GRATIAN (d. by c.1160), Decretum , in Latin, SIX FRAMED MINIATURES CUT FROM AN ILLUMINATED MANUSCRIPT ON VELLUM
GRATIAN (d. by c.1160), Decretum , in Latin, SIX FRAMED MINIATURES CUT FROM AN ILLUMINATED MANUSCRIPT ON VELLUM [Bologna, 1280s-90s] The miniatures depict: 1) an ailing priest lying in a bed surrounded by a crowd, the verso text from Causa XI, Quaestio III, C. CVIII; 2) an excommunicated man and a fourteen-year-old boy accuse a bishop who refuses to respond to charges brought improperly (Causa IV), the verso text from Quaestio II-III, C.III; 3) on the left, a bishop and clergy, on the right a king facing his court, the verso text from Distinctio III, C.III-IV; 4) the scene depicts Causa XVI, concerning the conflict between an abbot's church to which he has appointed a monk as parish priest and the local baptismal church subject to the bishop: a kneeling priest celebrates Mass at an altar, the verso text from Quaestio I, C.III; 5) a group of clerics likely illustrating Causa XIV, which deals with the involvement of canons in commerce and lawsuits to recover debts, the verso text from Causa XIII, Quaestio II, C.XXVIII-XXIX; 6) a bishop conferring with a cleric and laymen appealing to a judge, likely illustrating Causa VI, the verso text from Quaestio I, C.IV-V. (Some fading to text on verso).
GRATIAN (d. by c.1160), Decretum , in Latin, SIX FRAMED MINIATURES CUT FROM AN ILLUMINATED MANUSCRIPT ON VELLUM
GRATIAN (d. by c.1160), Decretum , in Latin, SIX FRAMED MINIATURES CUT FROM AN ILLUMINATED MANUSCRIPT ON VELLUM [Bologna, 1280s-90s] The miniatures depict: 1) an ailing priest lying in a bed surrounded by a crowd, the verso text from Causa XI, Quaestio III, C. CVIII; 2) an excommunicated man and a fourteen-year-old boy accuse a bishop who refuses to respond to charges brought improperly (Causa IV), the verso text from Quaestio II-III, C.III; 3) on the left, a bishop and clergy, on the right a king facing his court, the verso text from Distinctio III, C.III-IV; 4) the scene depicts Causa XVI, concerning the conflict between an abbot's church to which he has appointed a monk as parish priest and the local baptismal church subject to the bishop: a kneeling priest celebrates Mass at an altar, the verso text from Quaestio I, C.III; 5) a group of clerics likely illustrating Causa XIV, which deals with the involvement of canons in commerce and lawsuits to recover debts, the verso text from Causa XIII, Quaestio II, C.XXVIII-XXIX; 6) a bishop conferring with a cleric and laymen appealing to a judge, likely illustrating Causa VI, the verso text from Quaestio I, C.IV-V. (Some fading to text on verso).
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