Commentary on the Decretals of Pope Gregory IX

Ricci, S. de. Census of medieval and Renaissance manuscripts in the United States and Canada: SM.18
Folger bibliographic ID: 232793
Folger call number: V.b.42
Folger holdings ID: 281271
Accession Number: Smedley 18

Incomplete commentary on Books III (leaves 1-24), I (leaves 25-506), and V (leaves 507-596). The chapter headings in the manuscript correspond in many cases to those in, e.g., the 1584 edition of Gregory IX's Decretales. Occasionally the commentator adds the opening words of the relevant part of Decretales alongside the heading. Includes marginalia and manicules

General notes

Manuscript codex In Latin Title devised by cataloger A typescript comparison of the manuscript and the 1584 edition of Decretales is pasted to the back pastedown Collation: Leaves iii + 597 + iii; 5 stubs between leaves 24 and 25; pages cut affecting some marginalia Layout: Written in varying number of long lines; left margin ruled in dry point Script: Written in a hybrid cursive Decoration: none Binding: Original scored pigskin on wood boards, probably beech (with repairs) Origin: Germany late 15th century, according to De Ricci Watermarks: 8 petaled Daisy throughout (example on leaf 597); "B" on leaf 512 Writing on top fore-edge of text block W.T. Smedley Shelfmark: Washington, D.C., Folger Shakespeare Library, MS V.b.42 Purchased as part of the Smedley Collection in 1924 by Henry Clay Folger

Extended title: Commentary on the Decretals of Pope Gregory IX ca. 1475?

Catholic Church. Decretales Gregorii IX Canon law

former owner: Smedley, William T. (William Thomas), 1851-1934