Bonifacius VIII, Pont. Max: Liber sextus Decretalium. With gloss of Johannes Andreae.
Rome: Ulrich Han (Udalricus Gallus) and Simon Nicolai Chardella, de Lucca, 13 Oct. 1472.
Fol. [14-1 2-38 4-712.6 810 910 (9/10+χ1) 1010 116 1212 136 1410 156 168 17-208.10 2112 2210 236 2410 256 26-278]. [230] leaves.
ISTC ib00979000; GW 4851; Goff B979; BMC IV 23 (IC. 17284); BSB-Ink B-701.
According to Polain(B) 829, 1/4 is a blank.
| GIP number: | B94 |
| Shelf-mark: | Sp Coll BD9-a.10 (see main library entry for this item) |
| Provenance: | M. B. (15th/16th century): in the lower margin of 2/1r (f. 4r) on a circular purple ground within a green laurel wreath is an unidentified armorial shield: or bendwise two lines of strapwork azure; the shield is flanked by the letters “M” and “B” and from the purple ground extend four pieces of looped cord positioned at the cardinal points. Paulo Cassia (17th/18th century): inscription on 27/7v (f. 229v) “Paulo Cassia”. William Euing (1788-1874), insurance broker, Glasgow: source unknown; early Euing inventory number “112” in pencil on verso of front free endpaper. University of Glasgow: presented by Euing in 1872 according to one of two University Library bookplates on front pastedown. |
| Binding: | Scotland, 19th-century blind-tooled calf over bevelled boards; marbled endpapers; red-edged leaves; blue silk bookmark; binder’s ticket on verso of front free endpaper “J. Carss & Co. Bookbinders, 31 Argyle Street, Glasgow”. Size: 410 x 293 mm. |
| Leaf size: | 395 x 281 mm. |
| Annotations: | Evidence of early manuscript signatures in some quires; in quires 2-4 rubrics added in black ink in top outer corners of recto leaves; number “43/5” in pencil in a 19th-century hand on 2/1r (f. 4r) - probably a binder’s job number. |
| Decoration: | A twelve-line initial “B” on 2/1r is supplied in gold (its edges lined with punch-dotting) and set on a square ground of white-vine decoration defined in blue, purple and green, which extends into the centre margin; also on 2/1r a four-line initial “Q” in col. 1 and a four-line initial “B” in col. 2 of the commentary are supplied in gold and decorated with purple pen-work extending respectively into the inner and centre margins; other initials throughout supplied in alternate red and blue (with guide-letters in brown ink frequently visible); printed paragraph marks highlighted in red in the text of the Decretals but not in the commentary; in the lower margin of 2/1r is a painted armorial shield (see Provenance above). |
| Imperfections: | Wanting quire 1, and the final leaf 27/8 containing the Registrum. |
