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06327

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Title

Subject

Description

A compilation of all of the papal decrees and canon laws that had been approved between 1140 and 1234. An exceptionally large book printed on durable vellum. The text is arranged in tandem with the main text in the center surrounded by commentary in a separate typeface. It required extensive rubrication and pictoral illuminations. Schreier did the rubrication, illumintion, and binding of the book.

Creator

Gregory IX, Pope, approximately 1170–1241. Schöffer, Peter, approximately 1425–approximately 1502, printer. Bottoni, Bernardo, d. 1266, commentary Schreier, Ulrich, 15th cent, illustrator

Source

06327. Gregory IX (ca. 1145–1241). Decretales cum glossa Bernardi Parmensis. Mainz: Peter Schoeffer, 23 November 1473.

Publisher

Bridwell Library Special Collections

Date

Rights

Please cite Bridwell Library Special Collections, SMU, as the source of this file. A high-resolution version of this file may be obtained by contacting Special Collections (bridsc@smu.edu).

Relation

Exceptional

Format

Displayed as .jpg

Language

Type

Imperial Folio on vellum

Collection

The Shape of Content in Christian Books, Broadsides, and Prints

Citation

Gregory IX, Pope, approximately 1170–1241. Schöffer, Peter, approximately 1425–approximately 1502, printer. Bottoni, Bernardo, d. 1266, commentary Schreier, Ulrich, 15th cent, illustrator, “06327,” Bridwell Library Special Collections Exhibitions, accessed January 24, 2025, https://bridwell.omeka.net/items/show/1738.