Decretum

late 13th century (Gothic) Citation

Legal books, such as this manuscript detailing canon law (laws governing the Church), had a very specific and recognizable layout. The main text was large and embedded in the center of the page, while a gloss, or commentary on the text, was written around it in a smaller scrip...

Manuscript

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Acquired by Henry Walters, Baltimore; by bequest to Walters Art Museum, 1931.
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en
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