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Marriage Mass from the Decretum Gratiani
DescriptionMarriage mass Miniature 49x60mm Horizontal cut on left side and some vertical cuts down the centre not affecting legibility. CommentaryA cutting from the most widely used book of Canon law during the Middle Ages, the Decretum of Pope Gregory IX as compiled and edited by Raymond of Peñafort in 1234. The miniature is wedged between the incipit of Liber iiii de sponsalibus et matrioniis and the explicit of Liber iii (de vita et honestate clericorum) Upside down in a later hand in pale brown ink: ‘hopital de grasse ...
ProvenanceEx collection Emmanuel Delorme ExhibitedUsed as illustration in the monumental study: La Messe published in 1886 by Charles Rohault de Fleury |