simpler 3-line initial, perhaps enclosing a human or animal head, uncertain due to flaked pigment (f. 42). Assigned Date: s. XV2. Input into Digital Scriptorium by: C. W. Dutschke, 7/5/2009. Bound, s. XV, in France(?), in thin wood boards covered with blind-stamped brown leather: with an outer frame of a simple rope-work design, an inner frame of square tools placed lozenge-wise containing a swan(?) and star, and a central panel made up of a heart in a lozenge tool; the spine with simple cross-hatching; gauffered and gilt; no obvious evidence of clasps or ties. HM 62595. Huntington Library, San Marino, CA.
Canon law--Early works to 1800 Civil law--France--Early works to 1800 Figurative initials. (aat) Manuscripts (documents) (aat)
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Manuscripts, Huntington Digital Library
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Early owners; s. XV and XVI inscriptions include: "Joannes Larroyanus / huius libri verus pocessor[?]" and "jeannes laroy[. . . ]"(f. ir); very indistinct inscription including the letters "M. . . hez. . . m"(?) (front pastedown, top left corner). Inscribed, s. XVII or XVIII "20" (f. 1, upper margin). Unidentified French owner, s. XIX: inscribed with a table of contents and at the bottom the total "136 feuillets", and date perhaps by a different hand "XVe Se" (f. i verso). Maggs Bros., London, apparently bought in October 1953, as indicated by their pencilled acquisition codes "P 10/53" and their price code, "roo" (back pastedown). Unidentified American dealer, with his price-code "NWNH" over the price(?) "12500" (front pastedown, upper left corner). Also inscribed in pencil "24" (front pastedown, lower left corner). Homer D. Crotty (1899-1972), Chairman of the Board of Trustees of the Huntington and Trustee Emeritus (1957-1972) (cf. HM 45146, 45147); perhaps acquired by him from Dawson's Book Shop, Los Angeles; bequeathed to the Library by his daughter, Anne Lloyd Crotty in 2001.
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